When asked about the possibility of tighter mask regulations across the state, DeSantis said facial coatings have been advised since the state’s first phase of reopening.
“When you live your life and try to open up the country, you are going to come into contact with people and for that reason we know that masks are really important and we should wear them everywhere,” he said. .
Of the 9,351 hospitalizations in the state, more than a third are in Miami-Dade and neighboring Broward counties, the AHCA said.
“Fifteen ICU nurses only called sick today, on Jackson Main alone,” she told the affiliate. “They are exhausted. They have been doing this since March.”
Florida now has more than 350,000 cases and 4,982 deaths, according to state data. Other hotspots include Arizona, which reported a record death toll on Saturday, and Louisiana, where the spread of the community across the state, rather than the nursing homes blamed for the first spikes, is making Covid-19 be ” more rampant “than ever Governor Bel Edwards tweeted
At the opposite end of the spectrum, Vermont has gone a month without a coronavirus-related death, and its count remains static at 56 since June 19.
United States also sets records
Texas reports more than 10,000 cases by the fifth day
Similar calls for help came in Texas of healthcare professionals as cases continue to escalate across the state.
For the fifth consecutive day, Texas reported more than 10,000 new cases in one day, according to state data. The 10,158 new cases reported Saturday raise the state’s case count to at least 317,730.
Governor Greg Abbott, who once lobbied for one of the most aggressive reopens, has advocated in recent weeks for the use of face masks to help businesses stay open.
Various states reconsidering masks
Texas is not the only state promoting the importance of wearing masks. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves issued a mask mandate in 13 of the state’s 82 counties and told CNN that he would institute it statewide if he believed it would save lives.
Health agencies did not advise wearing masks at the start of the pandemic, and now they do, “so it’s a complicated process,” said the governor.
“If we do the small things,” Reeves said, “we can make a difference in slowing down the spread of this virus. The best way to do this is to highlight those counties where they are most needed.”
He noted that Los Angeles had a mask mandate and has more cases than Mississippi. The city of California recorded new cases and one-day hospitalizations last week.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is “on the verge” of issuing another order to stay home, he said. Garcetti defended his leadership during the crisis, pointing to the city’s trial initiatives and the mask mandate, but said many factors were beyond his control and pointed to the White House, citing “the lack of national leadership.”
“I think there are people who are just as exhausted. They were sold a list of products. They said this was under control. They said this would end soon, and I think when leaders say that, people react and do the same.” wrong things. They stop distancing themselves. They stop washing their hands. They stop wearing masks, “Garcetti said.
In Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine also failed to comply with a state order, but the state has started a campaign to encourage residents to wear masks. Covid-19 is spreading in bars, churches, informal settings and through outsiders, and is concerned that Ohio may follow the Florida path, he told NBC’s “Meet the Press”. It is important for your constituents to realize that wearing a mask is about protecting everyone, he said.
“You wear the mask to protect your grandmother,” DeWine told NBC. “Orders are obviously important, but getting people to buy and understand: getting a 20-year-old to understand that he or she may feel invulnerable, that nothing will happen to them, but that they can get it. It may not. they know they have it. They can go home and see their grandmother. She might get it, and she could end up dying. “
While some states are loath to make the masks mandatory for all residents, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson says he understands the sentiment but has no choice.
“It is not something I would like to do,” he told ABC, “but it is something that everyone can do to ease the pressure on hospitals, to give us hope to bring down those cases.”
He added: “It is not the first lever we pull, but it is one that when the data says it is necessary, we do it.”
CNN’s Melissa Alonso, Kay Jones, Jamiel Lynch, Gisela Crespo, Rosa Flores, Dan Shepherd, Sheena Jones, Anna Sturla, Nicky Robertson, Lauren Del Valle and Randi Kaye contributed to this report.
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