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States Shatter Coronavirus Records As Officials Eye Holiday Weekend With Alarm : Coronavirus Updates Both Florida and South Carolina reported their highest-ever daily totals for new cases. They're not alone: The number is spiking across the U.S., and July Fourth celebrations may only make it worse.The grim news has taken no respite this Fourth of July. On Saturday, just as residents across the country celebrated the holiday, state authorities once more reported a record-breaking number of new coronavirus cases. and on Saturday both reported passing their previous single-day highs, while , and a slew of others continued to reel from recent records of their own. In Florida on Friday alone, there were more than 11,400 newly confirmed cases of the virus. That sum shatters a record that was set in the state — around the same time that the U.S. as a whole recorded the world's daily tally, with more than 55,000. In a desperate bid to curtail the latest spike in the statewide caseload, local leaders in Florida implemented a slew of measures to tamp down the weekend's usual holiday festivities. Miami-Dade County, for one, has beginning at 10 p.m. "until further notice," while beaches across much of South Florida .The state is far from alone in its intensifying fight with COVID-19. In Texas, hospitals in both Starr and have reported reaching full capacity, and officials there are pleading with residents to simply stay home this weekend. "I urge all of our residents," Starr County Judge Eloy Vera , "to please shelter-in-place, wear face coverings, practice social distancing and AVOID GATHERINGS." Florida and Texas are just a couple of the places rolling back reopening plans and scrambling to implement new restrictions or reinstate old ones. Rules mandating that residents wear masks in public places have taken effect in cities from and to , Idaho.Sponsor Message

States Shatter Coronavirus Records As Officials Eye Holiday Weekend With Alarm : Coronavirus Updates Both Florida and South Carolina reported their highest-ever daily totals for new cases. They're not alone: The number is spiking across the U.S., and July Fourth celebrations may only make it worse.The grim news has taken no respite this Fourth of July. On Saturday, just as residents across the country celebrated the holiday, state authorities once more reported a record-breaking number of new coronavirus cases. and on Saturday both reported passing their previous single-day highs, while ,...

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