Doctors find possible case of Covid-19 reinfection in US
From CNN’s Jacqueline Howard
A 25-year-old Nevada man appears to be the first documented case of Covid-19 reinfection in the United States.
Genetic tests indicate the patient was infected with two different varieties of the virus, a team at the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine and the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory reported.
The patient was first diagnosed with coronavirus in April after he had a sore throat, cough, headache, nausea and diarrhea, the researchers wrote in a pre-print study posted Thursday. He got better around April 27, and he tested negative for the virus twice afterwards.
He continued to feel well for about a month. Then, on May 31, he sought care for fever, headache, dizziness, cough, nausea and diarrhea. Five days later, he was hospitalized and required ongoing oxygen support. He was tested again for Covid-19 and the results were positive.
The Nevada researchers examined genetic material from both coronavirus specimens collected from the man. Their analysis suggests he had two distinct viral infections.
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Mexico reports more than 5,800 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
From journalist Karol Suarez in Mexico City
There were 5,824 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Mexico on Friday, the health ministry said, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 585,738.
Mexico reported another 552 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, according to the government. The country’s death toll now stands at 63,146.
Mexico has the third-highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world — behind only the US and Brazil — according to Johns Hopkins University, and is ranked third in Latin America for total number of confirmed cases. Only Brazil and Peru have more infections in the region.
There are more than 5.9 million coronavirus cases in the US
There are at least 5,912,016 cases of coronavirus in the US and at least 181,704 people have died from the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally of cases.
So far on Friday, Johns Hopkins has recorded 44,231 new cases and 880 reported deaths.
The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
Brazil reports more than 43,000 new coronavirus cases
From Fernanda Wenzel
Brazil’s health ministry on Friday reported 43,412 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. That brings the total number of cases in the country to 3,804,803.
The ministry recorded 855 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing Brazil’s total number of deaths from Covid-19 to 119,504.
Brazil continues to be second only to the United States in the highest total number of coronavirus cases and deaths globally.
