New coronavirus cases surged in Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and elsewhere while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis rejected the idea that reopening his state too soon was the reason behind its spike
PHOENIX - Several U.S. states including Oklahoma reported a surge in new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, just days before a planned campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa that will rank as the nation’s largest social gathering by far in three months.
In Arizona, where doctors, nurses and health administrators called for making face coverings mandatory statewide in public places, Governor Doug Ducey said he would let local officials decide whether to impose such rules and how to enforce them.Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego immediately tweeted that a vote on a proposed ordinance to require face masks outdoors in the nation’s fifth-largest city would go on the agenda for the city council’s next meeting.
The daily count of infections also hit a new benchmark in California, with more than 4,000 cases recorded statewide on Wednesday. Los Angeles County alone reported its largest daily increase of over 2,100 new cases on Wednesday, though several hundred were attributed to a backlog in test results released all at once.
Public health experts worry that assembling a crowd of 20,000 shouting, chanting people inside an arena - particularly if many aren’t wearing masks - could turn the rally into a coronavirus “super-spreader event.” Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday said officials were considering other, possibly outdoor, venues for the Tulsa event.
In Florida, some of the increase has been linked to newly reopened bars, making for easy virus transmission. In one case, 16 friends who celebrated a birthday at a bar without wearing masks all tested positive, according to media reports.
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