The U.S. recorded a one-day total of 34,700 new COVID-19 cases, just short of the nation's late-April peak of 36,400, according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University. A health-care worker takes down a patients information at a COVID-19 testing site in Houston on Wednesday. WATCH | Belgian entrepreneur gives coronavirus masks the human touch:Photo booth operator makes custom masks to show the lower half of the wearer's face. ET on Wednesday, Canada had 102,227 confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, on Tuesday reminded people on Twitter that case numbers are mounting worldwide, including large increases in the Americas.

Source: CBC News June 24, 2020 12:11 UTC