Meanwhile New Zealand has gone 100 days without a single case of community spread
https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-cases-america-new-zealand-1523847
After reporting more than 56,000 coronavirus diagnoses on Saturday, the U.S. is close to hitting 5 million cases in over half a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, New Zealand has marked its 100 days with no new cases.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. leads the world in coronavirus cases, at 4,998,105 of the total 19,648,084. The U.S. reported 56,174 cases on Saturday, down from the highs of more than 70,000 seen at several points in recent weeks. The U.S. is followed by Brazil which reached 3 million cases on Saturday, and India, which hit 2 million earlier this week.
The U.S. also has the highest death toll, with 162,425 out of the global total of 727,024. That is more than all the U.S. service members killed in the First World War. Brazil also precedes the U.S. in deaths, passing 100,000 on Saturday, with Mexico third at just over 52,000.
ZERO. Imagine what it might have been like here - how many lives could have been saved - if we'd had a real lockdown, real planning, real testing, real leadership, real contact tracing.
I feel so hopeless about this country. Just, living every day knowing the disease could come for my family next - yes, we have medically vulnerable people, who are doing their best to stay safe; but with the disease out of control here, you just have to accept the possibility that people you love most may get it and die. It's awful. It's criminal. It didn't have to be like this.