The Emerging Second Wave of Covid-19 - 3 pockets rise in cases
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Second U.S. Virus Wave Emerges as Cases Top 2 Million
By Emma Court and David R Baker
June 10, 2020, 1:34 PM EDT Updated on June 10, 2020, 11:43 PM EDT
A second wave of coronavirus cases is emerging in the U.S., raising alarms as new infections push the overall count past 2 million Americans.
Texas on Wednesday reported 2,504 new coronavirus cases, the highest one-day total since the pandemic emerged.
A month into its reopening, Florida this week reported 8,553 new cases -- the most of any seven-day period.
California’s hospitalizations are at their highest since May 13 and have risen in nine of the past 10 days.
A fresh onslaught of the novel coronavirus is bringing challenges for residents and the economy in pockets across the U.S. The localized surges have raised concerns among experts even as the nation’s overall case count early this week rose just under 1%, the smallest increase since March.
“There is a new wave coming in parts of the country,” said Eric Toner, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “It’s small and it’s distant so far, but it’s coming.”
Though the outbreaks come weeks into state re-openings, it’s not clear that they’re linked to increased economic activity. And health experts say it’s still too soon to tell whether the massive protests against police brutality that have erupted in the past two weeks have led to more infections.
Second U.S. Virus Wave Emerges as Cases Top 2 Million
By Emma Court and David R Baker
June 10, 2020, 1:34 PM EDT Updated on June 10, 2020, 11:43 PM EDT
A second wave of coronavirus cases is emerging in the U.S., raising alarms as new infections push the overall count past 2 million Americans.
Texas on Wednesday reported 2,504 new coronavirus cases, the highest one-day total since the pandemic emerged.
A month into its reopening, Florida this week reported 8,553 new cases -- the most of any seven-day period.
California’s hospitalizations are at their highest since May 13 and have risen in nine of the past 10 days.
A fresh onslaught of the novel coronavirus is bringing challenges for residents and the economy in pockets across the U.S. The localized surges have raised concerns among experts even as the nation’s overall case count early this week rose just under 1%, the smallest increase since March.
“There is a new wave coming in parts of the country,” said Eric Toner, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “It’s small and it’s distant so far, but it’s coming.”
Though the outbreaks come weeks into state re-openings, it’s not clear that they’re linked to increased economic activity. And health experts say it’s still too soon to tell whether the massive protests against police brutality that have erupted in the past two weeks have led to more infections.
Comments (8)
riotingprotesting is okay.Not nice news though
Like you, I suspect that both protesters & police they encountered & interacted with likely added to the Covid-19 problem, but too hasty re-opening
also likely added to it. However, note that NY & NJ, former hotbeds for Covid-19 are dropping in cases. They too had & have very active protests, as did a lot of the nation. Nonetheless, hopefully infection tracing will reveal data giving a better handle on actual sources.
You may also notice that Texas & Florida are not cold weather states at this time (nor is most of California). Quite the contrary.
Thus, we can rule out the previous false claim by the "so-called" president, that it would be gone with the warmer weather (in April).