I am posting statistics and COVID notes because what is happening today is history in the making. Each day becomes almost more unbelievable than the day before. However, once life someday becomes “normal” again, it would be easy (even for us who lived through the pandemic) to forget the details of what the world & our country is currently experiencing. For those who forget, history has a way of repeating itself.

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Updated: July 08, 2020, 21:39 GMT

USA
3,145,397 Confirmed cases of COVID-19
134,690 American Deaths

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“U.S. coronavirus case tally tops 3 million. The U.S. counted 60,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. ” Market Watch

“Ferocious US surge adds 1 million new coronavirus cases in 28 days. Six months ago, no one thought Covid-19 existed in the US. The first reported case came on January 21. Within 99 days, 1 million Americans became infected. It took just 43 days after that to reach 2 million cases. And 28 days later, the US reached 3 million cases of the novel coronavirus Wednesday.” CNN

“Many states failed to anticipate that reopening would lead to a surge of infections in adults ages 18 to 35, Deborah Birx, the physician overseeing the White House pandemic response said.” Washington Post

“Pence says CDC changing school reopening guidelines after Trump called them 'tough and expensive' “ USA Today

“As coronavirus surges, Houston confronts its hidden toll: People dying at home” NBC News

“As a heat wave hits the U.S., officials struggle to balance competing health concerns. With temperatures and virus cases rising simultaneously this week, cities in the Midwest were trying to reduce the potential for overheating without putting people at risk of catching the virus while indoors.” NY Times

"Donald Trump's controversial rally and other mass events in Tulsa last month "more than likely" contributed to a local surge in coronavirus cases, health authorities in the southern US state of Oklahoma said Wednesday." APR

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As I still search for a hint of beauty each day (despite the seemingly never ending bad news), our stay-at-home isolation continues...