'In the United States we have an increase in the number of cases over the last particularly three weeks,' she said during a virtual COVID-19 conference. South Carolina was up by 999 per cent; Arizona by 858 per cent; and Texas by 680 per cent. On Friday afternoon Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, said the worst was yet to come for his state. Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, on Friday warned of a possible second lockdownAs of Thursday afternoon, 2,918 Texas had died of COVID-19. Also setting daily records for new COVID-19 cases were Utah with 850, Louisiana with 2,642 and Georgia with 4,484, health officials said.

Source: Daily Mail July 11, 2020 04:01 UTC