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The Armenian American Museum Young Leaders Council in Glendale, CA. December 13th - 15th at 7:00 PM. Call: (818) 926-8108 Some states keep smashing unwanted Covid-19 records as a Trump official says the surge is real
Monday, July 20, 2020
For anyone still wondering whether this surge in new Covid-19 cases is real -- or if it just looks that way due to increased testing -- a Trump administration official put that question to rest Monday.
"There is no question we are having a surge right now," said Adm. Brett Giroir, the US assistant secretary of health who's leading the administration's Covid-19 testing efforts.
"Yes, we are having increased cases, predominantly in the Sun Belt," Giroir said. "We are having more cases than we did a week ago, two weeks ago, three weeks ago, four weeks ago. That is very clear."
As of Monday morning, 31 states have seen more new cases this past week, compared to new cases from the previous week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
- In Florida, at least 50 hospitals are out of ICU space, according to data from Florida's Agency for Healthcare Administration. Miami-Dade County has exceeded its ICU capacity, with 130% occupancy on Monday, according to the Miami-Dade County Covid-19 dashboard.
- Los Angeles County reported its highest number of Covid-19 hospitalizations in a single day, with at least 2,216 people hospitalized Sunday. And more than half of the 2,848 new cases reported Sunday were among people younger than 41.
- Arizona reported its highest number of Covid-19 deaths in a single day -- 147 on Saturday, according to the Covid Tracking Project and Johns Hopkins University data.
- Georgia and North Carolina had record-high numbers for the most Covid-19 cases reported in a single day. On Saturday, Georgia reported 4,688 new cases, and North Carolina reported 2,522 new cases, according to Johns Hopkins data.
- In Texas, Dallas County and San Antonio have brought in refrigerated trucks because they're running out of space to hold the bodies of Covid-19 victims.
Now, some local officials are reluctantly considering another shutdown.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he was on the "brink" of another stay-at-home order, saying things "reopened too quickly."
"It's not just what's opened and closed, it's also about what we do individually," Garcetti said.
"It's about the people who are getting together outside of their households, with people they might know. It might be their extended family, it might be friends. They might think because they got a test two weeks ago, that it's OK. But it's not."
The mayors of Houston and Atlanta wanted to backtrack reopenings in their cities, but faced opposition from their governors.
Trump says regular coronavirus briefings will resume
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said hair salons and barbershops in 33 counties on a monitoring list may now reopen outside under new guidance from the state.
"Outdoor operations may be conducted under a tent, canopy, or other sun shelter as long as no more than one side is closed, allowing sufficient outdoor air movement," according to the guidance.
Across the country, more than 3.7 million Americans have been infected with Covid-19, and more than 140,811 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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