As the country hardest hit by the coronavirus in the world, the United States posted 66,528 new cases in the 24-hour period

News24xx.com - According to a tally from Johns Hopkins University, the United States posted 66,528 new cases, a record for a 24-hour period.

As the country hardest hit by the coronavirus in the world, the country has now recorded a total of 3,242,073 infections, the death toll stood at 134,729.

The US has now seen daily new cases top 60,000 in four of the past five days. 

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For the condition, on Saturday, President Donald Trump finally yielding to intense pressure to set a public health example, donned a face mask in public for the first time.

Trump put on a mask featuring the presidential seal as he walked through Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, DC to meet wounded veterans.

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News reports this week said aides practically begged the president to relent and wear a mask in public - and let himself be photographed - as coronavirus cases soar in some states.

But Florida, where Disney World on Saturday reopened two of its four Orlando theme parks, even as the state reported 10,360 new infections and 95 deaths.