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June 26, 2020 -- Earlier today, after a two-month presser hiatus, the coronavirus task force leader Vice President Pence said: 'We slowed the spread, we flattened the curve, we saved lives.” insisting that "we are are in a better place than we were two months ago" while answering only half a dozen questions before walking off stage. This week and especially today's' numbers tell a very different story and reality. Today, the US boldly reclaimed its status as the global COVID-19 epicenter in a roaring fashion, with as huge leap of daily cases, after breaking US daily records four days in a row. Consider this: the record set 4 days ago was 12,238 cases lower than today's new record of 48,257 cases! The state of New Jersey revised its pandemic numbers upward, which in turn has affected the national reports, which I had to adjust accordingly earlier today. Globally, we reached yet another new peak, obliterating yesterday's new record with new peaks from India, Colombia, Argentina, the US, and near peaks from Brazil, Mexico, Bangladesh, South Africa, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Bolivia, while other countries reported high numbers (Russia), plateaus (Turkey), sudden upticks (France, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait). The new record has advanced our prediction for topping 10 million global COVID-19 cases to tomorrow instead of Sunday, making it the fastest new million cases which only took 6 days.

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The United States breaks its daily coronavirus infections records four days in a row

A lot of data was updated last night, after I released yesterday's evening report. New Jersey adjusted its numbers upward, California and Texas also augmented their data later in the evening. Many areas in the US are now being overwhelmed by the virus spread and patient swarms; hospitals in Arizona, Florida, and Texas are running out of ICU beds (and regular beds). Restrictive mitigation measures are being put back in place in Florida, Texas, Arizona, and in Imperial county in California.

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TUCSON, Ariz. — As I write this, I have just finished my ninth consecutive overnight shift as an emergency medicine physician here. At the end of each shift I go to an Airbnb, where I have been living alone for two and a half months, away from my wife and 10-year-old daughter so that I am less likely to pass the coronavirus on to them. In a medical crisis, my job is to manage a... Click Here

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The Madera County Department of Public Health announced this evening that 32 more of our county's residents were confirmed infected with COVID-19 since yesterday (half of which were community spread infections) bringing our cumulative cases to 415 in Madera. Once again, all seven counties reported new cases today, adding up to a near peak 614 new infections and 6 new COVID-19 deaths. COVID-19 has killed 297 residents (+6) from our area of the central valley, of which the cumulative documented infections now total 15,925 (+614). Fresno county's accelerating spread overtook Kern county's leading infections count among the 7 local counties with 324 new cases today, a new peak for Fresno.

Note: The tests information was estimated because Tulare and Merced counties do not explicitly share the data (only occasionally in Merced press releases), however, the positivity rate is available in the Merced County dashboard and the state of California also publishes the Tulare positivity rate, which enabled me to estimate the tests quantities.

Madera + 6 local counties

7 counties together

The 7 counties weekly report is showing viral spread acceleration, particularly in Fresno county, which overtook Tulare county's second rank 9 days ago and Kern's top rank today. The 7 counties added 3,114 new cases this week, 822 more than they did last week., with 39 fatalities, equaling last week's number of weekly local victims.