- Over the weekend, the global Covid-19 death toll surpassed 500,000 even as the US continues to see a surge in cases of the virus. Currently, the US accounts for just over a quarter of the death toll, with more than 125,000 fatalities. [CNN / Zamira Rahim]
- The world also hit 10 million cases of the virus on Saturday, more than six months after the first coronavirus cases were identified in Wuhan, China. [Reuters / Cate Cadell]
- Both milestones come as conditions are worsening in the US: Cases are spiking around the country, and several states have hit all-time high daily case numbers in the past week. [NBC News / Yuliya Talmazan]
- According to an NPR tracker, 38 states are seeing an uptick in cases, including seven states that have seen a triple-digit percentage increase compared to two weeks ago. Florida has been one of the states hardest hit: It’s reporting an average of 6,255 daily cases for the week. [NPR / Stephanie Adeline, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Alyson Hurt, Thomas Wilburn, Daniel Wood, and Ruth Talbot]
- Texas is also approaching the crisis point: In Houston, some hospitals are reaching ICU capacity as more people are hospitalized due to the disease, though models suggest the virus has yet to peak there. [NYT / Sheri Fink]
- As Vox's German Lopez points out, the current spike in US cases was not just predictable but preventable. A rushed reopening and reduced social distancing measures allowed the virus to surge back, and it's unclear where states will go from here. [Vox / German Lopez]
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