Posted on 07/08/2020 7:22:13 AM PDT by Red Badger
July 8 (UPI) -- The United States has set a new one-day record for new COVID-19 cases -- more than 60,000, surpassing the previous mark by several thousand.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University said 60,021 new cases were recorded Tuesday, just days after the previous national record of 54,500.
Updated figures by the university on Wednesday morning placed total U.S. cases at 2.99 million and the death toll at about 131,500.
More than three dozen states have shown increases over the past week and health officials say hospitalizations and patients in intensive care have also risen significantly.
In Florida, health officials reported Wednesday that hospitals in 14 of the state's 44 counties were operating at at least 90 percent capacity.
Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, said it had just 38 ICU beds available and Miami-Dade County reported just 155.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, however, told reporters Tuesday state hospitals had "abundant capacity" to treat coronavirus patients.
Florida on Tuesday reported at least 5,000 new cases for the 14th straight day.
In California, San Francisco has indefinitely delayed reopening plans for outdoor bars and indoor restaurants.
Public Health Chief Grant Colfax warned that the surge of cases may eventually be too much for the city's health system to handle.
"At this rate it could overwhelm the health care system and cause many deaths if we don't get a handle on this right away," Colfax told reporters. "I need San Franciscans to understand how serious and precarious this situation is."
Although ICU capacity in California is about 30 percent, Colfax warned the situation "could change at any time.
"We know when this virus takes off, it takes off fast."
Los Angeles County reported more than 4,000 new cases Tuesday, the highest daily figure in the Los Angeles metro area to date. Health officials said 46 people died and the county's daily positivity rate rose to nearly 12 percent.
I am warming up to Ron Paul again. Can’t remember anymore why I use to dislike him.
How many of these “cases” said to have been “recorded” actually have been positively certified by genuine laboratory tests? Otherwise, they are only diagnoses, unconfirmed, probably statistics skewed for political reasons..
How many of these “cases” said to have been “recorded” actually have been positively certified by genuine laboratory tests? Otherwise, they are only diagnoses, unconfirmed, probably statistics skewed for political reasons..
And the death rate was...?
going down....................
Very true!
Amen! Can’t let the people know that! Keep forcing the lockdown and masks on them!
THIS COUNTRY HAS GONE INSANE. What the hell has gotten into people? A disease SO MILD you have to be tested to even know you had it? And they're making us wear face bags/man silencers, and are destroying the economy because of it? I am coming to the conclusion that I don't want to be an American anymore, if this is what it is.
The problem is you can’t go somewhere else to get away from it. It’s in every country on Earth.........................
How many of these positive tested have no symptoms? Mild symptoms? Symptoms no worse that other types of flu?
Not only that, how many are repeat tests, e.g. previously positive who want to find out if they have recovered?
So 60,000 positives means 640,000 (over 90%) came back not positive
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And the test has a ‘false positive’ rate of 30%. So of the 60,000 positive cases, 20,000 should have been negative. the real number is then 40,000 out of 700,000 tests which is 5.7%. like a big yawn. Farting is probably more dangerous than CV-19.
Big Lies Matter
Jimmy Johnson (NASCAR) tested positive before the race on Saturday so wasn’t allowed to drive. He then tested negative twice within 24 hours and was allowed back in the pits.
Most likely it was a false positive. But I’m sure the CDC will count it as a positive result.
worldometer.com keeps tracks of the statistics for 102 countries. They publish daily recovered statistics as well. As of today in the U.S. there have been 3,158,932 cases, 134,862 deaths and 1,392,679 patients have recovered.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Excellent data link!
Thanks!
COVID Deaths = Global Warming
COVID Cases = Climate Change
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