US Marks Record Spike of 53,069 Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours
Pedestrians dressed in mask stroll down the sidewalk within the Ny borough of New York Town, U.S., July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
The second one consecutive day of a record-high case rely got here as the United States, the hardest-hit nation on the earth within the coronavirus pandemic, headed into the lengthy July Fourth vacation weekend.
- AFP
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The United States notched greater than 53,000 new COVID-19 circumstances in 24 hours Thursday, a tally by way of Johns Hopkins College confirmed, a brand new one-day listing as infections surge across the nation.
The Baltimore-based college’s tracker confirmed 53,069 extra circumstances as of eight:30 pm (0030 Friday GMT), bringing the entire selection of circumstances because the pandemic reached the USA to two,735,339.
The college additionally recorded an additional 649 fatalities, bringing the entire loss of life toll to 128,677.
The second one consecutive day of a record-high case rely got here as the USA — the hardest-hit nation on the earth within the coronavirus pandemic — headed into the lengthy July Fourth vacation weekend.
Florida is a key focal point of public well being mavens anxious a few surge in southern and western US states and it now has greater than 169,000 circumstances.
Governor Ron DeSantis blamed the upward thrust on “social interactions” amongst younger other folks collecting at events, seashores, bars, swimming swimming pools and in other places, in addition to a extra “powerful” checking out program.
In Texas, the place greater than 2,500 other folks have died, Governor Greg Abbott ordered other folks in counties with 20 or extra circumstances to put on mask, and banned gatherings of greater than 10 other folks.
The transfer got here after the Lone Superstar State reported eight,000 new circumstances on Wednesday, the newest in a string of data that has alarmed well being government, and resulted in the governor in large part halting the reopening program that began in early Might.
