This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for Tuesday June 30th, 2020.  

"We all want this to be over. We all want to get on with our lives. But the hard reality is this is not even close to being over," noted the head of the World Health Organization yesterday, he continued "Although many countries have made some progress, globally the pandemic is actually speeding up”. There are 10, 415,035 global cases and the world has seen 509,474 deaths due to COVID-19. Growth continues across the U.S., with Florida, Texas and Arizona especially hard hit. Sixteen states have paused reopening plans. Oregon and Kansas have made face masks mandatory indoors when social distancing is not an option. Over 1,000 inmates in California’s San Quentin prison have tested positive for the virus. Five times higher than last week. Coronavirus Task Force Member, Dr. Birx, said she would like to work with mayors and governors to use some new testing techniques and test large populations at the community level. Dr’s Fauci, Redfield and others will testify in front of the Senate’s health and education committee today. 

Victoria, Australia will reinstate lockdowns in 10 Melbourne suburbs. Leicester, England has seen a surge in cases and will remain under restrictions as the rest of the country eases the lockdown.  The WHO is sending a team to China to investigate the origins of the virus. 

The locations of hotspots and U.S and Country diagnoses in a moment.  

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