US Surpasses 4 Million Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

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As hospitalizations rise in record numbers, the US confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 4 million. It took 100 days for the US to reach the 1 million mark, January 21 to April 28. The last million was reach in just 15 days. The Coronavirus is still raging out of control with Florida breaking the state death total and California breaking the one-day case total of more than 8,000.

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Washington Post Opinion | Trump vs. the coronavirus

July 7, 2020

"Even as the number of U.S. coronavirus cases passes 3 million, President Trump has repeatedly played down covid-19’s toll on the country."

Went from 2.8 million COVID-19 cases on 7/4/20 to 4 million 3 weeks later. I expect 5 million by 8/10/20 due to 40 states with rising positive cases -- PA was up to 970 new cases today, been climbing the past week after dropped to less than 350/day end of June.

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TNButterfly:

It's been just 2 weeks since this thread posted....

Tomorrow, 8/8 US will surpass 5 million citizens infected with Covid-19. That's 1 MILLION new cases in TWO weeks!

161,000 deaths -- averaging 1,000 deaths per day the past week.

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South Dakota has had little Covid. Sturgis, SD bike rally started today --usually has 250,000 visitors attend event.

South Dakota Confirmed: 9,371 Deaths: 144

TMZ: Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 250k Bikers Rolling into Town! Masks & Distancing Rare

https://www.tmz.com/2020/08/07/sturgis-motorcycle-rally-bikers-not-wearing-masks-social-distancing-face-covering-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic/

Sturgis rally roars ahead despite coronavirus concerns

https://www.foxnews.com/us/sturgis-rally-roars-ahead-despite-covid-concerns

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Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has taken a largely hands-off approach to the pandemic, avoiding a mask mandate and preaching personal responsibility. She supported holding the Sturgis rally, pointing out that no virus outbreak was documented from the several thousand people who turned out to see President Donald Trump and fireworks at Mount Rushmore last month.

Two totally different types of events. Just sticking their heads in the sand... Sturgis Hospital is a 84-bed licensed, acute care facility --hope they bulked up PPE order.

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CNN

8/8/20

US tops 5 million Covid-19 cases, with five states making up more than 40% of tally

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As of this week, five states account for more than 40% of US infections: California (with the most cases in the country), Florida, Texas, New York and Georgia.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/09/health/us-coronavirus-Sunday/index.html

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I need to hit the lottery so I can go buy a secluded island and have everything I need drop shipped at the port or via helicopter. No contact necessary.

That is all. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

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