Coronavirus may still be spreading uncontrolled in 24 states, study suggests

The coronavirus could be spreading uncontrolled in 24 states in the U.S., particularly in the South and Midwest, according to new research that is yet to be peer-reviewed, which highlights the risk of a second wave of infections in places that reopen too quickly or without sufficient precautions.
More than 94,000 people have died from covid-19 in the United States, where the number of confirmed cases is approaching 1.6 million, according to tracking by The Washington Post.
Here are some significant developments:
President Trump called on states to allow places of worship to open immediately and threatened to 「override」 any governors who do not comply with his demand. The CDC released guidelines for houses of worship on Friday.
In the developing world, the coronavirus is killing far more young people. Fifteen percent of the dead in Brazil were younger than 50 — more than 10 times the percentage in Italy or Spain.
A study of 96,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients on six continents found that those who received hydroxychloroquine — the antimalarial drug taken and promoted by Trump — had a significantly higher risk of death compared with those who did not.
Federal prosecutors said a Georgia man lied to his employer about having covid-19, prompting the business to shut down for cleaning and sending several of his co-workers into quarantine, costing the business about $100,000.
A new report in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the coronavirus attacks the lining of blood vessels inside patients』 lungs, a key distinction making the virus far worse than the flu.
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