US surges past 3 million coronavirus cases as Trump lashes own health agency

The United States on Wednesday passed another grim coronavirus milestone with more than 3 million confirmed cases, as President Donald Trump played down the risks posed by the pandemic and aggressively pushed for schools to reopen.The coronavirus is surging in several southern hotspots, including Texas, Florida, Louisiana and Arizona, while it has almost entirely receded from its former epicentre in New York and the northeast.“At this point, we have tested more than 39 million Americans,” US…

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