Three US states have reported record daily increases in COVID-19 deaths, a trio of grim milestones that follows the first nationwide increase in fatalities since mid-April as some US states rushed to reopen.
Alabama, Florida and North Carolina reported record daily increases in COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, a trio of grim milestones that follows the first nationwide increase in fatalities since mid-April as some US states rushed to reopen.
Alabama reported a record increase of 40 deaths and North Carolina 35 deaths, bringing each state's total to more than 1100.The new deaths in Florida raised the state's seven-day average to 81 per day, more than double the figure of two weeks ago and now the second-highest in the US behind Texas. Doctors have predicted a surge in deaths as Florida's daily reported cases have gone from about 2000 a day a month ago to more than 12,000.
With more than 3.3 million COVID-19 cases, the US ranks first in the world in cases per capita, according to a Reuters analysis, and with 135,000 deaths, ranks seventh in deaths per capita among the 20 countries with the most cases. The decision puts the districts at odds with US President Donald Trump, who has threatened to withhold federal funds or remove tax-exempt status if they refuse to reopen classrooms, even though most schools are financed by state and local taxes.France will in the next few weeks make it compulsory for people to wear masks in shops and other enclosed public spaces to stop a resurgence of the COVID-19 outbreak, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.
In Britain, officials announced they will require people to wear face masks starting on July 24, after weeks of dismissing their value. In Thailand, where there have been no reports of locally transmitted cases for seven weeks, authorities have revised rules governing visitors from abroad after a breakdown in screening led to two infected foreigners posing a possible risk to public health.
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