US sets fresh high of 52,000 fresh cases, a day after previous record; New Zealand minister becomes a ‘distraction’; Middle East at ‘critical threshold’
The United States has reported another daily record of new coronavirus cases in the country’s accelerating pandemic, as New Zealand’s health minister resigned over a series of blunders that stood in contrast to the government’s successful handling of the outbreak.
After setting a new high with 44,000 cases on Tuesday, figures collated by Johns Hopkins University showed that the US racked up 52,000 fresh infections on Wednesday.
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