Global: Total confirmed cases: ~7,303,000; deaths: ~414,000; recoveries: ~3,425,000. (Johns Hopkins University)

U.S.: Total confirmed cases: ~1,995,000; deaths: ~113,000; recoveries: ~525,000

At least 19 states are seeing a rise in the number of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in at least nine states have been on the rise since Memorial Day. Data from states that are reporting some of their highest seven-day averages of new cases also disproves the notion that the country is seeing a spike because of an increase in testing. Meanwhile, 24 states are trending downward and seven states’ trends are holding steady. (CNN / Washington Post / New York Times)

The White House coronavirus task force hasn’t held a daily briefings in more than a month, despite the virus killing up to 1,000 Americans per day. Trump and top White House officials, including Jared Kushner, insist that they “made every decision correctly,� and that the outbreak is under control. “We may have some embers or some ashes or we may have some flames coming,� Trump said last week, “but we’ll put them out. We’ll stomp them out.� The task force has also scaled back its once-daily internal meetings, now meeting twice per week. (Politico)

Data and public health experts contradict Trump’s claim that the spike COVID-19 cases is because the U.S. is doing more testing. Three states with some of the biggest surges in the disease caused by the coronavirus began reopening more than two weeks ago. (NBC News)

Asylum-seeking migrants detained at an Arizona ICE center with one of the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases say they were forced to clean the facility with inadequate personal protective equipment. The migrants say the facility forced detainees to clean and work in the facility’s kitchen during crowded meal times, clean the trash from the nurses’ office, where sick patients were treated, and one said he was asked to clean the feces-covered cell of a mentally ill detainee without gloves. ICE’s says that as of June 7, 78 detainees have tested positive at the La Palma facility, with 14 cases currently under monitoring and zero deaths. (NBC News)

Republicans have tentatively moved the Republican National Convention to Jacksonville, Fla. The decision to seek an alternative location for the convention’s marquee events stems from Trump’s desire to accept his party’s nomination before an enormous crowd. North Carolina declined to allow a packed arena for the Aug. 24-27 event, as public health officials are urging Americans to avoid big gatherings, wear face coverings, and practice social distancing. (Washington Post)

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