Washington.- United States this Saturday registered 229 thousand 859 new infections of the new coronavirus and broke the record of infections on Friday (225 thousand 594) amid a new rebound in the pandemic in the country, according to the independent count of the Universidad Johns Hopkins.
In addition, this Saturday 2,527 new deaths were registered compared to Friday.
The total balance at 20:00 local time this Saturday (local time) is 14 million 567 thousand 529 cases and 281 thousand 121 deaths, with which the United States continues to lead the world statistics of the pandemic.
Total deaths
Deaths in the United States by Covid-19 today exceeded 280,000, indicates Johns Hopkins University.
California reported a new record of 25 thousand 68 infections. 209 new deaths were also reported today.
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Much of California is on the brink of sweeping new restrictions on business and other activities, in a desperate attempt to stem the frighteningly rapid escalation of coronavirus cases, which threatens to overwhelm hospitals.
Health authorities in five San Francisco Bay Area counties have imposed a new stay-at-home order for their residents, which will take effect Sunday. Southern California and a large swath of the central part of the state could come together this weekend.
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New cases of Covid-19 in Florida totaled 10,431 this Saturday, the third consecutive day that exceeded 10,000, and in addition there were 91 more deaths, which raises infections and deaths since March 1 to one million 49 thousand 638 and 19 thousand 84, respectively.
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