The United States has reported a record number of new daily coronavirus cases after almost 40,000 new infections were recorded in the past 24 hours.
32 states have reported a significant rise in coronavirus infections.
The Centre for Disease Control says the number of Americans infected with the virus is likely to be ten times higher than reported. Image: Getty
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