(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) U.S. New Coronary Pneumonia diagnosed with more than 2.79 million new cases in a single day

　　China News Service, Washington, July 3 (Reporter Shahan Ting) The number of diagnoses of new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeded 2.79 million on the 3rd, and the number of deaths exceeded 129,000. There were 52,300 new cases on that day, setting a record for the highest number of cases in the United States since the outbreak.

　　According to the statistical data of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 9 o'clock on the 3rd, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeded 2.793 million, and 129,430 people died. Among them, 395,000 were diagnosed in New York State, 250,000 were diagnosed in California, 185,000 were diagnosed in Texas, 178,000 were diagnosed in Florida, 172,000 were diagnosed in New Jersey, and 145,000 were diagnosed in Illinois.

　　In recent days, the epidemic of new pneumonia in the United States has continued to deteriorate, and new cases in 40 of the 50 states in the United States have shown an upward trend. According to "Washington Post" statistics, in the last 9 days, it has created the highest number of new crown cases 7 times. Among them, 16 states had the highest average new cases on the 7th day since the outbreak, including California, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and so on.

　　Regarding the upcoming American Independence Day holiday on July 4, many health experts worry that the crowds at the festival will increase the spread of the epidemic. Joshua Barocas, an infectious disease expert at the Boston Medical Center in the United States, said that the increase in public travel and gathering activities during the holidays will likely lead to a "storm" of virus transmission. He called on the public to reduce crowd celebrations as much as possible.

　　The medical director of the US government, Adams, also reminded the public that the current epidemic situation is still grim and all people must wear masks when traveling.

　　Affected by the epidemic, many places in the United States have announced the cancellation or reduction of the scale of Independence Day celebrations. Many performances have been changed to online, but there are still parades and fireworks in some cities. In the capital Washington, despite the cancellation of the festival parade, there will still be air shows and fireworks displays.

　　Washington Mayor Bowser on the 3rd warned the public to carefully consider travel. "You have to think about whether you have to go? Because you don't know how many people are around, who are, and whether you can maintain a social distance."

　　Compared with the public health experts' worries, US President Trump is optimistic about the epidemic. Trump said on the 2nd that the new US epidemic was "under control." On the evening of the 3rd, Trump will hold an Independence Day celebration in South Dakota with an estimated 7,500 people as planned.

　　According to US media reports, the event will not require maintaining "social distance" or wearing masks. Kristi Noem, the governor of the state, said, "People who are worried can choose to stay at home. For those who come to participate, we will distribute masks for free, but whether they wear them depends on personal wishes."

　　Recently, a new study published by the American academic journal Cell shows that the new coronavirus has mutated. This mutated new coronavirus was introduced into the United States from Europe and was more infectious, but the severity of symptoms caused was basically the same as before the mutation.

　　According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the death toll of new coronary pneumonia in the US will reach 148,000 by the 25th of this month. (Finish)