Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Coronavirus case United States of America (USA) back up. Since last weekend, new daily cases have reached 100,000 per day, a record since the decline in cases occurred in February 2021.
From data Worldometers, a significant increase in cases occurred since July 30. New cases hit 104,640. After that, cases continued to consistently be at this number. Wednesday (4/8/2021) there were 112,279 new.
The seven-day average of new cases has increased fivefold in less than a month. The seven states with the lowest vaccine rates became hotspots of spread, Florida, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.
The seven regions dominate new cases and hospitalizations. Hospitals in areas such as Florida, Texas and Louisiana are said to have been overwhelmed with nearly 100% increase in patients.
“A much younger age group being hospitalized,” said Mary Mayhew, head of the Florida Hospitals Association. Reuters.
“We’re seeing a terrible Covid-19 trend in our hospitals,” said Lina Hidalgo, a judge in Harrisd County Texas.
“These are the darkest days of this pandemic,” said Dr. Catherine O’Neal, chief medical officer of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is quoted CNBC International.
Referring to the data, the states that contributed the largest new cases yesterday were Florida (16,935) and Texas (12,334). Special Florida, yesterday, even a record death with 140 patients.
The Delta variant, a new strain of coronavirus discovered in India for the first time in the middle of this year, is the cause. The Delta variant is known to be able to spread faster than the initial corona variant, up to 60% more.
This upward trend has actually been warned by the US Centers for Infectious Diseases (CDC). Average US weekly cases, up since last week.
Late last week, the US recorded 72,790 cases per day on a weekly average. This is higher than last year’s summer peak of 68,700
“While we desperately want to finish this pandemic, Covid-19 is clearly not over (now) … the battle must go on a little longer,” said the Director of the US Centers for Infectious Diseases, or CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky quoted CNBC International.
“It’s hard. It’s tough. But, we are together in this.
Meanwhile, since last week, the CDC has made it mandatory for US citizens to wear masks indoors in public spaces. The White House has also implemented a mask rule.
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