More than 15,000 newly diagnosed cases in Florida break the record of increasing cases in a single state in the United States
Xinhua News Agency, Washington, July 12 (Reporter Xu Jianmei, Deng Xianlai) The Florida Department of Health in the southeastern United States reported on the 12th that the state has added 15299 new cases of confirmed crowns, breaking the record of increasing single-state cases since the full outbreak of the US epidemic in March this year.
Earlier, New York State set a record of 11571 cases of increasing number of confirmed cases in a single state in the United States on April 15; on July 8th, California set a new record of 11694 cases of newly confirmed cases.
According to data from the Florida Department of Health, the state added 15299 newly diagnosed new crown cases on the 12th, with a cumulative diagnosis of 269811 cases; 45 new death cases and a cumulative death of 4346 cases. Health experts warn that the number of deaths in Florida will continue to increase in the coming weeks.
As the epidemic spread, Florida Governor Ron de Santis announced the closure of the bar at the end of June to curb the spread of the virus, but he refused to force people to wear masks in public places and repeatedly urged the state school to resume classes in August. The Orlando Disneyland in Central Florida has reopened on July 11.
The former director of the US Food and Drug Administration Scott Gottlieb said in an interview with CBS on the 12th that the epidemic in the southern states of the United States may peak in the next two or three weeks and will live for a period of time. High.
Recently, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced more than 50,000 newly diagnosed cases in a single day. The new crown epidemic data released on the website of the center on the 11th showed that 66281 new cases were diagnosed in the US in the past 24 hours.