Rapid increase in cases in California
The most populous US state, California, has seen a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. Governor Gavin Newsom spoke on Wednesday of 7149 new cases that occurred on Tuesday. In the past 14 days, the number of hospitals with Covid 19 patients has increased by almost 30 percent. “We are endangering people’s lives,” Newsom warned, calling on the nearly 40 million people to stay at home, keep their distance, and wear masks, if possible.
To curb the coronavirus, Newsom ordered a mask last week. According to this, Californians must wear a mouth-nose protective mask in public, for example when shopping, driving a bus or at work.
According to information from Wednesday, over 190,000 Sars-CoV‑2 infections have been detected in the West Coast state, and more than 5,600 people have died in California so far. In the midst of a significant increase in the number of corona infections in large parts of the United States, the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut impose a two-week quarantine for all those arriving from states with a higher infection rate. The rule will come into force on Wednesday at midnight local time, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a short-term press conference.
The list of countries of origin of travelers who are quarantined is constantly updated depending on the level of infection. Currently Florida and Arizona are among them.
With just under 800 deaths and tens of thousands of new infections per day, New York was the global epicenter of the pandemic a few months ago. At that time, other states enacted quarantine regulations for incoming New Yorkers. Thanks to extensive measures, the spread of the virus in New York was finally curbed. In contrast, the number of cases is rising significantly in over 20 other states, especially in the south. Many of these, encouraged by the White House, had reopened their economy and loosened or lifted exit restrictions.