Another terribleCovid-19 recordhas been broken in the United States . The country is already leading worldwide for the number of face ( 2.7 million ) and deaths ( 128,000 ) , and five calendar month since the virus was first detected in the US , the issue are still increasing not decreasing . Yesterday , Wednesday , July 1 , saw the highest day-by-day gain in newfangled cases at over 52,000 . The previous record was set the day before on Tuesday , June 30 , with 44,000 new cases . Every single day this week , the United States has set a new everyday heights .
The Trump administration has received criticism for its mishandling of the pandemic over the last five month , and this concern has ramped up over the last few days as the prexy has either remained understood or throw out the crisis , directing hisattention elsewhere . In an interview withFox Business , Donald Trump say Blake Burman that he believes that the computer virus will just disappear , a opinion he also professed back in February .
“ I think we ’re gon na be very dependable with the coronavirus . I think that at some point that ’s going to , sort of , just vanish , I hope , ” Trump said . This echo his claim back in February that Covid-19 in the US was “ very much under control ” and that the disease woulddisappear in April .
Kayleigh McEnany , the White House Press Secretary , has double down on Trump ’s comment , tell : " The chairwoman ’s confident that it will disappear , " adding " We ’re aware that there are coal in the country , we ’re cognisant that there are place with rise cases . "
The “ coal ” refer to the eight state that have report the highest bit of cases yet : Alaska , Arizona , California , Georgia , Idaho , Oklahoma , South Carolina , and Texas . Many local officials have hurriedly reversed lifting lockdown measures and the reopening of bars , restaurants , gyms , and movie theatre as hospitals are starting to become overwhelmed .
The president has claimed that the increase numbers being report is only due to increase testing ; Trump even involve his officialsto slow down testingto reduce number . But if this was the pillow slip , there would n’t be an increase in infirmary access . In the city of Houston ( TX ) , hospitalsreported going past capacityof ICU beds . Texas had 8,076 new type on Wednesday .
Dr Anthony Fauci , a key member of the White House coronavirus task force , posit in a hearing held by theSenate Health , Education , Labor , and Pensions Committeeon Tuesday that the US was " go in the amiss guidance , " and the pandemic will get unsound without interventions .
“ I ca n’t make an precise prediction but it ’s survive to be very troubling . We are now having 40 - plus - thousand new cases a Clarence Day . I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around , and so I am very concerned , ” Dr Fauci told senator .
[ H / T : Axios , The Guardian , Forbes , Financial Times ]
