(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Over 9.6 million new coronary pneumonia diagnosed in the United States exceeded 110,000 new cases in a single day
China News Service, Washington, November 5 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeded 9.6 million on the 5th local time, and the death toll exceeded 234,000.
The number of new cases on the 5th exceeded 110,000, a record high since the outbreak.
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 21.00 on the 5th, more than 9.604 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States and 234,904 deaths.
Among them, 969,000 were confirmed in Texas, 954,000 were confirmed in California, 827,000 were confirmed in Florida, and 518,000 were confirmed in New York.
In recent days, the number of new coronary pneumonia cases has surged across the United States.
According to statistics, the average daily increase in the number of cases in the past 7 days has exceeded 92,000, the highest since the outbreak.
On the 5th, the number of new cases exceeded 110,000 for the first time, reaching 114,876, and the death toll reached 1,159. Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and other states set the highest number of new cases since the outbreak on the 5th.
Regarding the current epidemic situation in the United States, Bill Hanage, an infectious disease expert at Harvard University, said that compared with the concentration of the new crown epidemic in the United States in the spring and summer of this year, the current epidemic "hot spots" have spread across the country.
Regarding the surge in the number of cases in the United States, Haneki believes that "there is no foreseeable result of serious epidemic prevention and control."
He also said that the number of hospitalizations and deaths will also increase substantially.
Facing the rebound of the epidemic, many states have begun to introduce policies to tighten epidemic prevention measures again.
The Governor of Massachusetts Baker recently announced that the “home order” will be implemented from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. statewide, and the number of gatherings will be further restricted.
The State of Illinois announced that indoor restaurants and bars are not allowed to provide dine-in food, and all gatherings and social activities must not exceed 25 people.
Michigan requires that as long as two or more people gather in shopping malls, schools, offices, etc., masks must be worn. At the same time, restaurants are required to register customer information for contact tracking.
According to the results of multiple models of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of deaths caused by new coronary pneumonia will be on the rise in the next four weeks. By the end of this month, there will be 250,000 to 266,000 deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the United States.
According to a University of Washington model frequently cited by the White House, it is estimated that by next February, the number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the United States will be close to 400,000.
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