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Covid-19’s Second Assault on America Is Already Underway:
What you need to know
Updated on June 12, 9:09am EDT
Since the coronavirus pandemic began late last year, doctors have warned that infections could come in waves.
A country, state or city that somehow avoided the first, deadly surge rolling outward from China in January might still bear the brunt of a second round of infections, or a third. Absent a vaccine, even hard-hit communities that shut down economies to squelch outbreaks earlier this year could see case counts rise again as they reopened.
A second wave now appears underway in the U.S. And it’s just as capricious as the first.
Texas, California, Florida and Alabama all are among states where infections and hospitalizations are hitting new highs. A slowly growing national case load masks raging local hot spots, with wide differences in infection rates even within states. Health experts say it’s too soon to tell whether the massive protests against police brutality that have erupted in the past two weeks have led to more infections. But there have been scattered reports, including members of the D.C. National Guard that responded to protests testing positive.
Key Coverage
By The Numbers
- 2,504New cases reported in Texas on June 10, the highest one-day total since the pandemic emerged.
- 5.6%Rate of positive tests among Floridians on June 10.
- 113,558Covid-19 deaths reported nationwide by June 11.
Why It Matters
The fresh onslaught is bringing new challenges for U.S. residents and the economy.
The prospect of a new wave of suffering without a unified national plan to address it could spook investors and depress a stock market that has been relatively immune to the economic and medical repercussions of the pandemic.
A resurgence of the disease later this year could complicate the presidential campaign still further, throwing the process of voting itself into chaos.
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