CORONAVIRUS LATEST: • In the past week, U.S. COVID-19 death toll grew 18.7%, per internal FEMA memo obtained by ABC News. • Pandemic has killed more than 633,000 people across the globe. • Over 15.5 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their nations' outbreaks.has become the worst-affected country, with more than 4 million diagnosed cases and at least 144,305 deaths.Here is how the news is developing today. All times Eastern. Check back for updates.The deadly impact of the novel coronavirus continues to show no signs of slowing down in the U.S. In the past week, the national death toll grew 18.
In Alabama, the state is seeing many health care facilities reach capacity as staffing shortages are increasing strains on the system, according to the FEMA memo. COVID-19 patients in Arizona are being transferred to New Mexico because of a lack of beds. Some hospitals in Louisiana are also at capacity. Facilities in Lake Charles and Lafayette are transferring patients to New Orleans for treatment, the memo said. And in Texas, Hidalgo County for weeks has warned its hospitals are at capacity. The crematorium in the county, according to the FEMA memo, has a two-week waitlist. It is now relying on refrigerated morgue trucks.
Meanwhile, Georgia and Kentucky saw their single-day biggest case totals in a week that also saw California , Florida , and Texas all report record daily death tolls. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its U.S. coronavirus death toll projection Thursday, saying it now expects 175,000 deaths by Aug. 15.
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