WASHINGTON, July 1: New U.S. COVID-19 cases rose by more than 47,000 on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally, the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic, as the government’s top infectious disease expert warned that number could soon double.

KATHMANDU, June 18: Nepal recorded highest single-day spike with 671 cases of coronavirus on Thursday. With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases jumped to 7848.