WHO warns of 'second peak' in COVID-19 infections

Many Americans ignored social distancing guidelines during the holiday weekend.

ByMorgan Winsor, Ivan Pereira, and Rosa Sanchez
May 25, 2020, 4:34 PM

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 345,000 people worldwide.

Over 5.4 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks.

Since the first cases were detected in China in December, the United States has become the worst-affected country, with more than 1.6 million diagnosed cases and at least 97,724 deaths.

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Monday's biggest developments:

  • US reports over 20,600 new cases
  • Brazilians board last flights to US ahead of travel ban
  • WHO warns of second peak in COVID-19 infections
  • Houston receives hundreds of social distancing complaints
  • Japan lifts state of emergency in Tokyo and other remaining areas
  • Austria completes first coronavirus lung transplant in Europe
  • Wuhan conducts over 6.5 million coronavirus tests in 10 days
  • Trump administration to buy 100 million swabs but leaves testing responsibility to states

    • Here's how the news developed on Monday. All times Eastern. Please refresh this page for updates.

    PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a daily news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, May 25, 2020.
    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a daily news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, May 25, 2020.
    Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street via Reuters

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