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Newsday: 30/07/2020 04:06 GMT: Covid-19: US record surge in cases

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30/07/2020 04:06 GMT

30/07/2020 04:06 GMT: Covid-19: US record surge in cases

Covid-19: US record surge in cases

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The death toll has also started to rise there

The death toll has also started to rise there.

The US has now reached the world record total of 150 thousand deaths, while Texas has its own grim record with 302 daily fatalities. With hospitals running out of intensive care beds and ventilators, the medical situation appears dire, as we hear from a hospital doctor in San Antonio, Texas.    

NASA is launching an explorer to Mars - we find out more from the principal investigator for the cameras on the Perseverance Rover,  Jim Bell.

And we speak to the highest ranked African junior tennis player, 17-year-old South African Khololwam Montsi, about the challenges he has faced and his plans.

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