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The Washington Post reports that seven US states have seen their highest hospitalisations of coronavirus patients so far in the pandemic.
The states are Arizona, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
Texas and California on Tuesday eclipsed 5,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus over a 24-hour span, records in those states. Arizona, Nevada and Missouri also logged new single-day highs. Overall, 33 states and US territories now have a rolling average of new cases that is higher than last week.
The average Briton now spends a quarter of their waking day online, according to new research that shows how internet usage has exploded during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ofcom’s annual Online Nation report reveals that at the height of lockdown the average UK adult was spending a daily average of four hours and two minutes online – up from three-and-a-half hours in September last year.
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