New Virus Cases Top 83,700 for Second Day In Row

“A day after the U.S. set a daily record for new confirmed coronavirus infections, it came very close to doing it again,” the AP reports.

“Data published by Johns Hopkins University shows that 83,718 new cases in the U.S. were reported Saturday, nearly matching the 83,757 infections reported Friday. Before that, the most cases reported in the United States on a single day had been 77,362 on July 16.”