COVID-19 Pandemic Update: California Reports Another Record Jump In New COVID-19 Cases

Summary:

• Fauci to testify before Senate later this month
• California Gov Newsom signs an executive order making mask-wearing mandatory
• California sets another record high with 4,233 new cases
• 13 Texas longhorns football players test positive as Fauci says 2020 football might not happen
• Italy reports uptick in deaths
• NY reports 29 deaths
• Texas reports 7th straight record hospitalizations; Arizona reports record jump in cases
• Some 23 states are currently seeing the average 7-day case numbers climbing from week to week: North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
• Eight states are seeing steady numbers: Maine, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Utah.
• Meanwhile, 18 states, including the two states with the worst outbreaks in the country – NY & NJ – are seeing declines in the number of new cases reported daily: Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
• Only one state, Vermont, has seen a sustained 50% drop in cases, part of the federal criteria initially laid out by the CDC to justify moving on to the next step in the reopening plan.
• Across the US, more than 2 million people have been infected and 117,717 people have died of the virus. The virus claimed 755 lives Wednesday in the US, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
• Florida “has the makings of the next epicenter”
• NYC Mayor says city to enter ‘phase 2’ Monday
• Global case total tops 8.3 million
• Deaths top 447,000
• Tokyo reports 41 infections
• World reports record jump in new cases, deaths
• Beijing top epidemiologist says outbreak in the city has been contained
• A new study shows many infected don’t develop long term antibodies
• India reports record jump in new cases (12k+) as Fitch cuts outlook
• California reports record 4k jump in new cases
• Indonesia reports record jump, surpassing Singapore’s case total