The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US exceeded 4 million on Thursday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. One million of those cases were reported in approximately the past two weeks.
More than 15.3 million cases of coronavirus. now they have been reported worldwide. The United States has by far the most confirmed cases and deaths of any country. The country with the next highest figure, Brazil, has more than 2 million cases and 82,000 deaths.
The virus had killed more than 143,000 people in the US as of Thursday, up from 131,000 on July 8, just over two weeks ago. Globally, more than 625,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
The steady increase in U.S. cases has been fueled by sudden increases in states after they began to reopen.
Florida is one of those states. More than 10,000 new cases were reported in the state on Wednesday, according to its health department. The state has now reported 389,868 confirmed cases and 5,632 deaths from the virus.
Texas has also seen an increase, as has California, which now tops New York as the state with the most reported cases.
Only five states have seen a decrease in confirmed cases in the past two weeks, according to data collected by the COVID Follow-up Project, which collects data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Cases in Arizona, New Jersey, Delaware, West Virginia, and Maine have decreased in the past 14 days.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that cases have leveled out in the state because of his “smart reopening” plan that has been phased in non-essential services. The governor said New York is now closely monitoring increases in other states.
“We face a threat from states that have rushed to reopen and are not ready,” Cuomo said at a press conference. Large meetings are to blame for significant increases from other states in a short period of time, according to the governor.
“We know why … it’s not difficult to understand what’s going on,” Cuomo said. “Young people, this is not the time to fight for your right to party.”
In Florida, communities in the southern part of the state have imposed curfews in an effort to regulate large gatherings. The famous South Beach area now has a curfew at 8pm.
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber recently said his city “can’t have anything like Bourbon Street right now,” CBS Miami reported.
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