Florida has reported a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, a day after Walt Disney World in Orlando reopened and anti-mask activists held a rally nearby.
If Florida were a country, it would rank fourth in the world for the most new coronavirus cases in a day behind the US, Brazil and India.
Coronavirus infections are rising in about 40 states, according to a Reuters analysis of cases for the past two weeks compared with the prior two weeks. Health officials have pleaded with the public to wear masks to limit the spread of the virus, but the issue has become politically divisive in the US, unlike many other countries that have seen far lower rates of infection and death.
Many Americans still refuse to wear a mask, which health experts say helps stop transmission of the virus.Anti-mask activists organised a protest on Saturday at a grilled cheese restaurant and bar in Windermere, Florida, which is in Orange County, about 19km from Walt Disney World."Everyone is responsible for their own health care decisions ... We want our choices respected as well," she said.
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