on Thursday, the country has recorded more than 76 500 new cases, near the record of 24 hours. Donald Trump has decided to cancel the great republican convention in Florida.
The milestone of three million cases of coronavirus had been reached there about two weeks, on the 8th of July. The United States has now moved into Thursday, the milestone of four million cases officials of infection with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to the counting of the Johns Hopkins university, in which reference is made. A million of positive tests in fifteen days have been counted.
After you have experienced an improvement towards the end of the spring, the United States see since several weeks the epidemic is starting to increase again, particularly in the south and west of the country. For the past ten days, the number of new infections identified every 24 hours exceeds 60 000. Thursday, in one day, the United States has even recorded more than 76 500 new cases of Covid-19, near the record of 24 hours, and 1225 deaths, according to the counting of the university statement at 20: 30 local time.
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The last time the United States had saved more than 1,200 dead in 24 hours was there almost two months, on the 29th of may. Texas, California, Alabama, Idaho, and Florida have each announced Wednesday or Thursday, of the records of death in 24 hours. With more than 144 000 deaths, the United States is by far the most bereaved in the world in absolute value, to Brazil and the United Kingdom. The epidemic models predict on average a peak nationwide in the next four weeks, according to the university of Massachusetts, which aggregates models from a score of research centres.
“things are improving” in Arizona
for a Long time accused of denial in the face of the pandemic, the us president, Donald Trump has recently admitted an “alarming rise of cases” in the south of the country, and advocates now wearing a mask. He resolved to waive the convening of the republican convention that was scheduled in Florida in late August to officially induct him as a candidate of the republican party in the November presidential election.
The outbreak of contamination has also pushed up unemployment for the first time in the country since the end of march, worrying Wall Street. A little more than 16 million Americans are unemployed and 32 million related to a temporary allowance.
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Despite these negative signals, if one takes the official number of new cases detected, several States have, however, stopped the exponential increase that was observed in June, such as Arkansas, Iowa, North Carolina and South Carolina.
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The Arizona gives hope. The number of new cases detected in the neighboring State of California has certainly reached the 20 000 in seven days, but it was 11% less than the previous week and hospital admissions are significantly down. “Things are improving”, testified Thursday Matthew Heinz, a doctor in a hospital in Tucson, who credits the port mask, including a republican governor for a long time refractory. “A lot of people wear masks over a month ago,” he says.
