The coronavirus crisis is deepening in the US as the number of daily confirmed cases closes in on the peak reached in late April.
The coronavirus crisis is deepening in the US as the number of daily confirmed cases closes in on the peak reached in late April.
While greatly expanded testing probably accounts for some of the increase, experts say other measures indicate the virus is making a comeback.
Daily deaths, hospital admissions and the percentage of tests that are coming back positive have also been rising over the past few weeks in parts of the country, mostly in the south and west.
In Arizona,23% of coronavirus tests conducted over the last seven days have been positive, nearly triple the national average, and a record 415 patients were on ventilators. Mississippi saw its daily count of new cases reach new highs twice this week.
Republican governor Greg Abbott of Texas, whose state was among the first to reopen, paused any further steps and reimposed a ban on elective surgeries in some areas to preserve hospital space after the number of patients across the state more than doubled in two weeks. And Nevada’s governor ordered the wearing of face masks in public, including in Las Vegas casinos.
