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The US exceeded 130,000 dead and in Texas and Florida they warn of a possible health collapse:: El Litoral – News – Santa Fe – Argentina

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There are already almost 3 million infected people, over 130,000 dead, and in Texas and Florida they warn of a possible health collapse

The United States today surpassed 130,000 deaths from coronavirus, while authorities in Texas and Florida warned that its health systems are on the verge of collapse and health experts fear that the number of deaths will increase after Independence Day, when against all the recommendations, President Donald Trump organized large celebrations.

The US Johns Hopkins University reported that the country today registered 130,007 deaths and nearly 2.9 million infected, although health experts consider that the numbers of deceased and infected are much higher since, initially, the corresponding postmortem tests.

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted that in the four days leading up to the weekend, the country had consistently broken the 50,000-day barrier, according to the Europa Press news.

Despite this scenario, Trump again underestimated the severity of the pandemic on Twitter and concentrated on slowing down the daily death toll

“Deaths from the China virus have decreased by 39%, while our large testing program continues to lead the world, by far! Why does fake news not report that deaths have decreased? It is only because they are, in fact, FAKE NEWS! ”, Released the president in networks.

As the country experiences the largest rebound in the pandemic after two months, especially in Arizona, Texas and Florida, Trump said Saturday that the United States is “on the road to a formidable victory” against the coronavirus and minimized the impact of the disease, by saying that 99% of cases are “harmless”, without presenting the data to demonstrate it.

“This terrible plague from China has hit us and now we are close to getting out of it by fighting,” Trump said Saturday, adding that the United States “is going to be bigger than it has ever been,” in an attempt to resume , ahead of the November presidential elections, the slogan that won him the Presidency in 2016.

His chief of staff, Mark Meadows, defended today that “many of the cases are asymptomatic” and that “the figure of 99 percent arises from the data, which can be analyzed in different ways,” reported the American television channel CNN.

Meadows insisted that the economy cannot stop with confinement and hinted that Trump could start signing decrees this week on issues related to China, immigration and drug prices.

Despite statements by Trump and his government, the mayors of the Texas cities of San Antonio and Austin and the head of Miami-Dade County in Florida alerted today that hospitals in their districts are on the edge and beds are running out. in intensive care units (ICU).

“Time is running out now in terms of the capacity of our hospitals in San Antonio, just like in many of the other big cities in Texas,” San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg told CNN.

The leader warned that if the growth rate of the cases continues, San Antonio “has only one week left to run out of hospital beds and exhaust the capacity of the intensive care units.”

Texas has already registered 195,239 cases and 2,637 deaths, and it has occupied almost 81% of the available beds, as reported today by the state Department of Health.

In recent days, the cities of Houston and Fort Worth have also expressed concern about the lack of beds, and the same feeling they have in the bordering Rio Grande Valley, after the doubling of hospitalizations in the last two weeks, according to the news agency. EFE.

The health situation in Florida is also worsening, with 206,447 cases and 3,880 deaths since March 1, and with 80 percent of the beds in ICUs occupied throughout Miami-Dade County, according to the latest official data today.

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Giménez announced that as of Wednesday restaurants will only operate by delivery or takeaway, and dance halls and banquets and parties, gyms, and short-term rentals, such as Airbnb, will be closed.

In the last five days, 14 of the 50 states in the country, including Florida, recorded record daily numbers of infections. In this period, the United States had 250,000 new cases, a drastic increase that, however, was not accompanied by a similar increase in deaths.

Hospitalizations are also growing sharply and in many cases hospital capacity is approaching worrying levels.

With information from Telam

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