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JudyM

(29,225 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 10:26 PM Jul 2020

Confirmed coronavirus cases are rising in 40 of 50 states

Source: Associated Press

... All but 10 states are showing an upswing in newly reported cases over the past 14 days, according to data compiled by the volunteer COVID Tracking Project. The outbreaks are most severe in Arizona, Texas and Florida, which together with California have reclosed or otherwise clamped back down on bars, restaurants and movie theaters over the past week or so.

Nebraska and South Dakota were the only states outside the Northeast with a downward trend in cases.
While some of the increases may be explained by expanded testing, other indicators are grim, too, including hospitalizations and positive test rates. Over the past two weeks, the percentage of positive tests has doubled in Georgia, Kansas, Montana, Michigan, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, South Carolina and Ohio. In Nevada, it has tripled. In Idaho, it is five times higher.
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The U.S. has reported at least 2.7 million cases and more than 128,000 dead, the highest toll in the world. Globally there have been 10.7 million confirmed cases and over 517,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins’ count. The true toll is believed to be significantly higher, in part because of limited testing and mild cases that have been missed.

Other countries are also reporting an upswing in cases... India, the world’s second-most populous country with more than 1.3 billion people, has reported nearly 100,000 new cases in the past four days alone.

Read more: https://apnews.com/0468a60b64947879926d2a16e45c00ee



“What we’ve seen is a very disturbing week,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious-disease expert, said in a livestream with the American Medical Association.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday seemed confident the virus would soon subside, telling Fox Business: “I think that, at some point, that’s going to sort of just disappear, I hope.”
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Stay safe, everyone!

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SergeStorms

(19,190 posts)
2. I expect Trump to come out and say...
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 12:28 AM
Jul 2020

"The virus will die completely in the colder months. It'll just freeze to death, believe me". You just know he going to come out with that in 2-3 months.

progree

(10,901 posts)
3. Daily new cases have more than doubled in past 23 days, and are 45% above the previous wave's peak
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 01:50 AM
Jul 2020

back in April (7 day moving averages).

The 7-day moving average of daily new cases has increased 2.22 fold between June 9 and July 2 (23 days), from 21,282
to 47,243.

Details:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142529058#post15

KPN

(15,641 posts)
4. We are now without question the most dangerous country in the world based on Coronavirus
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 02:48 AM
Jul 2020

alone -- let alone that we have an insane person at the controls.

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