10 things you need to know today: July 13, 2020

Florida breaks a U.S. record with 15,300 new coronavirus cases, Graham says Mueller will be called to testify in Senate, and more 

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1. Florida breaks New York's record for new coronavirus cases

Florida confirmed 15,300 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, smashing the single-day record for any state. The previous record of 12,274 was set April 4 in New York. Florida's new high came as the state administered a record 99,003 coronavirus tests. The state has now tested more than 2.5 million people and confirmed 269,811 total cases. Over the week, Sunday to Sunday, Florida had 69,700 cases, 511 deaths, and 374,718 tests, all records for a single week. The total U.S. death toll surpassed 135,000 on Sunday, with nearly 3.3 million cases. Coronavirus infections rose over the last two weeks in 40 states, compared to the previous two weeks, according to a Reuters analysis. Nationally, the daily increases in coronavirus infections has been around 60,000, setting new records for the last four consecutive days.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.