Since the beginning of August, Florida has had at least three days of record-breaking COVID-19 cases.
According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuesday is the last day in the Sunshine State where there were new cases of COVID-19, with 24,869 new cases.
Before Tuesday, Florida had a record number of new COVID-19 cases on August 5th and August 6. CDC Data Display. On August 6, the state reported 23,983 new cases, surpassing the record set the day before, when there were 22,778 new COVID-19 cases.
The number of new cases reported on August 5 exceeded the single-day record of COVID-19 cases reported on July 30, with 21,704 new cases.
Overall, the number of new cases per day in Florida continues to increase, and the state has become the new epicenter of COVID. According to the CDC, the state’s 7-day moving average number of cases has continued to increase since mid-July, reaching a number that the state has never seen during the entire pandemic.
As of August 11, the seven-day moving average number of cases reported in Florida was approximately 21,210, accounting for nearly 20% of the national seven-day moving average.
According to Jeff Zients, the White House pandemic response coordinator, in the past seven days, the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida has exceeded the total number of cases recorded in 30 other states.
“Florida and Texas alone accounted for nearly 40% of new hospitalizations nationwide,” Zienz said at a press conference of the White House COVID Task Force on Thursday.
In a recent interview with WPLG in Florida, Dr. Anthony FauciThe director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said he was “worried about the entire state of Florida.”
“If you look at the growth rate, the change in growth rate, the number of cases. You know that Florida is there, and if Florida is a country, it will be one of the countries with the worst increase in cases,” Fauci said.
According to a recent report by the Florida Hospital Association, at least 32% of hospitalized patients in the state have been confirmed to have COVID-19. The report also estimates that 68% of hospitals in the state may face a “serious staff shortage” in the next seven days.
Weekly newspaper Contacted the Florida Department of Health for comments, but did not receive a timely response.
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