Memorial Day crowds ignore social distancing rules as US heads for 100,000 coronavirus deaths

Visitors gather on the beach in Newport Beach, California, yesterday. Pic: AP

Big crowds turned out for the Memorial Day weekend in the US amid warnings from authorities about people disregarding the coronavirus social-distancing rules and risking a resurgence of the scourge that has killed nearly 100,000 Americans.

On the Navajo Nation, which sprawls across the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, the number of virus cases rose by 56 on Sunday to 4,689, according to the local health department.