'Anybody that thinks this is hoax, they should come spend the day with me here.' United Memorial Medical Center in Houston has been on the frontline battling the COVID-19 pandemic, as Texas and other states are showing surges in cases since reopening.
due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks.in December, the United States has become the worst-affected country, with more than 3.1 million diagnosed cases and at least 133,106 deaths.Texas sets new single-day record for deathsHere is how the news is developing today. All times Eastern.Gov.
People get tested at a drive thru coronavirus testing site at South Mountain Community College, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Phoenix. A health care worker puts on additional personal protective equipment at a COVID-19 testing site at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, on July 9, 2020.As has been the case in Florida, hospitals are now overcrowding across Texas. In especially hard-hit Houston, Texas Medical Center now says it is at 105% capacity.
Pedestrians wearing masks walk past a statue of Prometheus, also wearing a mask, at Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan in New York, July 8, 2020.4:27 p.m.: California reports highest daily death totalGov. Gavin Newsom stressed that the number may be attributed to lags in reporting, pointing out that the day after the Fourth of July only six deaths were reported.
The Transportation Security Administration says 1,018 of its employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.TSA agents help travelers as they clear security for flights out of Love Field in Dallas, June 24, 2020, file photo. A drive-up patient receives a face covering at a community coronavirus testing site in Burlington, N.C., July 9, 2020.
"Rather than think in terms of reverting back down to a complete shutdown, I would think we need to get the states pausing in their opening process," he said."Looking at what did not work well and try to mitigate that."Fauci said states can help curb the spread by doing"very fundamental things," like closing bars, wearing masks, washing hands and maintaining social distancing.
Miami-Dade County, which includes Miami, and Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, are especially hard-hit.Beach goers swim in the tranquil waters off Miami Beach, Florida's famed South Beach, July 7, 2020.People order food in the On Ocean 7 cafe in Miami beach, Fla.,July 8, 2020.Miami-Dade's positivity rate is 26.2%. Broward County's positivity rate has soared by 8.8% to reach 22.7%.
A healthcare worker takes a break as people wait in their vehicles in long lines in the heat for COVID-19 testing in Houston, July 7, 2020.The FEMA memo also noted that in Tennessee, people ages 21 to 40 are accounting for the majority of new and total cases. Face masks are currently not required statewide, but on Wednesday Reeves said he's not ruling that out.There's been an upward trend in coronavirus cases among teens and young adults over the last two weeks in Lake County, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago, the county health department said Wednesday.
The main hospital in Bergamo, one of Italy's hardest-hit cities in the coronavirus pandemic, has had its first day without any COVID-19 patients in intensive care. Redfield's comments come after President Donald Trump threatened on Twitter to"cut off funding" to schools that don't reopen in the fall and criticized the CDC's guidance as"very tough,""expensive" and"impractical."
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