The coronavirus is surging in several southern hotspots including Texas, Florida, Louisiana and Arizona.
WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday passed another grim coronavirus milestone with three million confirmed cases, as President Donald Trump downplayed the risks posed by the pandemic and aggressively pushed for schools to fully reopen.
"Among those, more than three million Americans have tested positive and more than 1.3 million Americans have recovered." "Ultimately it's not a matter of if schools should reopen, it's simply a matter of how," said Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. "They must fully open, and they must be fully operational."
In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio said most public schools would be ready to partially reopen in September, with the majority of students to spend two or three days a week in classrooms.
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