United States, on the third day, with new daily coronavirus cases exceeding 50,000, reaching a new 24-hour high of 57,497.
The COVID-19 pandemic, which was first identified in Wuhan, China in December, had infected 11,124,651 people worldwide and 2,808,003 in the US through Saturday. It had claimed at least 526,003 lives worldwide, 129,476 of which were in the U.S., according to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for three decades and one of the leading experts on pandemics in the United States for the past four decades, has said that Americans and lawmakers must reconsider some of their actions.
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New York has had the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States, followed by New Jersey and Massachusetts.
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On Thursday, Fauci said the virus could be mutating to become more transmissible. “We don’t have a connection between whether an individual does worse with this or not. It simply appears that the virus replicates better and may be more transmissible. But this is still in the stage of trying to confirm that. “
Fauci focused on three main flaws from both the public and the authorities: many states have reopened too quickly, people are not complying with social distancing rules, and authorities could do a better job of tracing contacts to track people. who have been in contact with those who test positive.
Florida reported 11,458 new cases on Saturday, the highest number of daily cases since the pandemic began, only after the daily peak of 11,571 in New York last April.
It confirmed almost 190,052 cases, compared to 178,594 cases the previous day, which does not include those that are asymptomatic or presymptomatic, and 3,702, compared to 3,684 the previous day, deaths from the virus.
However, unlike officials in California and Texas, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has said the state will not delay its reopening plans, saying the increase is primarily due to young people who gather in bars and restaurants and in outdoor spaces instead of reopening companies.
Ten Democratic state lawmakers signed a letter Friday telling DeSantis to file a state order for people to wear masks in public spaces.
“In looking at the devastation COVID-19 is causing in our communities,” according to the letter, “we strongly recommend that the State of Florida implement a mandatory use of covering your face over your nose and mouth while a business or other building is open. ” to the public, as well as to public spaces in the open air, whenever social distancing is not possible “.
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Florida reported 11,458 new cases on Saturday, the highest number of daily cases since the pandemic began.
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So far, New York has had the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. (32,137), followed by New Jersey (15,164), Massachusetts (8,149), Illinois (7,005), Pennsylvania (6,746), California (6,318) and Michigan (6,215). Texas has reported 2,592 deaths from the virus.
The U.S. Surgeon General and the Department of Health and Human Services issued a public service announcement this week, urging Americans to follow the guidelines of frequent hand washing, social distancing, and wearing face masks in public spaces. .
While the progress of COVID-19 has slowed in states like New York, where most cases in the US are still focused, confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased in 37 US states, being some of the most populous states like Florida, Texas and California a key cause for concern.
New cases increased 43% in Florida over the past week, increased 32% in Arizona, increased 37% in the Virgin Islands, increased 37% in Montana and South Carolina, increased 35% in Texas, increased 31% in Idaho, and increased 20% in California during the same period, according to this Washington Post count.
On Thursday, DeSantis met with United States Vice President Mike Pence to discuss the increase in cases in the state, and urged Floridians to wear masks in public and avoid large crowds. “I want the people of Florida to know that we are in a much better place because of the leadership of President Trump,” he said.
Florida has seen an increase in hospitalizations in recent days, and while most of them were among seniors, an 11-year-old from Miami-Dade County died of complications from the disease, the state’s youngest person in die from COVID -19 and third child in the state to die from the disease.
DeSantis instructed the bars, which are allowed to open at half their normal capacity, to stop selling alcohol as a concession to the increase in coronavirus cases, but the state has no restrictions on the number of people who can assemble in shops and gyms.
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They rose on Friday, after better-than-expected unemployment figures amid a surge in coronaviruses in states that have eased restrictions.
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