U.S. posts biggest COVID-19 increase ever by a single country, adding more than 60,000 cases

[beijingwalker]

U.S. posts biggest COVID-19 increase ever by a single country, adding more than 60,000 cases
Reuters
Publishing date:
Jul 09, 2020 •

The United States reported more than 60,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the biggest increase ever reported by a country in a single day, according to a Reuters tally.

The United States faces a bleak summer with record-breaking infections and many states forced to close parts of the economy again, leaving some workers without a paycheque.


In addition to nearly 10,000 new cases in Florida, Texas reported over 9,500 cases and California reported more than 8,500 new infections. California and Texas also each reported a record one-day increase in deaths.

It was the second day in a row that U.S. deaths climbed by more than 900 in a day, the highest levels seen since early June, according to the tally.

Tennessee, West Virginia and Utah all had record daily increases in new cases, and infections are rising in 42 out of 50 states, according to a Reuters analysis of cases for the past two weeks compared with the prior two weeks.

The U.S. tally stood at 60,020 late on Wednesday, with a few local governments not yet reporting.

The previous U.S. record for new cases in a day was 56,818 last Friday. The United States has reported over 3 million cases and 132,000 deaths from the virus, putting President Donald Trump’s pandemic strategy under scrutiny.

Globally, cases rose to more than 12 million on Wednesday, with 546,000 deaths.

https://nationalpost.com/news/world...a-single-country-adding-more-than-60000-cases

 

[atan651]

Hey USA, learn and ask for help from China, will you?

 

[beijingwalker]

60,000 new cases daily... the real sick man of the world.

 

[Rizwan Alam]

Whats wrong with USA and Brazil? 60 percent of daily global cases are coming from US, Brazil and India and nobody seems to be talking....

 

[beijingwalker]

Whats wrong with USA and Brazil? 60 percent of daily global cases are coming from US, Brazil and India and nobody seems to be talking....

They are busy China bashing, who cares how many average Americans get sick and die like flies, dead people don't vote.

 

[beijingwalker]

U.S. sets one-day record with more than 60,500 COVID cases; Americans divided

Lisa Shumaker, Omar Younis
JULY 9, 2020 / 10:36 PM /

(Reuters) - More than 60,500 new COVID-19 infections were reported across the United States on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a one-day record as weary Americans were told to take new precautions and the pandemic becomes increasingly politicized.

The total represents a slight rise from Wednesday, when there were 60,000 new cases, and marks the largest one-day increase by any country since the pandemic emerged in China last year.

As infections rose in 41 of the 50 states over the last two weeks, Americans have become increasingly divided on issues such as the reopening of schools and businesses. Orders by governors and local leaders mandating face masks have become particularly divisive.

“It’s just disheartening because the selfishness of (not wearing a mask) versus the selflessness of my staff and the people in this hospital who are putting themselves at risk, and I got COVID from this,” said Dr. Andrew Pastewski, ICU medical director at Jackson South Medical Center in Miami.

“You know, we’re putting ourselves at risk and other people aren’t willing to do anything and in fact go the other way and be aggressive to promote the disease. It’s really, it’s really hard,” he said.

Stephanie Porta, 41, a lifelong Orlando, Florida, resident, said only about half the shoppers at her grocery store wore masks, though that was more than she saw two weeks ago.


“They’re trying to make everything seem normal, when it’s not. People are dying, people are getting sick. It’s insane,” she said.

Florida on Thursday announced nearly 9,000 new cases and 120 new coronavirus deaths, a record daily increase in lives lost. Governor Ron DeSantis called the rising cases a “blip” and urged residents not to be afraid.

“I know we’ve had a lot of different blips,” DeSantis said. “We’re now at a higher blip than where we were in May and the beginning of June.”

Florida is one of the few states that does not disclose the number of hospitalized COVID patients. But more than four dozen Florida hospitals reported their intensive care units reached full capacity earlier this week.

In Texas a group of bar owners sued Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, saying his June 26 order closing them down violates the state constitution, the Dallas Morning News reported.

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Thursday that keeping schools closed would be a greater risk to children’s health than reopening them.

California and Texas, the two most populous states, announced record increases in COVID deaths on Wednesday.

California has seen cases and hospitalizations surge, even though it imposed one of the strictest lockdowns. After several lawmakers and staffers at the state Capitol in Sacramento were infected, lawmakers said the legislature would not return from summer break until July 27.

Riverside University Health System, east of Los Angeles, expanded its 44-bed intensive care unit after it filled up with patients.

“It’s been very consistent every day in the last couple of weeks. Every day has been like a full moon,” Riverside emergency room physician Stephanie Loe said, referring to doctors’ beliefs that a full moon brings more patients to the emergency room.

Governors in California, Florida and Texas have either ruled out forced business closures and quarantines or called them a last resort. But Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warned he would impose a new stay-at-home order in two weeks if the latest surge did not ease.

The rise in infections also weighed on the stock market Thursday on fears of new lockdowns, which would take a toll on the economic recovery. The Dow .DJI and the S&P 500 .SPX ended down about 1%.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...0-covid-cases-americans-divided-idUSKBN24A28B

 

[Rizwan Alam]

71388 today

 

[beijingwalker]

71388 today

What！！！ 60000 record was surpassed just yesterday and today is over 70000!! Something must be done to at least slow down this madness!

 

[Cryptic_distortion]

People still don't want to wear a mask here

 

[Ali_Baba]

This will sink Trumps presidency. There is that ...

 

[Holmes]

China will have to pay a huge price for this "Made in China" product.

 

[beijingwalker]

China will have to pay a huge price for this "Made in China" product.

The virus was first spotted in China but not originated from China, now more and more evidence emerges to prove it.
https://www.google.com.hk/search?ne...jQtMZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXqwAQo&sclient=psy-ab

 

[Holmes]

The virus was first spotted in China but not originated from China, now more and more evidence emerges to prove it.
https://www.google.com.hk/search?newwindow=1&biw=1920&bih=969&sxsrf=ALeKk006hJNsrPaOjIz8jC4ERcg5RwTd3Q:1594533641966&ei=CacKX5nPOvqLr7wPyMOB0AY&q=covid+19+not+originate+from+china&oq=covid&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQARgAMgQIIxAnMgcIABCxAxBDMgQIABBDMgoIABCxAxCDARBDMgQIABBDMggIABCxAxCDATIHCAAQsQMQQzIHCAAQFBCHAjIECAAQQzIICAAQsQMQgwE6BwgjEOoCECc6BQgAEJECOgUIABCxA1DSBVjEG2DDLmgAcAB4AIABlAOIAZQKkgEHMC41LjQtMZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXqwAQo&sclient=psy-ab

Then why is china opposing a global investigation regarding the origin of this corona virus.

 

[beijingwalker]

Then why is china opposing a global investigation regarding the origin of this corona virus.

WHO experts are in China investigating, why US is eager to leave WHO? Avoiding being investigated??

 

[Holmes]

why US is eager to leave WHO?

WHO failed to give proper warning to US and the world regarding the possible threat that can be caused by this virus and the proper remedial measures that are needed to be taken against it. They (WHO) declared the covid-19 as a pandemic very lately. By that time it was too late. They played politics. WHO only recently announced that this corona virus can be spread through air. These all moves by the WHO made the US govt think that this organization is an utter failure. That is the why the US is pulling out of WHO.