The United States again broke the record for the number of coronavirus infected

The United States has broken another anti-record for the number of people infected with coronavirus - more than 75 cases per day, writes Business Insider.

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On Thursday, July 16, the United States again broke the record for the number of new coronavirus infections in one day - more than 75, according to a New York Times database. According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of new cases over a 000-hour period was 24, which is also a high figure.

According to the publication, some figures have not yet been announced. Less than a month ago, on June 24, 37 cases were recorded per day, but since then this figure has almost doubled, and the record was broken 014 times in the last month.

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As of the morning of July 16, there were 3,5 million cases of infection in the United States - this is the highest figure of any country in the world. Deaths have topped 138, according to Johns Hopkins University.

10 states have reached their highest number of deaths from coronavirus complications in one week. On Thursday, July 16, Florida set an anti-record of 156 deaths per day.

The Washington Post previously wrote that hospital capacity in several states (such as Arizona, Florida, Texas, and Alabama) has been hit hard by this rate of incidence. Alabama authorities said 87% of the beds in the state are already full.

Public health officials, including U.S. chief infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci, have warned that if states do not take security measures in the region with an increasing incidence of disease, the country may soon face 100 new cases of coronavirus infection per day.

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“If we fail to get the outbreak under tight control and the virus spreads to other parts of the country, it is quite possible that we will have 100 new cases a day. Remember how we went from 000 cases a day to 20 to 000. I'd hate to see us get to 40 a day,” Fauci said.

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