As states moved to implement restrictions to stymie the spread of COVID-19, health officials on Wednesday reported more than 50,000 new cases of the coronavirus, making it the highest single-day increase in infections.
July 1 (UPI) — As states moved to implement restrictions to stymie the spread of COVID-19, health officials on Wednesday reported more than 50,000 new cases of the infectious and deadly coronavirus, making it the highest single-day increase in infections since the pandemic began.
Some 50,700 people in the United States were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Wednesday, which pushed the overall national total to 2.68 million cases. Since the pandemic began,128,000 people have died in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Arizona, Georgia and Texas all set record highs on Wednesday, according to their departments of health, as California, Florida, New York and Oregon implemented new restrictions designed to tamp down on rises in COVID-19 cases ahead of the holiday weekend.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled new restrictions Wednesday to handle a growing number of cases there.
He ordered all restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, family entertainment venues, zoos, museums, card rooms and bars be closed in 19 counties. The order applies to Contra Costa, Fresno, Glenn, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus, Tulare and Ventura counties.
Newsom likened the measures to a “dimmer switch” to mitigate the virus’ spread ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.
