Recent surges in COVID-19 coronavirus cases have forced several southern and western US states to pause reopening plans. The country’s top infectious disease expert…
Tech giant Apple has announced it will close a further 30 previously reopened stores in the US this week, as several states have seen a significant rise in new COVID-19 infections.
According to CNBC, the latest states to see Apple stores reclose are Alabama, California, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada and Oklahoma. They will join stores in Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Utah who closed their branches on Wednesday. This brings the total number of stores that have had to reclose to 77.
This action comes as the US recorded over 46,000 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, another daily record, according to a Reuters tally.
The New York Times database showed that the number of new coronavirus cases in the US has risen by 80 percent in just the last two weeks.
