Presley Pour breaks down in tears when she thinks of refusing to make her state face mask mandatory.
In South Salt Lake City, Utah, a woman cannot work in her special education job due to autoimmune disease. Her husband, a special ad teacher, also recently quit because his school district does not allow him to work remotely to protect her and her 5-year-old son, who suffers from asthma.
“I forgot,” Powell said. “We live in a world in which we no longer fit. We did everything right. We went to a college lodge, we got a job, we tried to give back to our community, and now our community doesn’t give back to us. And I’m so scared. . “
As President Donald Trump denies the coronavirus epidemic before swarming states, mostly unscrupulous mobs, citing health experts, the nation has warned his opponent Joe Biden that there will be a “dark winter” of disease and death.
“We’re not controlling the epidemic,” White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told CNN on Sunday. When asked why, he said it was “because it’s a flu-like infectious virus.”
Vice President Mike Pence will continue the campaign despite testing positive for his chief of staff COVID-19. His office fee said both Pence and his wife tested negative for the virus on Sunday.
At some point in October, nearly half of the U.S. states saw their highest number of daily infections so far, and the country as a whole came close to a record back-to-back daily infection rate on Friday and Saturday.
Data from Johns Hopkins University show that on Saturday, 83,718 new cases were reported, with 83, 77 reported infections on Friday. Prior to that, most cases were reported in the United States on the same day, with 77,362 on July 16.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at Washington University, which federal health officials have used as a source for estimating their epidemics, is currently forecasting that U.S. The death toll from Covid-1 could rise to 318,000 by January 1.
As of Sunday, the U.S. In.6. There were more than one million confirmed infections, with the death toll rising to more than 3,000,000, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
At least seven states – Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio and Oklahoma – saw record high infections on Saturday. And some northeastern states are seeing a surge in numbers behind the hard-hitting spring states; New Jersey saw 1,909 new infections on Saturday in a single day since early May.
The virus is also on the rise in Mountain West, especially in Idaho and Utah.
The vice president of medical affairs at Sad Lucas Magic Valley Medical Center, Dr. In Idaho’s Twin Falls, new data suggest that 1 in 24 residents have contracted coronavirus, Joshua Kern said. In the midst of a flurry of new cases, nurses from Boise were brought to the hospital, underwent alternative surgery, and by Friday, had stopped admitting pediatric patients.
“It’s kind of gotten out of hand,” Kearn told the Associated Press. “Something like a third of our total COVID case has happened in our community in the last two to three weeks. Many parts of the state suffer under the same burden. ”
Kern said the Twin Falls cheered after a relatively low number of months, adding that “going back to school was a signal to our communities that we could be normal.”
“The community said,‘ Oh, good. It’s over. We can party again, ‘and we saw an increase in viruses,’ he said. “This week, we went to the coffee shop to get pastry for our group, and it closed because of Kovid. And we know that weeks ago, they were unmax there. “
Retired FBI agent Mark Chidichimo said his sister, sister-in-law, brother, nephew and 92-year-old father in Idaho have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the past three weeks.
Chichichimo, who lives in New Jersey, had nothing but admiration for St. Luke’s in Twin Falls, but he said his brother was told he would be sent to Seattle, more than 600 miles from the border, if he needed to be hospitalized.
“Hey, Idaho. This is coming from someone who has been there, done this: If you can do this you really want to ignore this, “he said.” It’s getting really bad, and I pray to God that my None of the family members are hospitalized, because if they do, I don’t know if they will survive. ”
After months of improvement, some parts of Europe are either back into lockdown amid an increase in infections or will increase controls again. Italy on Sunday imposed new sanctions across the country for at least a month, insisting that people wear masks outside, close gyms, pools and movie theaters and impose an initial curfew in cafes and restrooms.
German Health Minister Jens Spah, who tested positive on Wednesday, urged citizens to wear masks as the virus spikes across the country and hospital ICUs have to be refilled.
“Please continue to help and don’t listen to those who play (coronavirus).” “It’s serious.”
In New Mexico, which has seen a record number of additional COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in recent days, more than 350 doctors, nurses and other health care professionals signed a letter urging residents to stay home as much as possible, wear masks and hold large gatherings. Requested to limit. To help stop the second wave of “death alone”.
“Please help healthcare professionals help you,” the letter said on the State Department’s website. “Help us protect you. Help us ensure that we have the resources to treat illnesses and care for deaths. “
On Saturday, New Mexico officials reported 875 new cases and five additional deaths, bringing the state’s total to 41,040 cases and 965 deaths. The number of Kovid-19 hospital admissions rose to 264, from a record 229 on Friday, up from the previous 223 from mid-May.
Paur, whose brother and his girlfriend have both recently tested positive for the virus, is concerned for him and himself.
“People need to know that our lives are on one line,” the Utah woman said. “We’re running money really fast.”
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Ramer reported from Concord, NH; Senez reported from Memphis, Tennessee. New Orleans is contributed by Associated Press writer Jim Mustian.
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