US daily coronavirus cases have hit record highs 5 times in the last 12 days this interactive chart tracks new cases each day

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The US has broken records for daily coronavirus case counts five times in the last 12 days.

Deaths have not surged, however, possibly because the virus is mostly spreading among young people. COVID-19 progresses over weeks, though, so death tolls may still start climbing.

Although various databases offer differing daily US case counts, they tell the same story overall: Cases skyrocketed after states reopened.

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In April, it would have been hard to imagine that 36,000 new coronavirus infections in a day the top of the US's first peak could ever be seen in a positive light.

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