Protesters from a grassroots organization called ReOpen NC gather to pressure North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to reopen the state in Raleigh, N.C., on April 21, 2020. (Photo by Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) NEW YORK - Take the New York metropolitan area’s progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show the rest of the U.S.
is moving in the wrong direction, with the known infection rate rising even as states move to lift their lockdowns, an Associated Press analysis found Tuesday.
New confirmed infections per day in the U.S. exceed 20,000, and deaths per day are well over 1,000, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.