U.S. deaths from the coronavirus are rising in several states, possibly ending months of declining national death totals. The seven-day death average in the U.S. reached 608 on Thursday, up from 471 earlier in July, but still a fraction of the more than 2,200 deaths the country averaged each day in mid-April. Health experts cautioned that it was too early to predict a continuing trend, but the pace of deaths in the Sunbelt suggested an end to the nearly three-month period of declines. The U.S. reported nearly 60,000 new cases on Thursday, setting a single-day record for the sixth time in 10 days, according to a Times database. Above, testing in Dallas.

Source: International New York Times July 10, 2020 21:55 UTC