In what's become the refrain for summer 2020, the United States has shattered another record for new coronavirus cases recorded, with 67,417 new cases added to the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker.
This is the biggest single-day jump in cases recorded during the pandemic.Total US cases now number almost 3.5 million (3,465,031), including 136,940 deaths.And now hospitalization and death rates are following the upward trend of cases in the Sunbelt, with Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Nevada, and Utah reporting record numbers of COVID-19 deaths Tuesday.Currently in North Carolina, more than 1,100 people are hospitalized for the virus, a new record, according to the Raleigh News & Observer.