president trump has been claiming that the recent upsurge in cases of coronavirus are in part due to more testing. that may well have some logic to it but it shouldn t detract from the figures. the us now has more than 2.5 million cases. the new spike has brought with it a return to restrictions in some of the states that had reopened. and it s also affected the election campaign. events planned by vice president mike pence in arizona and florida have been cancelled. tanya dendrinos reports. another day, another record. more than 9,500 new coronavirus cases in 2a hours in florida, 600 more than the record set on friday. republican states like florida and texas had been keen to push ahead with a reopening of their economies early. but with a surge in cases, some of those decisions have been reversed. last drinks were called in florida, a bitter pill to swallow for those who feel they did all the right things. we did everything. our staff wore masks, we had sanitising stations,