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- The United States
recorded its second-highest

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spike in cases of
the coronavirus since

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the crisis began on Tuesday.

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A Reuters tally put the new
infections at over 35,000--

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a surge across a
dozen states that was

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the largest since April.

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Florida, in particular,
saw a large record increase

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of more than 5,000 cases.

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The US appeared to have
curbed the outbreak in May,

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leading many states
to lift limits

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on social and economic activity.

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However, the virus is
moving into rural areas

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and other places that it hadn't
deeply spread into at first.

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It also appears to be
renewing its surge in states,

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like Florida, that
opened up early

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to ease the economic impact of
restrictions to stop the virus.

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On Wednesday,
White House advisor

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Kellyanne Conway
acknowledged what

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she called hot spot spikes.

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KELLYANNE CONWAY: Nobody is
talking in some of these states

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about going into another
economic lockdown

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and creating a pandemic
within a pandemic.

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But we are in a much
better situation now

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than we were previously in terms
of dealing with the pandemic.

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- While some of the
increased numbers of cases

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can be attributed
to more testing,

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the numbers don't line up.

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Over the last seven days,
the average number of tests

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has risen by more than 7% while
the average number of cases

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has jumped by 30%.

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On Wednesday, the governors
of New York, New Jersey,

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and Connecticut said that
visitors from states where

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COVID-19 rates are
high must quarantine

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for two weeks on arrival.

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New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo unveiled the measure.

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ANDREW CUOMO: It's only
for the simple reason

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that we worked very hard to
get the viral transmission

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rate down.

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We don't want to see it go
up because a lot of people

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come into this region.

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And they could literally
bring the infection with them.

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- The nine states
subject to the advisory

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include Florida, Texas,
and both Carolinas.