{"id":23098,"date":"2020-07-02T14:41:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23098"},"modified":"2020-07-02T14:41:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T14:41:14","slug":"covid-19-us-sets-new-record-with-49286-cases-confirmed-in-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23098","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: US sets new record with 49,286 cases confirmed in 24-hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Medics-treating-COVID-19-patients-in-the-United-States-of-America.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19: US sets new record with 49,286 cases confirmed in 24-hours\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States of America has set a new 24-hour record of covid-19 infections after no fewer than 49,286 cases were recorded on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new cases according to a tally by Reuters marks the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic as the US death toll hit 128,000 thus far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/07\/urges-halt-conflict-coronavirus-pandemic-live-update-200701231825751.html\">Reports say<\/a>&nbsp;more than half of new cases each day come from US states of Arizona, California, Florida and Texas, home to 30 percent of the country\u2019s population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 128,000 people have died so far in the US due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a related development, Italy\u2019s hard-hit northern region of Lombardy accounted for considerably more than half of the nation\u2019s latest confirmed 187&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\">coronavirus cases<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 raising the total to 240,760 nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Health Ministry also reported 21 new deaths, raising to 34,788 the total of known deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States of America has set a new 24-hour record of covid-19 infections after no fewer than 49,286 cases were recorded on Wednesday. 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