Miami –
Coronavirus does not yield in the United States, the country with the most cases and the most deaths from the virus.
This Sunday the state of Florida exceeded 200,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 by adding 10,059 in the last 24 hours And he faces two critical weeks in hospitals, which may exceed their capacity if their spread cannot be stopped, especially in Miami-Dade, the epicenter of contagion.
After a daily record of cases this Saturday, with 11,458, which almost eclipses that of New York last April (11,571), Florida remains one of the new sources of contagion in the United States.
Since March 1, 3,731 people have died from COVID-19 in Florida (29 more than on Saturday) and 200,111 have been infected with the new coronavirus, according to figures released this Sunday by the state Department of Health.
The rise in Miami-Dade County, the seventh in the country with the most cases, according to Johns Hopkins University, continues to exceed 2000 cases daily, with 2,418 more on Saturday and 2,282 this Sunday, while deaths reached 1043 in total.
Faced with the “alarming” increase, the mayor of Miami-Dade, Carlos Giménez, maintains a curfew for now indefinite, from 10 pm to 6 am, and has its beaches closed during this festive weekend of 4 July, including Monday.
The neighboring county of Broward this Sunday had its own record of daily cases, with 1664 in the last 24 hours, for a total of 21,239 and 411 deaths, while that of Palm Beach reached 16,836 positive patients and 542 deaths. .
These three southeastern counties decreed the closure of beaches during this holiday weekend to try to stem the spread of COVID-19, which has been record-breaking in record daily cases in Florida, the previous one, last Thursday, with 10 109.
Given the record increase this Saturday, Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsell-Powell this weekend made a new call to Governor Ron DeSantis to order the mandatory use of a mask.
The congresswoman criticized that both President Donald Trump and DeSantis, political allies, have demotivated the use of the mask and offered conflicting messages about his behavior.
On Friday, a dozen Democratic state lawmakers asked Republican DeSantis to adopt the measure in the face of the “devastation” of COVID-19, including Shevrin Jones, who announced Tuesday that he had been infected.
They urged that “Implement a mandatory use of covering your face over your nose and mouth while (the person) is in a business or other building open to the public, as well as outdoor public spaces, whenever social distancing is not possible.”
“This is not a partisan issue, it is a matter of life and death,” lawmakers said in a letter sent to DeSantis.
Congresswoman Mucarsell-Powell also noted that she has been in direct contact with Florida hospital authorities and that the next two weeks will be critical, especially in Miami-Dade County, which may be at maximum capacity.
Congressman Darren Soto, who also fears an increase in hospitalizations, criticized that “the rush to reopen is responsible for the increase in COVID-19 cases that are prolonging this crisis.”
During this weekend, 404 more people were hospitalized, 244 on Saturday and 160 on Sunday, for a total of 15,895 since last March 1, according to the Florida Department of Health.
However, since the beginning of the pandemic, the DeSantis government does not include in the daily information how many hospitalizations there are in real time, but rather the accumulated number. (I)
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