Florida sets one-day record with over 15,000 new COVID cases, more than most countries

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Florida sets one-day record with over 15,000 new COVID cases, more than most countries

By Lisa Shumaker

 

FILE PHOTO: From left: Summer Selmon, her brother Levi, and their parents Dave and Brandi wear face masks while visiting the Disney Springs shopping and dining district during their vacation at Walt Disney World during a phased reopening from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S. July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

 

(Reuters) - Florida reported a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours on Sunday, as the Trump administration renewed its push for schools to reopen and anti-mask protests were planned in Michigan and Missouri.

 

If Florida were a country, it would rank fourth in the world for the most new cases in a day behind the United States, Brazil and India, according to a Reuters analysis.

 

Florida's daily increases in cases have already surpassed the highest daily tally reported by any European country during the height of the pandemic there. It has also broken New York state's record of 12,847 new cases on April 10 when it was the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak.

 

The latest rise was reported a day after Walt Disney World in Orlando reopened with a limited number of guests who were welcomed with a host of safety measures, including masks and temperature checks.

 

Anti-mask activists in several states, including Florida and Michigan, have organized protests against local mandates, arguing that the measures infringe upon individual freedom.

 

Coronavirus infections are rising in about 40 states, according to a Reuters analysis of cases for the past two weeks compared with the prior two weeks. Nationally, the United States has broken global records by registering about 60,000 new cases a day for the last four days in a row, according to a Reuters tally. Hospitalizations and positive test rates are also rising in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas.

 

Facing a battered economy as he seeks re-election in November, President Donald Trump has pressured states to reopen shuttered businesses and schools.

 

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said on Sunday that her department did not have its own safe reopening plans to promote, and each school district and state must devise their own plans based on their local coronavirus infection rates.

 

TRUMP DONS MASK

Health officials have pleaded with the public to wear masks to limit the spread of the virus, but the issue has become politically divisive in the United States unlike many other countries that have seen far lower rates of infection and death.

 

Seven months into the pandemic, Trump wore a mask for the first time in public when he visited a Washington D.C.-area military medical center on Saturday. He had previously refused to wear a mask in public or ask Americans to wear face coverings, saying it was a personal choice.

 

Many Americans still refuse to wear a mask, which health experts say help stop transmission of the virus that has killed more than 134,000 Americans.

 

Anti-mask activists organized a protest on Saturday at a grilled cheese restaurant and bar in Windermere, Florida, which is in Orange County about 12 miles (19 km) from Walt Disney World.

 

The restaurant, 33 & Melt, has become a focal point of tension after owner Carrie Hudson said she was not requiring customers to wear masks. County officials have mandated the use of masks in public since June 20.

 

During Saturday's protest, no customers wore face coverings inside the restaurant. Agents from the state's Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco arrived during the rally and served Hudson with a warning, according to a video.

 

"This is a virus that is very well contained," said one of the demonstrators, anti-mask activist Tara Hill. "Everyone is responsible for their own health care decisions ... We want our choices respected as well."

 

In addition to a record 15,000 new cases on Sunday, more than four dozen hospitals in Florida reported that their intensive care units are full due to a surge in COVID-19 patients.

 

Hundreds were expected to attend a demonstration at the Michigan state capitol on Sunday afternoon, according to a Facebook event, to protest against Governor Gretchen Whitmer's order that everyone must wear a mask in public, except when outdoors and able to maintain social distance.

 

Protesters were also planning to gather outside city hall in Springfield, Missouri on Monday, where the city council was due to vote on a mask mandate in response to rising cases and a more than fourfold increase in Greene County's COVID-19 hospitalizations in the last month.

 

(Reporting by Gabriella Borters in New York and Octavio Jones in Windermere, Florida; Writing by Lisa Shumaker; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

 

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[Tug]

Well rick DeSantis how’s that hanging onto trumps pant leg working out for you and the rest of Florida?opening amusement parks in the middle of a pandemic a good idea?15,000 cases in one day!just beggers belief that any govener would allow that as far as the old no mask group makes me think of the sign no shoes no shirt no service and a good ass kicking would seem appropriate as well

[LomSak27]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

"This is a virus that is very well contained," said one of the demonstrators, anti-mask activist Tara Hill. "Everyone is responsible for their own health care decisions ... We want our choices respected as well."

Just amazing. Wuhan is surging out of control in her state and this ignorant know nothing is out protesting. The surge is on Tara, POTUS has thrown in the towel; neither capable nor willing to help and here you insist on doubling down on dumb. It was bad up north, but now we have a full on excrement show going down in Elvis country.  

[Bkk Brian]

oops...

 

Florida County Commissioner Who Voted Against Masks In Hospital With COVID 

 

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-county-commissioner-who-voted-against-masks-hospital-covid-1517121

[mtls2005]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

Well rick DeSantis how’s that hanging onto trumps pant leg working out for you and the rest of Florida?

 

gov. desantis, May 20, 2020, everything is perfect, blames press...

 

 

[mtls2005]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Anti-mask activists organized a protest on Saturday at a grilled cheese restaurant and bar in Windermere, Florida

 

Can't see the bulk of these anti-maskers, nor much of trump nation, taking a vaccine? I mean, unless they want to be tracked by Bill Gates.

 

 

[nobodysfriend]

No protection = easy infection

Opening schools and beaches and restaurants = easy infections

 

"Everyone is responsible for their own health care decisions ... We want our choices respected as well."

That is right , only remember , wearing a mask protects the others ... not wearing a mask just means that this person does not care about infecting others .

 

Sometimes one could think that politicians want the virus to spread more ...

 

[mtls2005]

8 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

"Everyone is responsible for their own health care decisions ... We want our choices respected as well."

 

This administration seems intent on protecting human life, right up until the day they are born. After that, meh, you're own your own.

 

 

[Denim]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Anti-mask activists in several states, including Florida and Michigan, have organized protests against local mandates, arguing that the measures infringe upon individual freedom.

 

Yes .....laws sometimes do that. Get over it.

 

Not being allowed to murder other people also infringes upon individual freedom . Lets scrap that law and just kill anyone who we fall out with or want to rob.

 

These people are like little children. Their sense of entitlement is unbelievable.

[stevenl]

2 minutes ago, Denim said:

 

Yes .....laws sometimes do that. Get over it.

 

Not being allowed to murder other people also infringes upon individual freedom . Lets scrap that law and just kill anyone who we fall out with or want to rob.

 

These people are like little children. Their sense of entitlement is unbelievable.

Their sense of entitlement infringes on others rights, their right to live.

[Siamjim]

again more doom feed of MSM increases fears but  where's the report on decreased deaths. give the whole news not just cherry picks for the narratives

 

[mtls2005]

1 minute ago, stevenl said:

Their sense of entitlement infringes on others rights, their right to live.

 

Damn gummint. 

 

Why do I have to wear a seatbelt? Observe the speed limit? Clean up after my dog? Stop at a red light? Wear a shirt at 7/11?

 

Sheesh, bloody marxists running the dern country.

 

 

[mtls2005]

2 minutes ago, Siamjim said:

again more doom feed of MSM increases fears but with where's the report on decreased deaths

 

 

Almost every article and news report mentions the decreased death rate, and details the potential reasons. Maybe read past the headlines?

 

Two points:

 

some pointy-headed science-y types mention that death rates/tolls may increase, lagging the increase in cases.

 

surviving Covid may lead to long-term health impacts for individuals.

 

 

So if you're hanging your hat on "fewer deaths", congrats for being so crass, and thank you joining us in hoping any deaths can be avoided

[soalbundy]

36 minutes ago, Siamjim said:

again more doom feed of MSM increases fears but  where's the report on decreased deaths. give the whole news not just cherry picks for the narratives

 

It isn't just a case of dying from covid, getting a severe case damages various organs for decades or for life leaving you weakened and vulnerable and being a drain on the health services and society, of course there are plus points for the country, you are unlikely to pick up your pension because you probably won't reach retirement age. This isn't a simple illness, once had, over and forgotten, immunity fades over a few months and your already weakened body may not survive another bout.

[earlinclaifornia]

1 hour ago, Siamjim said:

again more doom feed of MSM increases fears but  where's the report on decreased deaths. give the whole news not just cherry picks for the narratives

 

Deaths are rising stupid  not to know this!

My Thai sister inlay went to work at the hotel, I asked her if she has tested. Disney will provide a test but she has not made the appointment. 

Her husband my brother not of good health seems like this is a time bomb.

[nobodysfriend]

Lets have a Covid 19 party ... How stupid can one be ?

 

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/30-year-texan-dies-after-attending-a-covid-party

 

“Someone will be diagnosed with the disease, and they’ll have a party to invite their friends over to see if they can beat the disease. They don’t look really sick. But when you check their oxygen levels and their lab tests, they’re really sicker than they appear,”

The young Texan told a nurse caring for him… “‘You know, I think I made a mistake.”

She told reporters that the man considered the disease was a media hoax.

“He thought he was young and invincible and wouldn’t get affected by the disease.”

 

Yesterday the White House again pressed for full school reopenings in late August and early September. The renewed call for schools to resume comes as resurgent Covid-19 infections, many in younger people, across southern and south western states, raise further questions about the country’s efforts to quell the disease.

Yesterday the Florida Department of Health reported at least 15,299 new Covid-19 cases, the highest number of newly reported infections in a single day by any state since the pandemic began."

 

Natural evolution ( Darwin ) at work ... ( The species , or individual , that adapts best to a changing environment , has the biggest chance to survive ...)

[Bender Rodriguez]

ok, but how many are in hospitals now or have died ?

 

if they would test more people in thailand, the numbers WILL / WOULD go up

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I think those in the above report are doing their best to achieve "herd stupidity". But that's what you get in a country that's being led by a moron and his followers.

 

From Johns Hopkins CV report as of July 10:

 

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The WHO COVID-19 Situation Report for July 9 reports 11.87 million cases (204,967 new) and 545,481 deaths (5,575 new). The WHO has reported more than 200,000 new cases for 4 of the last 6 days. The pandemic has been ongoing for more than 6 months and continues to accelerate .

 

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The US CDC reported 3.05 million total cases (64,771 new) and 132,056 deaths (991 new). This is the United States’ highest daily total to date, and the US has reported more than 50,000 new cases for 6 of the last 8 days. This is also the second consecutive day that the US reported more than 900 new deaths.

 

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The current daily incidence in the US is more than 50% higher than the first peak in mid-April, and it has increased by 165% since June 9, up from 20,338 new cases per day to 53,795 yesterday ( 7-day average ).

 

https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/resources/COVID-19/index.html

[mike787]

....and here we gooooo! Weeeeee!

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

"This is a virus that is very well contained," said one of the demonstrators, anti-mask activist Tara Hill. "Everyone is responsible for their own health care decisions ... We want our choices respected as well."

 

In addition to a record 15,000 new cases on Sunday, more than four dozen hospitals in Florida reported that their intensive care units are full due to a surge in COVID-19 patients.

 

The virus is very well contained???  What kind of alternate facts/Trumpian world is this lunatic living in?

 

Freedom is great, but unfortunately, having freedom also includes the freedom to be stupid and to behave stupidly in ways that spread sickness and death. And far too many Americans, mostly Trump types, are illustrating that fact on a daily basis.

 

[GroveHillWanderer]

10 minutes ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

ok, but how many are in hospitals now or have died ?

 

if they would test more people in thailand, the numbers WILL / WOULD go up

In Arizona, hospitalizations are up 380% since they started lifting restrictions. 88% of the state's hospital beds and 90% of ICU beds are full.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Chart of cumulative Covid deaths in the U.S.  130,000+ and counting.

 

 

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Here's a good webpage from Johns Hopkins that shows the CV three-day new case averages state by state, with the reddish colored states being the ones with rising levels. There are others, where things are pretty much stable.

 

Right now, you definitely don't want to be in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Alabama, Tennessee, California, South Carolina, Arkansas, etc.

 

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states

 

 

 

[Brunolem]

28 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

But that's what you get in a country that's being led by a moron and his followers.

 

 

There's some confusion here... the country is led by a very stable genius... the moron is this other guy, the one who came from Exxon... 

[Brunolem]

Brazil, India, USA... these developing countries clearly can't put their s.. t together when it really matters! 

 

No wonder that they can't escape their low level status... 

 

[NumbNut]

2 hours ago, soalbundy said:

It isn't just a case of dying from covid, getting a severe case damages various organs for decades or for life leaving you weakened and vulnerable and being a drain on the health services and society, of course there are plus points for the country, you are unlikely to pick up your pension because you probably won't reach retirement age. This isn't a simple illness, once had, over and forgotten, immunity fades over a few months and your already weakened body may not survive another bout.

I wish I could give your post more likes soalbundy. Can't believe so many dropkicks still think this is a flu...

 

Appealing to anti-maskers own possible future health outcomes might get a result, as it is sadly proven they don't give a sh!t about their own fellow citizen's health.  

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Here's the daily COVID deaths chart for Florida from Johns Hopkins.

 

 

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/state-timeline/new-deaths/florida

 

Hey, let's all go to Disneyworld!!!

 

Can't wait for the Republican Convention...

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Same daily COVID deaths chart for Arizona:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/state-timeline/new-deaths/arizona

 

And for Texas:

 

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/state-timeline/new-deaths/texas

 

[spiekerjozef]

No surprise at all, why not buy more guns to keep the virus out.

[Phoenix Rising]

34 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

In Arizona, hospitalizations are up 380% since they started lifting restrictions. 88% of the state's hospital beds and 90% of ICU beds are full.

 

28 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Chart of cumulative Covid deaths in the U.S.  130,000+ and counting.

 

 

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map

 

@riclag You reacted with an LOL emoji to both these posts. In my book that makes you a pretty sick puppy.