By Talal Ansari, Jennifer Calfas and Sune Engel RasmussenU.S. state governors are grappling with the push-and-pull between easing pandemic restrictions and extending them, as reported coronavirus cases continue to climb but at a lower rate and tensions over restrictions rise with warmer temperatures. In addition to California, protests have broken out against restrictions in recent days in Michigan, Illinois, Oregon, Maryland and New York. That follows an earlier decision by Modoc County, a sparsely populated area with no recorded cases of coronavirus, to open schools and businesses. Confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. topped 1.15 million, with more than 67,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University on Sunday. Russia reported over 10,000 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, a fresh daily record that brought the total of caseload to over 130,000.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 03, 2020 22:18 UTC