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| US reports record one-day increase in Covid-19 cases as Trump stays silent | US reports record one-day increase in Covid-19 cases as Trump stays silent |
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| Concerns mount over Trump’s handling of the crisis as he posts erratic tweets attacking the media and Democrats | Concerns mount over Trump’s handling of the crisis as he posts erratic tweets attacking the media and Democrats |
| The US recorded more than 44,000 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a new all-time daily high as the nation struggles with the pandemic, while concerns mount over Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis and his recent silence on the issue. | |
| Eight states reported new single-day highs of freshly diagnosed cases, and the dire numbers follow a warning by the public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci that the US is “going in the wrong direction” and infections could more than double, to reach 100,000 cases a day. | Eight states reported new single-day highs of freshly diagnosed cases, and the dire numbers follow a warning by the public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci that the US is “going in the wrong direction” and infections could more than double, to reach 100,000 cases a day. |
| Rather than addressing the rise, however, and the European Union’s exclusion of most American travel there while the virus is not under control in the US, Trump spent Wednesday morning posting a series of erratic tweets, as he attacked media organizations and used a racial slur to target a Democratic politician. | Rather than addressing the rise, however, and the European Union’s exclusion of most American travel there while the virus is not under control in the US, Trump spent Wednesday morning posting a series of erratic tweets, as he attacked media organizations and used a racial slur to target a Democratic politician. |
| Officials in Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Idaho, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas announced single-day-high case numbers for Tuesday, according to the New York Times, while the paper reported that the number of new cases in the US has increased by 80% over the past two weeks. | Officials in Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Idaho, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas announced single-day-high case numbers for Tuesday, according to the New York Times, while the paper reported that the number of new cases in the US has increased by 80% over the past two weeks. |
| The Covid Tracking Project said that the US’s seven-day average for new daily cases has doubled since 13 June, and that hospitalizations jumped by the highest number since 21 April, as the European Union confirmed on Tuesday it would bar Americans from non-essential travel to the bloc. | The Covid Tracking Project said that the US’s seven-day average for new daily cases has doubled since 13 June, and that hospitalizations jumped by the highest number since 21 April, as the European Union confirmed on Tuesday it would bar Americans from non-essential travel to the bloc. |
| New York governor Andrew Cuomo excoriated Trump for his continued defense of the administration’s slow and chaotic response to the outbreak, saying at a press briefing: “The buck stops on the president’s desk”. | |
| Cuomo said of Trump’s response to the virus not being brought under control in the US: “He was in denial. He has been denying what every health expert in America has been saying. Come clean with the American people. At least have the courage to admit what everybody else already knows: you were wrong!” | |
| The governor went on to implore states to reject the president’s rhetoric and listen to the science, making a play on Trump’s former time as a reality TV host. | |
| “Denying reality does not defeat reality. He has lived in denial, and he has been denying the scientific facts since day one,” he said. “Reality wins and reality won, and now the country is suffering because of the president”. | |
| A number of states have been forced to roll back reopening efforts. Arizona’s governor, Doug Ducey, abruptly ordered bars, gyms, movie theaters and water parks to shut down this week, as the state became one of the worst hit in the US. | A number of states have been forced to roll back reopening efforts. Arizona’s governor, Doug Ducey, abruptly ordered bars, gyms, movie theaters and water parks to shut down this week, as the state became one of the worst hit in the US. |
| In Texas, which experienced a record number of new cases on Tuesday, elective surgeries in some counties were hastily abandoned, as the state grapples with more than 6,500 people hospitalized from Covid-19. | In Texas, which experienced a record number of new cases on Tuesday, elective surgeries in some counties were hastily abandoned, as the state grapples with more than 6,500 people hospitalized from Covid-19. |
| As the number of new coronavirus cases again breached 40,000, Fauci warned that without a more robust response, the daily number of cases could more than double. | As the number of new coronavirus cases again breached 40,000, Fauci warned that without a more robust response, the daily number of cases could more than double. |
| “I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around,” he said. | “I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around,” he said. |
| As the new details on the extent of the crisis emerged, Trump – whose press secretary said this week only “embers” of coronavirus remain in the US – launched a series of attacks on Joe Biden, CNN, the New York Times, Elizabeth Warren and MSNBC. | As the new details on the extent of the crisis emerged, Trump – whose press secretary said this week only “embers” of coronavirus remain in the US – launched a series of attacks on Joe Biden, CNN, the New York Times, Elizabeth Warren and MSNBC. |
| The president tweeted that the report his administration ignored intelligence about a Russian plot to offer bounties to Afghan militants to kill US troops was a “hoax”, and demanded that the Times, which first reported the story, reveal its source. | The president tweeted that the report his administration ignored intelligence about a Russian plot to offer bounties to Afghan militants to kill US troops was a “hoax”, and demanded that the Times, which first reported the story, reveal its source. |
| Trump has claimed he was not briefed on the bounty plot – although the New York Times and CNN have reported that the information was included in a daily intelligence briefing in February. The Washington Post has previously reported that Trump rarely reads those briefings. | Trump has claimed he was not briefed on the bounty plot – although the New York Times and CNN have reported that the information was included in a daily intelligence briefing in February. The Washington Post has previously reported that Trump rarely reads those briefings. |
| The White House national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, said early on Wednesday morning that Trump was not verbally briefed on the reported Russian effort to pay the Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan because the allegations were not corroborated at the time. | The White House national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, said early on Wednesday morning that Trump was not verbally briefed on the reported Russian effort to pay the Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan because the allegations were not corroborated at the time. |
| O’Brien, however, declined to say whether the intelligence, which US ally Britain has said it was aware of, had been included in a written presidential briefing earlier this year, Reuters reported. | O’Brien, however, declined to say whether the intelligence, which US ally Britain has said it was aware of, had been included in a written presidential briefing earlier this year, Reuters reported. |
| A little later, O’Brien told reporters in Washington that the president has now been fully briefed on the bounty reports. | A little later, O’Brien told reporters in Washington that the president has now been fully briefed on the bounty reports. |
| In other tweets early Wednesday, as TV and newspaper headlines were focused on the coronavirus crisis, Trump said that Biden was “corrupt”, suggested people damaging federal statues and monuments could spend more than 10 years in prison, and again used the racist term “Pocahontas”, to criticize a plan by Warren to rename US military bases. Warren has claimed to have Native American ancestry. | In other tweets early Wednesday, as TV and newspaper headlines were focused on the coronavirus crisis, Trump said that Biden was “corrupt”, suggested people damaging federal statues and monuments could spend more than 10 years in prison, and again used the racist term “Pocahontas”, to criticize a plan by Warren to rename US military bases. Warren has claimed to have Native American ancestry. |
| Amid his frenzy of internet use, Trump also retweeted a post from himself, made a day earlier, which read: “THE LONE WARRIOR!” and lauded the conservative channel Fox News for having bested its rivals in TV ratings, adding “Thank you President Trump”. | Amid his frenzy of internet use, Trump also retweeted a post from himself, made a day earlier, which read: “THE LONE WARRIOR!” and lauded the conservative channel Fox News for having bested its rivals in TV ratings, adding “Thank you President Trump”. |
| Meanwhile, several Texas bar owners filed a $10m federal lawsuit against state governor Greg Abbott, in an attempt to void his executive order shutting down bars for a second time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, as infections surge there. |