The news in the US has been dominated by anti-racism protests for the past couple of weeks, but coronavirus is now back in the headlines.

Several states have seen a record number of cases in recent days, leading to fears that the country is experiencing a second wave of infections.

But Vice-President Mike Pence said those fears were “overblown” and accused the media of using “grim predictions” to scare the American people.

So what is going on in the US?

The number of infections is going up

With more than two million coronavirus cases, the US has the highest number of confirmed infections in the world – about a quarter of the global total.

The situation got really bad in late March but by May, cases were declining and most states had begun to ease restrictions put into place to halt…