First, we have an update on the pandemic and more grim milestones:California now has reported more coronavirus cases than New York, the early epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S., where the spread of the virus has slowed. There have now been more than 422,000 cases announced in California, the most of any state, according to The New York Times’s database. New York, with more than 413,000 known cases, had the most until Wednesday. California also broke its single-day record, with more than 12,100 new cases announced. [See The Times’s map tracking coronavirus cases across the state.]

Source: New York Times July 23, 2020 12:48 UTC