Coronavirus Morning News Brief - July 18: Temperatures and Covid Cases Rise, Lockdown in Chinese Resort

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 830th day of the pandemic. As temperatures rise to unprecedented levels in parts of Europe and the United States, coronavirus infections are rising in 40 of 50 states in the union. The increase is particularly evident in the West, Great Plains, and Midwest. The problem scientists and local officials must confront is the dearth of data they face, something that rivals the early days of the pandemic, before Covid testing became widespread. Scientists at the CDC and elsewhere know this…