COVID-19 outbreak in hard-hit US states may be peaking, Fauci says

FILE PHOTO: Co-director of the intensive care unit at CommonSpirit's Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, attends to a COVID-19 patientWASHINGTON: A coronavirus surge in Florida, California and a handful of other hard-hit states could be peaking while other parts of the country may be on the cusp of growing outbreaks, the top US infectious diseases official said on Tuesday .

Trump, who is seeking a second term in the White House in the Nov 3 election, retweeted a post accusing Fauci and Democrats of suppressing the use of the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat the virus. The post included a link to a video of a group discounting the need for face masks. Texas became the fourth state with more than 400,000 total cases, joining California, Florida and New York in the grim club. But in a glimmer of hope, Texas' current hospitalizations due to COVID-19 fell on Monday, according to its state health department.

In late March, as the economy was beginning to crater, Congress passed a US$2.3 trillion stimulus package that included enhanced unemployment benefits to blunt the pain of lockdowns that were being adopted to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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