Military medics deploy in California, Texas as virus surges Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patientsPhysician assistant Calvin Tran uses a grabber to collect a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 drive-through testing site set up at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., Thursday, July 16, 2020. In California, military doctors, nurses and other health care specialists were being deployed to eight hospitals facing staffing shortages amid a record-breaking case numbers. California reported its largest two-day total of confirmed cases, nearly 20,000, along with 258 deaths over 48 hours. New virus cases have soared in Israel since restrictions were lifted in late May. Japan’s capital recorded a single-day record number of new coronavirus cases for a second straight day on Friday with 293.

Source: ABC News July 17, 2020 05:34 UTC