Texas and Florida report record average daily coronavirus deaths as hospitalizations also rise

[TomCADem]

Source: CNBC

Texas and Florida hit a grim record Monday for daily coronavirus deaths based on a seven-day moving average, as hospitalizations continue to surge in 34 states across the United States. Both Texas and Florida posted a record in average daily new deaths six times in the previous seven days.

Texas had a seven-day average of 118.57 new deaths on Monday, which is nearly 39% higher compared with a week ago, according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

The state also reported a record in average daily new cases with more than 10,572 cases per day over the past seven days as of Monday, up more than 15% compared with a week ago, according to CNBC’s analysis. The state’s average hospitalization number surged by more than 6% since last week after reporting a new high of 10,564 Covid-19 hospitalizations on Monday, according to CNBC’s analysis of data from the Covid Tracking Project.

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Florida broke its record of average daily new deaths for two consecutive days. Its seven-day average of daily new deaths was 113.57 on Monday — an approximately 59% jump since last week, according to CNBC’s analysis of Johns Hopkins data.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/21/texas-and-florida-report-record-average-daily-coronavirus-deaths-as-hospitalizations-also-rise.html

[beachbumbob]

1. the REAL data is hospital bed utilizations as that indicates the TRUE reality

[Iliyah]

2. And yet they are opening up and . .

opening up schools.

[TomCADem]

4. Florida Orders Schools To Reopen In The Fall For In-Person Instruction

Well, they have about 30 days to get COVID-10 under control in time for the start of in-person classes.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/07/888320203/florida-orders-schools-to-reopen-in-the-fall-for-in-person-instruction

Florida's education commissioner says that when schools open in the fall, they'll really open.

In the state where more than 7,300 new coronavirus cases were announced on Tuesday, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran declared that upon reopening in August, "all school boards and charter school governing boards must open brick and mortar schools at least five days per week for all students."

The executive order signed Monday is "subject to advice and orders" from state and local health departments and other executive orders.

It demands that schools not only open but also "provide the full array of services that are required by law so that families who wish to educate their children in a brick and mortar school full time have the opportunity to do so."

[Thekaspervote]

3. As dumbsantis says FL is going in the right direction..what? More deaths...more cases??

[soryang]

5. police and public employees don't even wear masks

my local sheriff here in Florida complains his officers can't always wear masks because they don't have enough.