US shutting again as local leaders reverse reopenings amid Covid-19 spread

Leaders in California, Florida and Texas acknowledge they may require a return of stricter lockdown

While US President Donald Trump obsesses about his re-election hopes in his White House bubble, state and local leaders are frantically reversing state reopenings that he demanded, which turned America into the world’s biggest coronavirus hotspot.

Leaders in the country’s three most populous states acknowledged on Monday that the outbreaks they have been battling for months were on the rise and may require a return of stricter lockdown measures.

California, Florida and Texas have reported a total of at least 892,000 cases since the start of the pandemic, according to The New York Times database. On Monday alone, there were