Arizona, Mississippi, and Florida recorded a record one-day increase in COVID-19 deaths every Thursday, while the southern and western regions of the US continue to face an increase in coronavirus cases.
Florida Department of Health reported 9,943 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday and 253 deaths, its third consecutive one-day total of deaths from COVID-19. The state has now reported a total of 461,379 cases and 6,586 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Florida ranks as the second highest infection total in the nation, just behind California’s 473,785. It is the largest state in the country without some form of state-level mask mandate.
On Thursday, the Mississippi State Department of Health added 48 deaths and 1,775 cases to their count, with both figures marking a one-day record. The state has the highest positivity rate in the country, about 26 percent of the tests taken show positive results, according to Mississippi today.
Arizona Department of Health Services additional 172 deaths to his account on Thursday, a jump from his previous high of 147 single-day deaths announced on July 18. The state also reported more than 2,500 new cases on Thursday, bringing its total bill to 170,798.
Both Florida and Mississippi follow Arizona in its death rate, which is 50 per 100,000 people.
On Thursday, Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, He recommended that governors in states that experienced increases in COVID-19 cases order to wear masks in public. Republican leaders, including the Republican governors of the aforementioned states, have been less apt to encourage the wearing of masks in public, let alone to enforce mandates.
“We believe that if the governors and mayors of each locality at this time ordered masks for their communities and all Americans wear a mask and social distance and not congregate in large settings where they cannot socially distance themselves or wear a mask, we can really control this virus and reduce the cases, as Arizona has done, ”Birx said on” Fox & Friends “Thursday morning.
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