North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alaska, Missouri, Idaho and Alabama all registered new daily highs in cases of Covid-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. The daily US tally of cases stood at 53,483 late on Friday, below the previous day's record 55,405. North Carolina, for one, reported 951 hospitalisations and 2,099 cases, both record highs. MORE MASKSCoronavirus cases are rising in 37 of the 50 US states including Florida, which had 9,488 new cases on Friday, according to the state health department. Earlier this week, Miami-Dade and neighbouring Broward County, the state's two most populous counties, required residents to wear face coverings in public.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 04, 2020 02:48 UTC