Por Doha Madani – NBC News
The United States broke the record of people infected with this Wednesday COVID-19 in a single day, according to a count of NBC News, the sister chain of Telemundo.
NBC first reported that the new positive cases totaled 36,358 but hours later it raised this figure to 45,557.
He new peak exceeds by more than 9,000 the number of cases registered on April 26, the date that until this Wednesday held the record.
Internationally, the World Health Organization saw its record of single-day infections last Sunday, with more than 183,000 confirmed cases in the world.
[La OMS alerta sobre el “aceleramiento” de contagios de coronavirus]
Health experts told NBC News this Monday that the rebound in cases in the southern and western states of the United States dates back to Memorial Day, when many officials began to relax social distancing measures and reopen businesses.
Meanwhile, the northeast region has seen a significant decrease in cases, as the authorities of that geographic area have maintained policies to guarantee the social distancing and the use of masks.
This Wednesday, the governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut announced that visitors traveling from critical points in the country will be asked to remain in quarantine. During two weeks.
While many states struggle to contain the virus after having relaxed restrictions prematurely, Hospitals are being overwhelmed by the number of patients who need care.
In Florida, where more than 109,000 cases have been reported, the capacity of adult intensive care units is only 21%, according to state data updated Wednesday. Arizona has just The 12% of its available beds in these units, the state Department of Health reported Tuesday.
[El estado de Florida rompe récords de contagios de COVID-19 por tres días seguidos]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, praised California’s response to the pandemic and compared the battle against the coronavirus with a crusade for social justice.
“Californians have been up to social issues in the past so well that you have been the nation’s leaders on those things,” Fauci told the Wednesday. Sacramento Press Club. “This is a topic where I really there is an associated social responsibility“.
Despite Fauci’s praise, California also peaked in the number of confirmed cases in a single day this Wednesday. Another 7,149 reported cases brought the total number of cases to 190,222 in that state.
Governor Gavin Newsom He pleaded with Californians on Wednesday to continue using facial covers to try to stop the spread of the virus.
“You are not invincible to COVID-19,” Newsom said. “On the contrary, this is a disease that spreads easily, spreads very easily.”
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