Today, Florida reported 191 fatalities and 9,230 new cases, bringing that state’s total to 440,000. According to Reuters, Florida now has the second-most COVID-19 cases in the country, after California. Florida had previously reached a record-high average of daily new cases of 11,870 on Jul 17.
Yesterday, Birx recommended that Tennessee Governor Bill Lee close the state’s bars and indoor restaurants due to increasing positivity rates throughout the state. Lee said he has no plans to do so, according to The Tennessean.
“red zones,” states with more than 100 new cases per 100,000 people, in the past week. Those states now include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin
Source: US hot spots see COVID-19 level off, but case counts stay high | CIDRAP


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