As of this week, one out of every 12 tests administered in the U.S. came back positive, according to data
tracked by the University of Oxford-based Our World in Data. In South
Korea, long a world leader in testing, 93 tests were administered for
every positive case. And in New Zealand, which has effectively eliminated the coronavirus, the ratio is 300 to 1.
Despite the continued and persistent testing shortfall, Trump this week repeatedly called for
a slowdown in COVID-19 testing, because the surge in new cases they
help reveal is making his administration’s response look bad. “Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country, and ever expanding,” he idiotically tweeted on Tuesday. “With smaller testing we would show fewer cases!”
The latest news on Trump's campaign against testing comes on the very day that the U.S. saw its highest daily count of new cases since the crisis started, with more than 36,000 new infections reported by state health departments on Wednesday — surpassing the previous single-day record of 34,203 set on April 25. Oklahoma reported record highs in new single-day coronavirus cases, while hospitalizations hit a new peak in Arizona, where intensive care units have quickly filled.
The three most-populous states in the U.S. are reporting record increases in new coronavirus cases as alarming trends in the pandemic have emerged across the country. California, Texas and Florida all set records for the number of new cases in one day.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urged people to stay home due to the surge, with some health officials calling for a stricter stay-at-home order. "Because the spread is so rampant right now, there's never a reason for you to have to leave your home," Abbott said. "Unless you do need to go out, the safest place for you is at your home." New cases and hospitalizations are rising at their fastest rate yet, with Texas reporting 5,551 cases on Wednesday, breaking the previous record of 5,489 set the day before, health authorities said.
California obliterated its previous single-day high with 7,149 cases this week, according to state Department of Public Health. The previous record, set the day before, was just more than 5,000. Hospitalization and ICU rates due to the virus are also at an all-time high in the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded with Californians to think of others by wearing masks, keeping a safe distance and increasing handwashing.
In Florida, the state reported 5,511 new cases on Tuesday the highest number in a single day, according to the Florida Department of Health. The idiot governor of Florida, however, is continuing his re-opening efforts despite the sharp increase in cases. In a minor concession to reality, DeSantis has started wearing face masks to public appearances-- even though he still won’t mandate the wearing of face coverings by law in Florida. Last week, DeSantis tried to blame the increase in cases on "Hispanic farmworkers", but in reality, the harvest season in Florida ended weeks ago. The new surge resulted mostly from people going out over Memorial Day weekend and failing to social distance and wear masks.
At least 26 states are seeing a rise in cases compared to the previous week, data from Johns Hopkins University show. Those states are Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
In too many places across the country, the pandemic is quickly "spiraling out of control," one expert said. "We stopped the treatment too early," CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said. The result could be "exponential growth" of cases. But many places remained unprepared and reopened far too soon and far too quickly -- leading to the latest surges, experts have said.
It's a stark contrast with other parts of the world, including countries in Europe, which lowered their case counts with the help of longer lockdowns and have now begun to slowly reopen. Europe is preparing to reopen external borders on July 1, but it is considering excluding citizens of countries where the virus is out of control-- including Brazil, Russia and (not surprisingly) the United States.
Trump will be in a difficult diplomatic position to object, however. Early in the crisis, the Orangeman unilaterally closed U.S. borders to countries in the EU's Schengen border-free zone-- which the EU bitterly condemned at the time.
The latest news on Trump's campaign against testing comes on the very day that the U.S. saw its highest daily count of new cases since the crisis started, with more than 36,000 new infections reported by state health departments on Wednesday — surpassing the previous single-day record of 34,203 set on April 25. Oklahoma reported record highs in new single-day coronavirus cases, while hospitalizations hit a new peak in Arizona, where intensive care units have quickly filled.
The three most-populous states in the U.S. are reporting record increases in new coronavirus cases as alarming trends in the pandemic have emerged across the country. California, Texas and Florida all set records for the number of new cases in one day.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urged people to stay home due to the surge, with some health officials calling for a stricter stay-at-home order. "Because the spread is so rampant right now, there's never a reason for you to have to leave your home," Abbott said. "Unless you do need to go out, the safest place for you is at your home." New cases and hospitalizations are rising at their fastest rate yet, with Texas reporting 5,551 cases on Wednesday, breaking the previous record of 5,489 set the day before, health authorities said.
California obliterated its previous single-day high with 7,149 cases this week, according to state Department of Public Health. The previous record, set the day before, was just more than 5,000. Hospitalization and ICU rates due to the virus are also at an all-time high in the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded with Californians to think of others by wearing masks, keeping a safe distance and increasing handwashing.
In Florida, the state reported 5,511 new cases on Tuesday the highest number in a single day, according to the Florida Department of Health. The idiot governor of Florida, however, is continuing his re-opening efforts despite the sharp increase in cases. In a minor concession to reality, DeSantis has started wearing face masks to public appearances-- even though he still won’t mandate the wearing of face coverings by law in Florida. Last week, DeSantis tried to blame the increase in cases on "Hispanic farmworkers", but in reality, the harvest season in Florida ended weeks ago. The new surge resulted mostly from people going out over Memorial Day weekend and failing to social distance and wear masks.
At least 26 states are seeing a rise in cases compared to the previous week, data from Johns Hopkins University show. Those states are Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
In too many places across the country, the pandemic is quickly "spiraling out of control," one expert said. "We stopped the treatment too early," CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said. The result could be "exponential growth" of cases. But many places remained unprepared and reopened far too soon and far too quickly -- leading to the latest surges, experts have said.
It's a stark contrast with other parts of the world, including countries in Europe, which lowered their case counts with the help of longer lockdowns and have now begun to slowly reopen. Europe is preparing to reopen external borders on July 1, but it is considering excluding citizens of countries where the virus is out of control-- including Brazil, Russia and (not surprisingly) the United States.
Trump will be in a difficult diplomatic position to object, however. Early in the crisis, the Orangeman unilaterally closed U.S. borders to countries in the EU's Schengen border-free zone-- which the EU bitterly condemned at the time.
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