Coronavirus America: The first Covid-19 wave that never went away | ITV News

Several grim milestones were passed over the weekend, suggesting the pandemic is stealthily regaining the upper hand in America - and beyond.

The worldwide death toll from Covid-19 surged past 500,000, with over 10 million cases.

Remarkably, a quarter of all deaths have been in the United States, despite its wealth, world class medical system and preeminent research institutes.

And here's the frightening element: the US has probably a far higher infection rate than is acknowledged. It may be ten times as high, according to some estimates.

That would imply there may be 25 million infections in America. That would be almost 8% of the entire population.

The shape of this outbreak is changing geographically as well. When Covid-19 first struck America, the early hotspot was in New York.

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