The COVID-19 infection rate in the US is the highest in the world, with the country recording 2,600 new cases every hour, Reuters reported. The US, where the first case was reported on January 21, has recorded 4,102,002 cases and 1,46,198 deaths so far. According to a Reuters’s tally, the US reached over 4 million cases in just past 16 days, with 43 new cases being reported every minute.

Trump blames youth

President Donald Trump is casting wide blame for a nationwide surge in cases, pointing to protests, travellers and young bar-goers. Trump on Wednesday said cases among young Americans first started to rise “shortly after protests.”