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Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced on Thursday that Texas would pause its reopening while it struggles to contain a surge in novel coronavirus infections. Abbott issued executive order to suspend elective surgeries at hospitals in four counties to ensure there would be room for covid-19 patients.

In New York, coronavirus hospitalizations dipped just below 1,000 for the first time since March 18, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said.

Two states (Alabama and Nevada) have reported new single-day case highs, and four (Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada) reached seven-day rolling average highs. But it does not appear, according to early reported data, that the U.S. total would eclipse Wednesday’s record high of 38,173 cases.

A rush to reopen the nation’s economy without proper safety measures in place is behind this week’s spike in cases, Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, said Thursday on the “Today” show.

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