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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

United States Nears 2.4 Million Coronavirus Cases With More Than 122,000 Deaths

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

"Apocalyptic" coronavirus surges are feared in major United States cities. Coronavirus surges across the United States as 30 states see cases rise.  The CDC director says that social distancing is "the most powerful tool that we have" to fight the coronavirus.  Coronavirus cases hit record highs in Texas, Florida and California, America's three most populated states. Florida records more than 5,000 new coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period.The Florida governor refuses to issue a mandatory mask order. Miami-Dade County reported a 27 percent positivity rate on Wednesday. A Miami hospital has reported an 108 percent increase in Covid-19 patients. Miami-Dade County is requiring people to wear masks while in public. CDC officials say that coronavirus cases are likely to be ten times higher than that's being reported. A United States government watchdog finds widespread delays in coronavirus response. A United States government watchdog also found more than one million coronavirus stimulus checks were sent to dead people.  Trump is deeper in denial about coronavirus surge, which leaves a void in national leadership for the United States. After Trump's Tulsa rally, multiple of his campaign staffers are quarantining. Trump downplays need for coronavirus testing, as cases surge.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is CNN breaking news. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm

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Will Flitzer in the situation room. We're following the deepening

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coronavirus crisis here in the United States where new cases are now surging

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to the worst level in months.

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The country's most populated states,

1:25.7

we're talking about Texas, Florida, and California

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are breaking new daily records

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