COVID-19 Pandemic Update: California, Texas, Arizona Shatter COVID-19 Records As Global Case Total Nears 12 Million

Summary:

• Texas reports record deaths for the second day
• The US reports 59,655 new cases
• California reports record jump in new cases
• No. of Fla ICUs at 100% capacity drops to 42
• Miami Mayor calls on Trump to make mask-wearing mandatory
• White House to issue its own school reopening guidelines
• Chile tops 300k cases, plans to lift the lockdown
• Miami-Dade occupied hospital beds hit a new record
• Dr. Birx urges states with worst outbreaks to revert to phase 1 reopening
• The decision on reopening NY schools will come the first week in August
• Cuomo warns outbreak in the Sun Belt is putting NY’s progress at risk
• Arizona hospitalizations rise to another record
• NYC schools won’t reopen in September, mayor says
• Dr. Fauci: “I never saw a virus with so many symptoms”
• Cuomo calls for a press briefing at 1130ET
• Moderna completes trial enrollment
• WHO finally admits there’s “some evidence” of airborne transmission as the US severs ties
• Kudlow says moving back toward lockdown would be “a mistake”
• Mt Sinai, Emergent Bio announce plans to test new COVID plasma drug
• The US reports 60k+ new cases on Tuesday
• NJ orders mandatory mask-wearing outside
• US coronavirus cases top 3 million
• The US reports ~44k new cases Tuesday
• 56 Florida ICUs hit full capacity
• Texas hospital occupancy at more than 90%
• World reports 5k new deaths
• The US sees the highest daily death toll since June 9
• Brazil president says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine
• Trump demands schools reopen in the fall
• Scientists warned of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggested Covid-19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis and delirium.
• A study by researchers at University College London (UCL) described 43 cases of patients with Covid-19 who suffered either temporary brain dysfunction, strokes, nerve damage or other serious brain effects.
• The research adds to recent studies which also found the Covid-19 can damage the brain.