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'People got complacent': Coronavirus resurgence could erase months of progress, experts fear
A coronavirus resurgence in several states could wipe out two months of U.S. progress in fighting the pandemic, some experts and hospital administrators warn -- and politicians and a public tired of being cooped up are letting it happen.
A coronavirus resurgence in several states could wipe out two months of U.S. progress in fighting the pandemic, some experts and hospital administrators warn -- and politicians and a public tired of being cooped up are letting it happen.
“People got complacent,” said Dr. Marc Boom, CEO of the Houston Methodist hospital system, told The Associated Press. “And it’s coming back and biting us, quite frankly.”
The U.S. recorded a one-day total of 34,700 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, the highest level since late April, when the number peaked at 36,400, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University released on Wednesday.
While newly confirmed infections have been declining steadily in early hot spots such as New York and New Jersey, several other states have set single-day records this week, including Florida, Arizona, California, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas and Oklahoma. Some of them also broke hospitalization records, as did North Carolina and South Carolina.
Florida saw a record number of coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the state Department of Health reported, with 5,508 new coronavirus cases as of midnight on Tuesday and 44 more deaths related to COVID-19. Texas officials announced more than 5,000 new infections on Tuesday -- a single-day record for the state -- while a children's hospital began admitting adult patients to accommodate a surge of cases near Houston. Click here for more on our top story.
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