The world recorded its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in almost two weeks, even as the U.S. and a host of other nations relax restrictions that kept businesses closed and people off the streets.
New confirmed infections on May 6 topped 92,700, the most since April 24 and the fourth-highest daily total ever, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. accounted for more than a quarter of them, around 24,300—an elevated number but much lower than the 36,000 one-day peak it logged in April.
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