Single-day US coronavirus infections top 50,000 for first time

The U.S. on Wednesday reported more than 50,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, as states across the nation paused reopening plans due to a recent surge in infections.The figure represented a new single-day high in the country, which has reported approximately 2.6 million case of COVID-19 and 128,000 deaths caused by it. Health officials on Wednesday reported about 50,700 confirmed virus cases, according to a Johns Hopkins University…