1. US has reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day
The number of new coronavirus cases reported in a single day hit a new high on Friday after numerous states began pausing or rolling back their reopening plans.
At least 40,173 new cases were reported, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The previous daily high was reported on Thursday.
More than 30 states are battling rising numbers and the US is averaging more daily new cases than ever. But Vice President Mike Pence said Friday "we've all seen the encouraging news as we open up America again."
"To one extent or another, the volume of new cases coming in is a reflection of a great success in expanding testing across the country," Pence said.
At least nine other states have announced they are not moving ahead to the next phase of reopening. Those states are Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico and North Carolina.
"This is a problem. We can spin it in all sorts of different ways. But the reality is that not only are things bad, they're as bad as they've ever been right now with regard to daily new infections," said CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
In Texas, one of the earliest states to begin reopening, Gov. Greg Abbott has "paused" the state's phased economic reopening. On Friday, he ordered further restrictions on businesses, including a requirement that bars remain open only for delivery and take-out and requiring local officials to approve any gatherings of 100 people or more.
The nation's second most-populous state, Texas reported a record 5,996 new cases on Thursday and another 5,707 cases on Friday.
2. COVID-19 in Ethiopia: 'Incredible recovery of man aged over 100'
The recovery from coronavirus of an Ethiopian man who is believed to be at least 100 years old was "incredible", one of the doctors who treated him told the BBC.
Aba Tilahun Woldemichael's family says he is 114, which would make him the world's oldest man, but there is no birth certificate to confirm his age.
People over the age of 80 are considered to be among the most vulnerable if they catch the virus.
The centenarian, who is an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian monk, is now being looked after at home by his grandson.
"When I was in the hospital I was praying to God asking for my health. I was crying and praying for the whole country to be healthy again," he told the BBC.
Aba Tilahun tested positive for the virus when a random screening process took place in his neighbourhood in the capital, Addis Ababa, and was admitted to hospital before the symptoms showed, Dr Hiluf Abate told the BBC's Newsday programme.
This allowed the medical team to be pro-active with its treatment and closely monitor the old man, he added.
3. Fact check: As pandemic situation worsens, Pence paints a deceptively rosy picture
The US had just hit a single-day record for new coronavirus cases. More than half the states were seeing increases in the rate of new cases. Multiple states were dealing with record numbers of coronavirus hospitalizations. Texas had announced hours earlier that it had to shut down in-person service at its bars again.
And Vice President Mike Pence told Americans that things were going well
At a Friday press briefing by the White House's coronavirus task force, the first in nearly two months, task force leader Pence painted a rosy picture of a country steadily getting safer and back to normal.
It was a picture at odds with reality.
Leaving out critical information, Pence delivered a more polished version of the upbeat, all-is-well dishonesty that was a hallmark of previous briefings by President Donald Trump, who did not attend the Friday session.
"Despite what you heard, we are in the middle of a public health disaster," CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said on air after the briefing.
4. COVID-19: US has 'serious problem', says Fauci
US infectious disease chief Dr Anthony Fauci says the nation has a "serious problem" as 16 states reel from a spike in Covid-19 cases.
At the first White House task force briefing in two months, Dr Fauci said: "The only way we're going to end it is by ending it together."
As health experts said more must be done to slow the spread, Vice-President Mike Pence praised US "progress".
More than 40,000 new cases were recorded across the US on Friday
The total of 40,173, given by Johns Hopkins University, was the highest daily total so far, exceeding the record set only the previous day.
There are over 2.4 million confirmed infections and more than 125,000 deaths nationwide - more than any other country.
During Friday's briefing, the White House task force also urged millennials to get tested, even if they are asymptomatic.
Mr Pence said the president requested the task force address the American people amid surges in infections and hospital admissions across southern and western states.
In Texas, Florida and Arizona, reopening plans have been paused due to the spike.
While some of the increase in daily cases recorded can be attributed to expanded testing, the rate of positive tests in some areas is also increasing.
The number of new coronavirus cases reported in a single day hit a new high on Friday after numerous states began pausing or rolling back their reopening plans.
At least 40,173 new cases were reported, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The previous daily high was reported on Thursday.
More than 30 states are battling rising numbers and the US is averaging more daily new cases than ever. But Vice President Mike Pence said Friday "we've all seen the encouraging news as we open up America again."
"To one extent or another, the volume of new cases coming in is a reflection of a great success in expanding testing across the country," Pence said.
At least nine other states have announced they are not moving ahead to the next phase of reopening. Those states are Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico and North Carolina.
"This is a problem. We can spin it in all sorts of different ways. But the reality is that not only are things bad, they're as bad as they've ever been right now with regard to daily new infections," said CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
In Texas, one of the earliest states to begin reopening, Gov. Greg Abbott has "paused" the state's phased economic reopening. On Friday, he ordered further restrictions on businesses, including a requirement that bars remain open only for delivery and take-out and requiring local officials to approve any gatherings of 100 people or more.
The nation's second most-populous state, Texas reported a record 5,996 new cases on Thursday and another 5,707 cases on Friday.
2. COVID-19 in Ethiopia: 'Incredible recovery of man aged over 100'
The recovery from coronavirus of an Ethiopian man who is believed to be at least 100 years old was "incredible", one of the doctors who treated him told the BBC.
Aba Tilahun Woldemichael's family says he is 114, which would make him the world's oldest man, but there is no birth certificate to confirm his age.
People over the age of 80 are considered to be among the most vulnerable if they catch the virus.
The centenarian, who is an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian monk, is now being looked after at home by his grandson.
"When I was in the hospital I was praying to God asking for my health. I was crying and praying for the whole country to be healthy again," he told the BBC.
Aba Tilahun tested positive for the virus when a random screening process took place in his neighbourhood in the capital, Addis Ababa, and was admitted to hospital before the symptoms showed, Dr Hiluf Abate told the BBC's Newsday programme.
This allowed the medical team to be pro-active with its treatment and closely monitor the old man, he added.
3. Fact check: As pandemic situation worsens, Pence paints a deceptively rosy picture
The US had just hit a single-day record for new coronavirus cases. More than half the states were seeing increases in the rate of new cases. Multiple states were dealing with record numbers of coronavirus hospitalizations. Texas had announced hours earlier that it had to shut down in-person service at its bars again.
And Vice President Mike Pence told Americans that things were going well
At a Friday press briefing by the White House's coronavirus task force, the first in nearly two months, task force leader Pence painted a rosy picture of a country steadily getting safer and back to normal.
It was a picture at odds with reality.
Leaving out critical information, Pence delivered a more polished version of the upbeat, all-is-well dishonesty that was a hallmark of previous briefings by President Donald Trump, who did not attend the Friday session.
"Despite what you heard, we are in the middle of a public health disaster," CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said on air after the briefing.
4. COVID-19: US has 'serious problem', says Fauci
US infectious disease chief Dr Anthony Fauci says the nation has a "serious problem" as 16 states reel from a spike in Covid-19 cases.
At the first White House task force briefing in two months, Dr Fauci said: "The only way we're going to end it is by ending it together."
As health experts said more must be done to slow the spread, Vice-President Mike Pence praised US "progress".
More than 40,000 new cases were recorded across the US on Friday
The total of 40,173, given by Johns Hopkins University, was the highest daily total so far, exceeding the record set only the previous day.
There are over 2.4 million confirmed infections and more than 125,000 deaths nationwide - more than any other country.
During Friday's briefing, the White House task force also urged millennials to get tested, even if they are asymptomatic.
Mr Pence said the president requested the task force address the American people amid surges in infections and hospital admissions across southern and western states.
In Texas, Florida and Arizona, reopening plans have been paused due to the spike.
While some of the increase in daily cases recorded can be attributed to expanded testing, the rate of positive tests in some areas is also increasing.
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Health officials in the us estimate the true number of cases is likely to be 10 times higher than the reported figure.
What was said at the White House briefing?
Dr Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator, thanked younger Americans for heeding official guidance on testing.
"Whereas before we told them to stay home, now we are telling them to get tested."
She noted this "great change" in testing guidance would allow officials to find "the asymptomatic and mild diseases that we couldn't find before".
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