'Another Record' 67,000 New COVID-19 Cases in the US on the 14th

The Miami Beach Convention Center in Florida has recently been used as a COVID-19 testing site and temporary ward.
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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. announced on the 15th (local time) that as of the 14th, the number of new COVID-19 cases in the United States was counted at 67,414. The cumulative number of COVID-19 infections in the U.S. has also increased to 3.43 million.

This figure surpasses the previous daily highest number of cases recorded on the 10th, which was about 66,600.

In the three states where the recent spread of infections is severe?Texas, California, and Florida?31,847 new infections were confirmed. Nearly half of the new infections across the entire U.S. occurred in these states.

Along with the spread of infections in the U.S., the number of tests conducted is also continuously increasing. On the 14th, the number of tests conducted in one day was about 760,000, the second highest since the outbreak of COVID-19. Since the beginning of this month, the daily number of tests has been about 660,000, a significant increase compared to about 170,000 in April.

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