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The state of Florida is only one place behind California that now leads the country in Covid cases, with 448,497 cases.
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Florida became the second state on Sunday after California in overcoming New York, the state most affected at the start of the new United States coronavirus outbreak, according to a count of Reuters.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the Sunshine State increased by 9,300 to 423,885 on Sunday..
Florida is only behind California, which now leads the country with 448,497 cases.
New York is in third place with 415 thousand 827 cases
Still, New York has recorded the most deaths of any state in the United States with more than 32,000 deaths.
Florida ranks eighth with nearly 6,000 deaths.
On average, Florida added more than 10,000 cases per day in JulyWhile California has added 8,300 cases per day and New York has added 700 cases.
However, the governor Ron DeSantis has repeatedly said that will not make the use of masks mandatory and that schools they should reopen in August.
By contrast, New York State managed to keep the virus under control, with stores and restaurants closed and the use of mandatory masks.
The increase in cases also comes as President Donald Trump is pushing to reopen US schools in the fall.
This despite the concerns of teachers and families that children may contract or transmit the disease if they return to the classroom.
Who is still infected with coronavirus?
After Florida, Texas has the highest number of total coronavirus cases with 391,000.
The Governor of Texas, Greg AbbottTropical Storm Hanna, which made landfall Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane, said it was especially challenging as it spread through an area of the state that has been most affected by the coronavirus.
More than 146,000 Americans have died from Covid-19, nearly a quarter of the world total.
There are almost 4.2 million confirmed cases in the country, or at least 1 in 79 people have been infected.
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