Texas, Florida Reversing Reopening Amid Largest Single-Day Increase in COVID-19 Cases in US

Texas, Florida Reversing Reopening Amid Largest Single-Day Increase in COVID-19 Cases in US
An owner of a restaurant looks out of the establishment's front door, in Lubbock, Texas, June 26, 2020. Reuters/Brad Brooks
|Updated:

LUBBOCK, Texas—The United States recorded 45,242 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the largest single-day increase of the pandemic, according to a Reuters tally, bringing the total number of Americans who have tested positive to at least 2.48 million.

The new record for positive COVID-19 tests comes as several states at the center of a new surge in infections took steps back from efforts to ease restrictions on businesses. COVID-19 is the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus.