The Republican governors of three US states dealing with surging COVID-19 outbreaks sparred on Tuesday (Jul 21) with local officials over tighter ...
ATLANTA: The Republican governors of three US states dealing with surging COVID-19 outbreaks sparred on Tuesday with local officials over tighter counter-measures, as California closed in on surpassing New York in total cases.
In Florida, the state teachers' union has sued Governor Ron DeSantis and other officials to halt his plans to reopen school classrooms despite a surge of more than 10,000 daily new COVID-19 cases for six out of the last seven days. About 20 per cent of Florida's intensive care unit beds are available, 5 per cent more than two weeks ago, after hospitals expanded capacity. The number of currently hospitalised coronavirus patients fell on Tuesday after rising to record highs at least nine days in a row, state data showed.Neither Florida nor Georgia have issued statewide mask mandates. In Texas, Abbott initially resisted such an order but earlier this month agreed to require face coverings in most counties.
New York - the epicentre of the pandemic earlier this year - has recorded by far the most deaths of any US state at 32,218, followed by New Jersey at 15,737. California has reported more than 7,700 deaths. The clashes between local leaders and their governors comes as coronavirus deaths nationally rise for a second consecutive week and cases climb for a seventh week in a row.
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