U.S. Tops 70,000 Coronavirus Cases In 1 Day — Heights Not Seen Since July

By Bill Chappell

Published October 23, 2020 at 7:28 AM MDT

U.S. cases have been rising sharply since the middle of September, when the daily rate was hovering around 40,000 cases.

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Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell is a writer and editor on the News Desk in the heart of NPR's newsroom in Washington, D.C.