About half of the U.S. The new Covid-19 cases are on the rise as health experts warn of additional coronaviruses in the fall and winter.
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Faculty members from Washington State University of Health Sciences give COVID-19 tests to students during a coronavirus epidemic on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at a mobile test site on campus in Pullman, Wash. Pullman has seen a big increase in COVID. 19 cases in the last two weeks. (Moscow-Pullman Daily News by Geoff Crimins / AP)
As of Sunday, the number of new coronavirus cases has increased by at least 10% or more in 21 states compared to the previous week, most of them in the West, according to a CNN analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.
Increased in Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington . And Wyoming.
The states were stable. Only 11 – Arizona, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire – saw a 10% drop in new cases over the previous week.
During the fall and winter the U.S. Covid-1 cases will see an explosion of cases because people are less cautious and spend more time indoors, there is a higher chance of transmission, said the director of the Institute of the University of Washington. Said Chris Murray. For Health Metrics and Assessment (IHME).
Murray says the IHME model “surge” is expected to launch in October and “accelerate” in November and December. The IHME model indicates that the country is currently experiencing about 765 daily deaths from Covid-19, but by the end of December this number could turn into 3,000 daily deaths.
For the first time since early June, more than 1,000 new cases were reported in New York State on Saturday, including the governor. Andrew Cuomo was asked to warn residents about the growing mood.
“New Yorkers continue to adhere to basic behaviors that advance our ability to fight Covid-19,” Cuomo said in a statement. “Wearing masks, social distance and hand washing make a decisive difference, as state guidance is deliberately implemented by local governments.”
Wisconsin filed 2,817 new cases on Saturday, the highest number of one-day cases in the state. The previous record was set Sept. 18 with 2,533 cases, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. As many as 2,217 new cases were registered for a total of 115,862 cases across the state on Sunday, according to the department.
Last week, the Wisconsin governor. Tony Evers issued an executive order mandating facial inks in an effort to keep the infection down. In a news release, his office attributed the rising number of cases mainly to infections between the ages of 18 and 24, saying the state was facing “new and dangerous phases” of the epidemic.
“We need your help to stop the spread of this virus, and we must all do this together,” Evers said.
Director of Disease Control and Prevention U.S. for Robert Redfield. The centers warned earlier that winter could be “one of the most difficult times we’ve experienced in American public health.” And with an average of 1,000,000 cases a day across the country, the new season could be a challenge, says infectious disease specialist Dr. Dr. Anthony Fauci, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, said on Friday. Said Howard Bouchner.
“You have a lot to do considering the temperature requirement, and I’m afraid, if we don’t follow these guidelines carefully … masking, distance, congestion, that we could see another surge,” he said.
The United States surpassed 7 million Covid-19 infections on Friday. More than 204,000 people have died.
The Miami mayor is concerned that Florida is easing restrictions on restaurants and bars
As Florida restaurants and Covid-19 enjoy their first full day of operation without restrictions on Saturday, the mayor of Miami warned that the governor may decide to completely reopen such establishments and limit the ability of local governments to enforce their own sanctions. Catastrophic consequences.
“I think it has a lot of impact,” Mayor Francis Suarez told CNN on Saturday about the Florida governor. Regarding the decision to allow restaurants, bars and other businesses to open at full capacity and to suspend penalties for all outstanding fines. Those who have not complied with the Covid-19 restrictions – such as not wearing a mask in public. “You know, I just don’t know how many people are really going to do that.”
Decentis signed an executive order on Friday evening, allowing the restaurant and bar to immediately start operating at 100% capacity. He cited the financial difficulties of not running businesses at full capacity as per the order.
The opportunity to fully reopen was welcomed by some restaurant and bar owners who said their businesses had suffered during the coronavirus epidemic.
Mike Penrod, owner of Elbo Room Bar in Fort Lauderdale, told CNN-affiliated WSVN on Saturday, “The six-month shutdown was really difficult for employees, customers and family. It was really difficult.”
Gaffer’s pub in Davy, Florida, was also closed for six months, owner Debbie Coles told CNN-affiliated WPLG. And while safety is a top priority, she said reopening would protect her business.
“We have to pay the rent, the electricity, all the bills,” he said. “If it were too long, we wouldn’t be here.”
Florida has surpassed 700,000 cases of coronavirus on Sunday, and the virus has killed more than 14,000 people in the state, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Suarez said wearing a mask in public and slowly reopening it has helped keep the coronavirus case down in Miami, Suarez said. He has expressed concern that schools are preparing to learn individually in mid-October as the ramps of the changing flu season are coming to the state.
“We’ll see in the next few weeks whether (the governor) is right about his perspective. But if he’s wrong about his perspective … it’s going to be very, very difficult for him and it’s going to be very, very difficult. Because it’s in the middle of the flu season, ”Suarez said.
Normal can go a long way – even a vaccine
Fawcett says the Covid-19 vaccine could be launched “very likely” in November or December. There are eight vaccines in the worldwide human trial, including six in the US.
It may still be a while before the U.S. returns to normalcy, Foi said.
“Until you vaccinate enough people … so you can start thinking about getting a little more towards normalcy, probably as me and others have said, maybe in the third quarter of 2021,” he told Boucher. “Maybe even in the fourth quarter.”
Until then, Fauqi and other leading experts have urged Americans to continue to follow safety guidelines and to avoid crowded spaces and wash their hands by wearing masks, keeping distance. Measures can be life-saving.
In the meantime, experts are talking about the final vaccine and the U.S. Is working to combat atheism about its approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The race for a vaccine and its importance has resulted in a significant rapid growth process.
A recent poll found that most Americans believe the political pressure from the Trump administration could force the FDA to run for vaccine approval before election day on November 3.
The concern was heightened this week when President Donald Trump claimed the White House could override the FDA if the agency announced stricter standards for vaccine authorization. The FDA declined to comment on the president’s claim.
But Fawcett sought to allay concerns of political interference, which he called the “big elephant in the room.”
“If you look at the standard process of how these things work, I think you’ll feel comfortable that this isn’t likely to happen.” He added that he trusted the FDA’s scientists and commissioners.
“You have to reassure the people there with concerns and skepticism that these are FDA professionals who are doing this throughout their careers,” he said. “They really know what they’re doing.”
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