The US saw its largest single-day death toll from COVID-19 on May 2nd with over 2,900 deaths reported, according to the WHO. This came as some states began reopening businesses despite the pandemic. Protests against stay-at-home orders occurred in several states as some implemented plans to reopen select businesses. However, the new daily death record highlighted the continued severity of the outbreak in the US, which has over 1.2 million cases and 66,000 deaths as of May 2nd.