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U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 130,000 as New Cases Spike

Another dark milestone is surpassed as Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California report a surge in new cases.

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By Barbie Latza Nadeau

More than 130,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University’s case tracker. The grim milestone was reached Monday, just as cases spiked in a number of large U.S. states during the busy Fourth of July holiday weekend, when many people defied CDC social-distancing recommendations. The U.S. leads the world in both the number of confirmed cases and the number of deaths from the virus.

Read it at Johns Hopkins Univeristy COVID-19 Map

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