Covid “surge” in the United States, breakup of deconfinement in Texas

6,000 new daily cases in California, 5,000 in Texas and Florida, but also 3,000 in Arizona and 2,000 in Georgia ... Dr Fauci insisted this week, this is not a second wave of coronavirus: the United States is not always not out of the first, which spreads especially to the south.

As the country as a whole returned to levels in late April with a record of more than 36,000 new infections on Wednesday, the situation is particularly worrying in the three most populous states (California, Texas, Florida), where nearly 'a third of Americans. Faced with what he called a "massive outbreak" of the Covid-19, the governor of Texas, who had been one of the first states to reopen, announced on Wednesday a "pause" in deconfinement.

Hospitals near saturation in Houston

"This temporary pause will help our state contain the spread until we can enter the new phase of reopening for businesses," said Greg Abbott in a statement. The Republican also asked the inhabitants to respect social distancing and, after having hesitated for a long time on this point, to wear masks. "The last thing we want to do is go back and close the businesses."

The “non-essential” surgical operations will be suspended from Friday to relieve the hospital system. In Houston, the city's main hospital complex is approaching saturation, with 97% of the beds occupied in intensive care. With nearly 30,000 cases of Covid, the region is on a trajectory similar to that of Lombardy or New York in the spring. Houston isn't the only hot spot. In Arizona, in Phoenix, daily cases have increased tenfold since early May. In Florida, they quintupled.

Case study in Arizona: aggressive deconfinement (dates in green) with partial reopening of shopping centers, places of worship, casinos and bars in early May + laxity on the mask = case of Covid x 10 pic.twitter.com/15kbdMbehJ

California, especially in the south, is also experiencing a peak: the county of Los Angeles holds the country's record with 90,000 cases since the start of the pandemic. Hospitalizations are also at record levels - but still far from saturation. The Californian governor, Gavin Newsom, denounced a "relaxation" of the population. For the moment, a return to global containment is not planned, but some counties could be forced to do so. The reopening of Disneyland, set for July 17, has been postponed.

Rise "because of our super tests," says Trump

While all the experts are sounding the alarm, Donald Trump remains convinced that the current figures are due to the increase in screenings: "The number of cases of VirusChinois is increasing because of our super tests, while the number of deaths is down sharply. The Fake News media refuse to tell you, "he said on Twitter. While it is true that testing capacity has almost doubled in two months in the United States, contamination is growing at a rate two or three times higher in Florida, Texas and Arizona.

InquiétRecording record in the United States with 38,672 additional cases of Covid in 24 hours, according to @ COVID19Tracking. The previous record (36,000) dated April 25. In the south, the increase in cases is (much) faster than that in tests. #coronavirus https://t.co/ElGln3XdCv pic.twitter.com/7FIfdVdm2j

Deaths continue to drop from more than 1,000 per day on average last month to 600 this week. But there is generally a lag of several weeks between an increase in cases and deaths. The model of the American health authorities (CDC) has also revised its figures upwards, predicting a total of 150,000 deaths by mid-July, or 32,000 more in 21 days. Anthony Fauci warned elected officials on Tuesday: the next two weeks will be "critical".

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