(Washington) The United States identified Saturday 66 528 new cases from COVID – 19 in 24 h, a new record for this country, the hardest hit in the world by the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Posted on 11 July 2020 at 21 h 02
France Media Agency
The total number of confirmed cases since the start of the epidemic amounted to 3 on Saturday 242 073, according to this university based in Baltimore (east) and whose reports make reference. The number of deaths is 134 729, or 760 more than Friday.
The daily number of new infections has exceeded 60 00 0 for the fifth day in a row in the United States where, by the admission of health authorities, the epidemic is out of control in several states.
For the first time, President Donald Trump wore a mask publicly on Saturday during a visit to a military hospital near Washington. Trump, who downplayed the severity of the pandemic, had so far been reluctant to take this preventive measure, as had many of his supporters.
Two-thirds of Americans now disapprove of Trump's handling of the pandemic, according to an ABC poll published on Friday, compared with half in April. Polls for the November 3 election give opponent Democrat Joe Biden an average of nine points.
