michael buchanan, thank you. has reported a record daily total of global coronavirus infections, and nowhere has been hit harder than america. the country's top health official for infectious diseases says some us states should now delay ending their lockdowns. this graph shows the number of daily cases since the start of the pandemic. the number was falling towards the end of last month, but now there's a steep rise, topping 60,000 in recent days — the highest single—day tallies for any country since the pandemic began. the states in darker blue have had the most cases per head of population in the last week, with the worst hit being south carolina, with an average of 305 daily cases per million people. louisiana with 321 and florida with 423. but the state with the most cases is arizona, from where our correspondent sophie long reports. music plays when the governor of arizona lifted the state's stay—at—home order, people partied, pre—pandemic style. it was a joke to us. we werejust like, "covid's fake news." d

michael buchanan, live in telford.says stricter rules might be needed in england to ensure people wear face—coverings in confined spaces like shops. at the moment, they're only mandatory on public transport, which is also the case in scotland, where face coverings are required in stores too. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, says it's an important public health inititative. 0ur science editor, david shukman reports. scotland is creating a new normal in the struggle against the coronavirus, going further than the rest of the uk by requiring masks to be worn in shops. i think it reminds people that we need to be taking precautions. i think it's a good thing because it protects people. yeah. yeah, of course. anything that stops this virus is a good idea. the reason is that anyone infected can spread the virus with coughs, sneezes or even by speaking loudly. the risk is greatest indoors, especially in crowded spaces with bad ventilation. that's where scientists say that face coverings can make a difference. those drople

services at the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchananknow what you've lost, their first word, their first tooth. you know what's been taken from you. carley mckee's two daughters are too young to fully appreciate that they had an older sister. keeley was born in 2010, but died after 31 hours. staff at the royal shrewsbury hospitalfailed to spot that she had pneumonia. carley says her concerns about her daughter's greyish colour were ignored. she was told all was well and sent home. and it's still the best day of my life. i woke up with my husband and my daughter, and i had a family. and then the next day came... the... i saw her eyes roll, and that was it. she was just, that was... she was gone then. keeley mckee's death is now being examined as part of the largest ever inquiry into maternity care at the nhs. they've discovered that around 300 new cases were recently identified by the trust dating from 2000—2011, bringing the total under review to around 1,500. in april 2017, we revealed that a cluster of 23 maternity cases were to be in

we can talk to our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. 017 because of maternity concerns. that was when jeremy news since 2017 because of maternity concerns. that was whenjeremy hunt, when he was a health secretary at the time, he ordered a review and 23 cases. we learnt this week that independent review is looking at 1852 cases. the vast majority from the year 2000 to 2019. on top of that, we had the beginning of the year, concerns about preventable deaths at east kent hospital trusts down in margate. significant problems in two separate parts of the country, jeremy quin telemetry hunt who is —— jeremy quin telemetry hunt who is —— jeremy hunt who is now... depending what they find, what can or might change. what are the powers here? or is it purely advisory? it will ultimately be advisory but coming from a committee like this, led by someone from a committee like this, led by someone who knows the health service intimately, campaigners will be hoping the government take it on—board. ultimately, hoping the government take it on—boa rd. ul