[AFP]It took the United States just 17 days to move from four million to five million coronavirus cases -- even as the country is finally starting to bend its curve downward. Here is the state of play of America's Covid-19 epidemic, and what may happen in the coming months.First some positive trends: the national daily new case rate has been falling for more than two weeks. Experts attribute the decline to policy and behaviour changes in the populous states behind the summer surge -- namely California, Texas, Florida and Arizona. While children aren't at as great a risk as adults to getting severe Covid-19, cases are climbing. It isn't rocket science: California, Texas, Arizona and Florida brought down their caseloads largely by implementing basic public health measures.

Source: Standard Digital August 11, 2020 07:31 UTC