U.S It continues to be the country most affected worldwide by the coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday 45 thousand new cases were registered, and the number of infections exceeded 2.5 million. Meanwhile, the death toll reached 125,559. In addition, the authorities’ concern grows since the epicenter of the disease was transferred to the southern states of the country.
In the last days, a greater increase was detected in the number of positives in the territories of Arizona, Texas, California y Florida. In the latter, 9,500 new infections and 24 deaths were recorded in one day, an unprecedented number in this health crisis.
Similarly, Georgia, South Carolina and Nevada reported records of daily infections, according to Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, Arizona broke its hospitalization mark.
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“We face serious problems in some areas“he warned Anthony Fauci, White House medical adviser at a press conference.
The alarming situation is not exclusive to those territories since 31 other states recorded case growth Compared to two weeks and eleven, they decided to back down on their reopening measures. For example, Washington Governor Jay Inslee said he will slow down his opening plans and move to phase four due to the spike in cases.
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Along the same lines, the authorities of Miami they announced that beaches will close on the weekend of the July 4th holiday, as well as bars to avoid crowds.
Meanwhile, Texas, which was one of the first states to resume activities, will close its bars again, and San Francisco will pause at its reopening.
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One fact that alarms the country’s health authorities is that the average age of infected people is now 33, no longer 65, as it looked a few months ago. So an awareness campaign was generated to alert young people about the dangers of the disease.
Experts believe that the high contagion rate (13 percent in some states) indicates that the virus is spreading beyond testing capacity, due to relaxation of restrictions in the last days.
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