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COVID-19 surge in the US: The summer of hope ends in gloom

by Matthew PerroneDee-Ann Durbin
| September 10, 2021 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The summer that was supposed to mark America’s independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March.

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