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In the past week, things have gotten pretty serious in Beijing.

Tonight, China is racing to contain a new outbreak of COVID-19.

There's a new cluster of cases there. Authorities have sealed off neighborhoods, tested tens of

thousands of people and restricted travel to and from the city. The size of that cluster

is less than 200 cases. After reporting no new infections in Beijing for more than 50 days,

the virus has returned. Needless to say, the United States deals with cases very differently than

China and other countries. With more than two million cases here, it's cleared this country

as far from the norm. Coming up with the pandemic in full swing, thousands of people will cram into

an indoor arena to see the president. This is coronavirus daily from NPR. I'm Kelly McEvers.

It's Friday, June 19th.

So yeah, cases in the United States are rising. And it's not just because more people are getting

tested. When you hear people telling you the test numbers are going up because we're testing more,

that is not the whole picture. Dr. Alina Alonzo, Director of the Florida Department of Health

in Palm Beach County. In Florida, the rate of positive cases has gone from 4% a few weeks ago

to over 12%. The positivity tells you that we're having more cases because there's a wider spread

of the virus in the community. That's the exact opposite of what Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

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