Florida's coronavirus cases near record levels as Disney World plans to reopen on Saturday.
Florida, with 120, was one of the five states accounting for more than half of Thursday's reported fatalities, an NBC News analysis revealed.
Meanwhile, the U.S. appears to have set another unwanted record with more than 63,200 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday,That dismal new figure is higher than 56,667 new cases that NBC News, which has been compilingBut all that awful arithmetic was yet another reminder that the plague that President Donald Trump just a week ago predicted wouldcontinues to spread fast, especially in states like Texas, Florida and Arizona which reopened early and are now paying a steep price.
"I gotta tell you, I think the numbers are going to look worse as we go into next week," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott toldAbbott, a Republican and Trump ally, has taken flak for reopening Texas for business as the number of coronavirus cases started to climb and Texas needs to reimpose another stay-at-home, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat whose district includes"We opened a government here in Texas, too quickly," Lee told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell."It was May 1st. We had not followed the CDC guidelines. Certainly we’re now working as a team. I appreciate what the state government is trying to do, Andrea, but we have 10,000 people in the hospital beds this week. We have people dying every day.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Florida records second-highest day of new Covid-19 casesFlorida health officials have reported at least 11,433 new Covid-19 cases and 93 deaths related to the virus, according to data posted on the Florida Department of Health website.
Read more »
COVID-19 deaths soar in Florida: New daily high as total fatalities pass 4,000Florida has never before reported more than 100 dead in a single day. The state also now reports more than 4,000 deaths in total.
Read more »
New York governor to send remdesivir to Florida to assist with their Covid-19 battleNew York state will send the drug remdesivir to Florida to help the state fight the resurgence of Covid-19 cases, a statement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office said
Read more »
Australia to release most from COVID-19 high-rise lockdown despite surgeAustralia's second-most populous state will relax restrictions on many of the 3,000 people locked down in nine public-housing towers despite surging numbers of COVID-19 cases, state premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday.
Read more »