Trump plans massive fireworks display for July 4 amid COVID-19 Florida’s record rise in cases was more than any European country’s daily peak at the height of the outbreak there.North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alaska, Missouri, Idaho and Alabama all registered new daily highs on Friday, while Texas hit a new peak for hospitalizations.The daily U.S.
tally of cases stood at 53,483 late on Friday, below the previous day’s record 55,405.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Despite the jump in infections, the average daily death toll in the United States has gradually declined in recent weeks, a reflection of the growing proportion of positive tests among younger, healthier people who are less.