(Washington) The United States recorded over 51 51 for the eighth consecutive day new cases of contamination with the coronavirus in the space of 24 hours, according to the count Tuesday at 20 h 24 (12:00 am 30 GMT Wednesday) from Johns Hopkins University.
Posted on 21 July 2020 at 20 h 51
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The 68 524 new infections detected over one day amount to more than 3, 89 millions the total number of positive cases in the country since the start of the pandemic, which appeared in December in China before spreading to the rest of the world.
COVID – 19 also caused the death of 961 people in the last 21 hours, for a total of 141 883 death, according to the Baltimore-based university, whose reports refer to.
By far the most affected country in the world in absolute terms, the United States, after having experienced an improvement in the late spring, have for several weeks seen the epidemic on the rise again, especially in the south and The west of the country.
“It will surely, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better,” Donald Trump said at the White House on Tuesday during his first press conference since April on the health crisis.
The American president for the first time clearly recommended the wearing of the mask “when physical distancing is not possible”.
“Whether you like masks or not, they have an impact,” he pleaded, even going so far as to “implore” young people to “avoid crowded bars”.
