FILE PHOTO: Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) leave with a patient at Hialeah Hospital where the Covid-19 patients are treated, in Hialeah, Florida, US, July 29, 2020. [Reuters]
US coronavirus deaths rose by over 25,000 in July and cases doubled in 19 states during the month, according to a Reuters tally, dealing a crushing blow to hopes of quickly reopening the economy.