People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site during the new coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Miami Beach, Florida.
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The United States reported more than 50,600 additional cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the largest increase in a single day since the outbreak began, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Cases increased 5% or more, based on the change in the average number of new cases compared to last week, in 40 states across the country, including California, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Nevada, according to a CNBC analysis. of data compiled by Johns Hopkins
The record surge in new cases of coronavirus continues to push the US beyond what some believed was its peak earlier this year.
As of Wednesday, the United States reported an average of 43,404 new cases, marking a week that the average exceeded previous highs set in April. CNBC calculates its daily Covid-19 cases using data compiled by Johns Hopkins University based on an average of the past seven days to eliminate fluctuations in daily reports.
Arizona reported a record increase in new cases and deaths on Wednesday, registering nearly 4,900 new cases of coronavirus and at least 80 new deaths, according to Hopkins data. Arizona intensive care units had 89% capacity as of Tuesday, according to the state department of health.
Governor Doug Ducey on Monday withdrew the state’s reopening plan, closing bars, gyms, movie theaters and water parks. Since then, the state has reported an increase in its positivity rate, or the percentage of total positive tests, from a low of 4.9% in May to 20.1% in June, it said in announcing the reversal.
“We cannot have the illusion that this virus will go away on its own. Our expectation is that next week our numbers will be worse. It will take several weeks for the mitigation that we have implemented and are implementing to take effect,” Ducey said.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Wednesday to close interior seating at bars in most of the lower state to preserve his progress against Covid-19, according to a press release from the governor’s office. .
There have been recent Covid-19 outbreaks linked to bars, including in East Lansing, that infected more than 100 people, he said.
Due to the increasing number of cases in California, Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered businesses with indoor operations to immediately close in 19 counties. The order applies to some of the state’s largest counties: Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and Santa Barbara.
Indoor companies to close include restaurants, wineries and tasting rooms, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums and game rooms, Newsom said at a press conference. The state will also increase its enforcement of the recommended guidelines for social distancing and face-covering requirements, Newsom said.
“It’s more education. I’m not going to go out with a fist,” he said.
California has reported 6,093 additional cases based on a seven-day moving average as of Wednesday, an increase of about 28% compared to a week ago, according to Johns Hopkins data.
California, which also reported a rising positivity rate through June, was one of the states that joined the New York travel advisory on Tuesday, requiring that all travelers arriving in New York from highly affected areas be quarantined during 14 days.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that the city will not allow restaurants to reopen their indoor food sections as scheduled for July 6 due to growing coronavirus outbreaks in other parts of the country. .
“We see a lot of problems, and in particular we see the problems revolve around people returning to bars and restaurants indoors. Indoors it is the problem more and more, science shows it more and more,” de Blasio said. .
Governor Andrew Cuomo, who supported de Blasio’s decision, said later during his press conference on Wednesday that New York City could be an area with “storm clouds on the horizon.”
He warned that the resurgence of cases in other states could threaten the reopening of New York as the state continues to record record levels of deaths, hospitalizations and positive cases.
“We have to be careful. We have dark clouds on the horizon and we have made great progress,” Cuomo said at a press conference. “We have been through hell and back, but this is not over and this can still raise your ugly head anywhere in this nation and in this state.”
– CNBC’s Jasmine Kim and Nate Rattner contributed to this report.
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