Top government expert Anthony Fauci warned Friday the
United States is facing a "serious problem" from a resurgent
Coronavirus, as
Texas and
Florida ordered bars to stop serving alcohol amid a record-breaking spike in their COVID-19 cases.
With close to 125,000 deaths, the United States is by far the hardest-hit country in the world.
It never fully emerged from its first wave, and figures suggest the past week has seen the most new cases reported since the start of the pandemic, mainly driven by a rise in infections in the south and west.