US coronavirus cases near 200,000 a day as catastrophic crisis hits new heights

America’s catastrophic coronavirus crisis hit new heights as the most recent daily total of numbers of new cases neared the grim landmark of 200,000 a day and the overall total of infections burst through 12m. Daily numbers of new US cases have almost doubled in less than three weeks after hitting 100,000 for the first time. The record of 195,542 new cases on Friday was the latest of several recent daily highs, a tally by Johns Hopkins University found. The nation’s total number of confirmed cases reached 12.01m on Saturday, six days...