The number of Covid-19 diagnoses also hit record highs in Oregon and Arkansas this weekend.
With a majority of states lifting restrictions that were implemented to slow the spread of the coronavirus, close to half of the nation's states are diagnosing new Covid-19 cases in increasing quantities, according to, and the total number of deaths due to the virus passed 110,000 over the weekend ... [+]
of Praise church June 8, 2020, in Houston, Texas. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. 21 states have had recent growth in newly reported cases over the past 14 days, per the, though it's important to note that the increase is due in part to some states recently ramping up their testing capacity.The
Department of Health and Human Services reported the number of individuals hospitalized for Covid-19 reached a record high of 717 on Friday and was at 708 on Saturday.The number of Covid-19 diagnoses in Arkansas increased by 450 on Saturday, the state's most significant one-day jump. In Arizona, daily case counts have risen steadily since the end of May, with the highest single-day increase coming on June 5.
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