Australia has closed its inter-state border between Victoria and New South Wales — the country's two most populous states — as it battles Covid-19. It hasn't been closed since the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago.
Cases are skyrocketing in Florida, Texas and Arizona. Here's a look at the latest figures.
, Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of tropical medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Monday. Meanwhile, at least 24 states have paused their reopening plans and at least 31 states are seeing an increase in new cases compared to the previous week., a new record was set for most coronavirus cases in the US in a single day on Saturday, with a total of 11,458, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, and on Sunday, the state surpassed 200,000 total Covid-19 cases.
Here's a look at the progression of total cases in Florida, according to Johns Hopkins University data:reported 5,318 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the state to at least 200,557, with 2,655 deaths in the state, according to numbers released by the Texas Health and Human Services.
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