On Wednesday, less than a month later, the country topped three million cases of the novel coronavirus.
Kids were out of school and lost valuable time and unfortunately we are in this position where it appears that we have squandered the time that these sacrifices were supposed to buy us."
33 states trend upward in average daily cases
Many states are pausing or rolling back reopening plans.
At least 33 states have trended upward in average daily cases -- an increase of at least 10% over the previous week.
CNN medical analyst Dr.
"We really did not need to be in this position."
In Florida, heath officials reported on Thursday 8,935 new Covid-19 cases and at least 120 deaths.
Florida, California, Arizona, and Texas account for about 50% of new infections.
Texas on Thursday set another record for highest single-day fatality increases with 105 -- one day after it reported the second highest daily count of new cases at 9,979.
But states need to start pausing their reopenings, expanding testing and tracing, and encouraging physical distancing and mask wearing.
So rather than think in terms of reverting back down to a complete shutdown, I would think we need to get the states pausing in their opening process."