COVID-19 national numbers surging to record highs with 40 states seeing increase

(CNN) – 60 percent of all the world’s coronavirus cases have been reported in the past month.

Wednesday, the United States saw its highest single day of new COVID-19 cases, with nearly 47,000 cases reported.

Nearly forty states across America are now seeing surges in cases and more than twenty are now pausing or rolling back re-openings.