The United States reported a record 52,788 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the first time the number of a single day has exceeded 50,000, according to reports.
Wednesday’s total broke the previous record, set last Sunday, at 8,600 cases, according to the Financial Times.
It also came a day after Dr. Anthony Fauci of the White House Coronavirus Task Force predicted that infections in the US could soon rise to as high as 100,000 per day if mitigation efforts are not taken. more seriously.
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Five states, California, Texas, Arizona, North Carolina and Georgia, also reported their highest infection totals on Wednesday, The Washington Post reported. In California, 9,740 people tested positive for the virus.
Cases have skyrocketed across the country as states begin to reopen businesses and ease restrictions after months of orders to stay home.
Both California and Florida are closing beaches in some counties over the July 4 weekend, and California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered bars, restaurant eateries, and other indoor activities in some areas.
Throughout June, the infection rate increased by 105 percent, according to the Times, and weekly averages for new infections increased in 45 states in the past week, according to The Post.
Apple and McDonald’s are among the companies that have closed some stores in several states amid the increase.
“Aid is on the way and we will spare no expense in providing the kind of reinforcements you will need across the state,” Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday in Arizona, where hospitals have seen an increase in cases, forcing the Doug Ducey government will re-close gyms, movie theaters and other businesses, AZCentral.com reported.
President Trump, who has resisted wearing a face mask in public in the past, told Fox Business on Wednesday that he would have no problem wearing one and that it was “all for masks.”
However, he said he did not agree with Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi that a national mask mandate was necessary.
Some states, including California, Nevada, Washington, and Pennsylvania, have ordered masks across the state to help curb the spread as people leave their homes more during the summer weather.
“When you don’t cover your face, we end up in a situation where you see a higher rate of disease spread and end up having to close places,” Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Tuesday. “This mask, this facial covering, is actually an instrument of freedom for Americans if we all wear it.”
Trump told Fox Business on Wednesday that he still believes the virus will simply “go away” at some point, he hopes.
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The president and the White House have said the increase in cases is due to increases in tests, but Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and other experts have said the tests cannot explain the whole. of the surge.
