This state is "from losing this battle" with coronavirus, doctor warns
A county now has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
As thecoronavirus pandemic Continues in the midst of different phases of reopening throughout the country, several states have fallen into a dangerous territory. The amazingrise in the number of cases andHospitalizations of COVID-19 has prompted new calls for increased restrictions, including aReturn to Lockdown. And the alarm has certainly been ranging in California, which continues to define new records that have aroused fears that the state loses its battle with coronavirus.
On June 23, California had hisMost new cases For the second consecutive day: 600. And as theLos Angeles Times Notes, it is not only the uplift number: hospitalizations increased by 16% over the past two weeks and that the percentage of positive testers increased by 4.5 to 4.8%. This number is significantly higher in Los Angeles County, where it reached 8.8%. (For reference, visiting states with a positive test rate of 10% or more are being being being being beingRequired for yourself in quarantine For two weeks when traveling to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut.)
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The county figures of Los Angeles have made the county with themost cases coronavirus in the country. As at June 25, there isnearly 89,500 cases, according toThe New York Times. (The rate of 886 cases per capita, L.A. county per 100,000 people is still significantly lower than that of 2,583 per 100,000 per New York.) TheThat time Reported 1,515 Hospitalizations in the county on June 23, with 27% of them in UIC.
Of course, it's not just that Los Angeles is confronted with trouble. The nearby Ventura County had an average of 85 hospitalizations per day last week, an increase of 67% of six weeks before. "We show the first signs to start atLosing this battle against COVID-19 In our county, "Ventura County Health OfficerRobert Levin, MD, told the Supervisors Council, like theThat time reported. "It worries me. And that should worry you."
In the County of Santa Clara, 121 new cases on June 23, the greatest number registered since the pandemic has begun. "We are at the top of the highest peak at this point", Director of County of Santa ClaraJeffrey Smith, MD, says theThat time.
At present, however, the state always progresses with reopening plans. June 18,GOV. Gavin Newsom issued a statemandate on the port of masks in publicBut California does not plan to return to rent. In fact, in San Francisco, the next reopening phase - which includes hairdryers and nail salons, outdoor bars, tattoos and museums - was moved from mid-July to June 29 .
Newsom said theThat time that the state carefully monitored the situation. "We have always prepared an overvoltage," he said. "I have the impression that we expect the likelihood that we reopened, numbers increases, and they have." And for more states that have trouble containing their epidemics,Mandatory masks "will not suffice" in these 4 states, the doctor says.