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Several US states see coronavirus infection spikes, Wall Street unnerved

More than 119,000 Americans have perished from Covid-19 to date, according to Reuters' running tally.

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Particularly alarming has been the upward trends several states are reporting in the percentage of positive tests among individuals who are screened, a metric experts refer to as the positivity rate.

Reuters
Troubling spikes in coronavirus infection rates were reported on Friday in several US states, mainly in the South and West, a day before President Donald Trump was due to preside over an Oklahoma campaign rally that will be America’s largest indoor gathering in months.

Wall Street jitters over a resurgence in Covid-19 cases as states moved to reopen long-stifled commerce and ease social-distancing measures helped drive down major US stock indexes, reversing earlier gains.

Experts say expanded diagnostic testing accounts for some, but not all, of the growth in cases - numbering at least 2.23 million nationwide on Friday - and that

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