It's Monday, June 22nd, 2020, just after market close in New York. This is the real vision daily briefing.

I'm Ash Bennington from New York, joined shortly by our managing editor, Ed Harrison from

Washington. But first, Jack Farley with the day's stories. Jack. Thanks, Ash.

Here in New York today, we're entering phase two of the reopening, a major milestone for a city that for so long was the global epicenter of the pandemic.

But while New York can ease a sigh of relief, many states around the country face new hardship as the coronavirus

reasserts its grip on much of the nation. RT.5 has been tracking are not that

critical statistic demonstrating the rate of the virus's growth. And we can see that

23 of the 50 states have an R-0 above one, meaning that the virus will spread

more quickly. Below one, the virus will stop spreading over time. I know that

R-0 is focusing on that statistic a lot.

The states with an are not higher than one are concentrated in the south and in the west,

while northeast states are under one and most midwest states are also under one. Because of the speed

at which the virus is spreading, the U.S. reported

over 36,000 new cases just yesterday. But the scale of the spread goes beyond just the U.S.

Brazil reported over last night,

and the World Health Organization reported just last night

that there are more than 183,000 new cases

in the prior 24 hours.

That's the largest single day increase in coronavirus cases that we've ever seen since the outbreak.

Even countries with strict containment measures are having a hard time eradicating the virus completely.

In Germany, authorities have confirmed over 1,300 new cases among workers at the Taunus

pork processing plant in Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Presently, Germany's infection rate is 2.7, the highest it's been since early March.

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