- Intensive care units in Austin could be flooded, said the city’s mayor.
- The San Antonio area has seen a 55% increase in the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
- More than 200,000 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus in Florida.
Texas officials warned Sunday that the surge in COVID-19 cases could invade hospitals in two weeks if the situation does not improve.
“If we don’t get this virus under control quickly, in about two weeks our hospital system could be in serious trouble“Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said on CBS News'” Face the Nation. ”
Austin Mayor Steve Adler said on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “We are on a trajectory right now that we could be flooding intensive care units here within 10 days next week. ”
COVID-19 hospitalizations are growing at a faster rate in San Antonio than in other major Texas cities, the San Antonio News-Express reported.
Over the past week, the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the San Antonio area increased by 55%, according to data from the state health department. The worst-case trajectory predicts 2,400 hospitalizations around July 21, more than double the current volume of patients.
“The die is probably cast for the next 11 days. Those people are infected. They will come, “Dr. Ian Thompson, CEO of Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-Medical Center, told the News-Express.” What you do today will determine what will happen in two weeks, whether you are in the emergency room without beds. at the inn. “
Its warnings come as Texas has seen a surge in new coronavirus infections since it was one of the first states to lift requests to stay home and reopen businesses. The state added more than 45,000 cases in the past week alone.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an executive order last week making the masks mandatory in most counties, and has halted reopening efforts.
As of Saturday, Texas had reported almost 192,000 cases of COVID-19, according to the state department of health.
Nationally, 2.9 million cases have been registered, according to the data collected. from Johns Hopkins University. There have been 129,718 deaths in the U.S.
Worldwide, more than 11.3 million infections have been reported with more than 531,000 deaths.
Latest developments
U.S:
-More than 200,110 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus in Florida since the outbreak began, The Associated Press reported. State statistics released Sunday show 10,000 additional confirmed cases. The highest number of confirmed cases in one day came on Saturday when 11,458 cases were reported. More than 3,730 people have died in Florida.
-Republic of the Republican National Committee Mike Reed told CNN that the party is committed to holding the convention in Jacksonville, Florida, next month. “The RNC is committed to holding a safe convention that fully complies with the local health regulations in force at the time. The event is nearly two months away, and we are planning to offer health precautions including but not limited to temperature controls, available PPE, aggressive disinfection protocols, and available COVID-19 testing. We have an excellent working relationship with local leadership in Jacksonville and the state of Florida, and we will continue to coordinate with them in the coming months. ”
-RNC’s statement on the convention came after the Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn told CNN that it is “too early to say” whether Florida will be a safe place for the Convention Republican National next month. “We will have to see how this unfolds in Florida and across the country,” Hahn said.
-During an Independence Day speech Saturday at the White House, President Donald Trump said the country had “learned to put out the flame” of the coronavirus. “Our strategy is progressing well. He goes out in one area and raises his ugly face in another area. But we have learned a lot. “Again, he incorrectly stated that the increasing number of cases is due to more evidence and that” 99% of (cases) are completely harmless. “
-When asked on Sunday about the president’s claim that most COVID-19 cases are harmless, Dr. Hahn, the FDA commissioner, repeatedly refused to defend the claim. to CNN. “I’m not going to go into who is right and who is wrong,” said Hahn. “What I will say is that we have data in the White House Task Force. Those data show us that this is a serious problem. People need to take it seriously, “he said.
-At least 112 residents of fraternity houses at the University of Washington in Seattle tested positive for COVID-19, according to an updated joint press release from the University of Washington and Public Health of Seattle and King County. Nine other UW students who tested positive were close contacts of the residents, but do not live in the houses.
Worldwide:
-Japan has registered 20,234 cases of COVID-19 after adding 277 new cases on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday. The number of infections has steadily increased over the past week, Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Sunday. The ministry also said the total death toll in the country is currently 990.
-Regional authorities in Galicia in northwestern Spain ordered a five-day closure of A Mariña county with a population of 71,000 for fear of a coronavirus outbreak. The decision came a day after the regional authorities in northeast Catalonia closed an area with more than 200,000 inhabitants. Both locks only allow people to leave areas for work and other extenuating circumstances.
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