10 things you need to know today: July 5, 2020

Florida's new daily high in coronavirus cases just shy of New York's record, Trump vows to defeat 'radical left' in White House Independence Day speech, and more

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1. Florida's new daily high in coronavirus cases just shy of New York's record

Florida on Saturday recorded another daily high in coronavirus infections. The state's 11,458 new cases is just shy of New York state's one-day record of 11,571 positive tests in April. Texas also set a new state record, tallying 8,258 newly confirmed cases, while it also registered an all-time high in the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 for the sixth straight day. Health experts are concerned celebrations during the July 4 weekend will exacerbate the problem in several states that are already dealing with a rising number of cases and positive test rates. While the surge in cases in some states mirror what happened in New York earlier this year, the average daily COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. has continued to decline, perhaps because younger, healthier people are making up a larger percent of those infected, but there are concerns that trend won't hold.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.