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US Sets New Single-Day Record for New Infections

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   The United States marked another grim milestone Tuesday as it posted a
   record 47,000 new COVID-19 cases, the biggest one day increase in new
   infections since the start of the pandemic.

   The bulk of the new infections stretches from the southwestern states
   of Arizona and Texas over into the western state of California, with
   high numbers of infections also reported in the southeastern states of
   Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

   The rising number of COVID-19 infections across the United States
   prompted Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of theNational Institute of
   Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to tell a U.S. Senate committee
   Tuesday that the current rate of new infections could more than double
   to 100,000 a day if the current surge is not contained.

   "Clearly we are not in total control right now," Dr. Fauci testified.
   He warned the committee that just focusing on the states undergoing the
   biggest surges of new infections "puts the entire country at risk."

   As Dr. Fauci was testifying on Capitol Hill, the governors of New York,
   New Jersey and Connecticut, the three northeastern statesthat bore the
   initial brunt of the pandemic, added eight new states --California,
   Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and Tennessee --
   to a previous list of visitors who must enter into quarantine for 14
   days upon arrival.

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