Harvard Global Health Institute

For months, the bulk of the United States’ coronavirus cases were concentrated in the Northeast — Massachusetts followed New York and New Jersey as the third-hardest-hit state in the nation. But while those states have brought their outbreaks under control, this week outbreaks in the South and Southwest shot up. Florida and Texas were even forced to roll back some…

Florida, Texas and California have seen an explosion in new cases over the past few days, breaking daily records in new cases reported by state. The first coronavirus task force briefing in nearly two months resumes this afternoon.