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States from Connecticut to the western Rocky Mountains are reeling from the surge. The death toll in the United States has risen to 223,995, according to Johns Hopkins University. The total number of cases in the United States reported on the site on Friday was 83,757, surpassing the 77,362 cases reported on July 16.
The impact is being felt in every section of the country: a shutdown on South Dakota’s Oglala Sioux reservation, a request by a Florida health official to stop children’s parties, dire warnings from the Utah governor, a situation increasingly desperate in a hospital. in northern Idaho, which is running out of space and considering airlift to Seattle or Oregon.
“Basically, we have closed an entire floor of our hospital. We have had double rooms. We have bought more hospital beds, ”said Dr. Robert Scoggins, pulmonologist at Kootenai Health Hospital in Coeur d’Alene. “Our hospital is not built for a pandemic.”
Utah Governor Gary Herbert proclaimed Friday “a record day for Utah, but not a good one”As the cases reached an all-time high.
“So far, our hospitals have been able to provide good care to all Covid and non-Covid patients who need it,” he said. “But today we are on the edge of the abyss. If Utahns don’t take serious steps to limit group gatherings and wear masks, our healthcare providers will not have the ability to provide quality care to all who need it. ”
By public health order, masks are required in 21 counties, Herbert said, urging Utahns to wear one whenever they are around someone outside their immediate home.
the seven day moving average for new daily cases in the US. exceeded 61,140 on Thursday, compared to 44,647 two weeks ago. The record was reached on July 22 when the moving average was 67,293.
The head of the World Health Organization warned that the countries of the northern hemisphere are at a “critical juncture.”
“The next few months are going to be very tough and some countries are on a dangerous path,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
