Texas becomes first US state to surpass one million coronavirus cases

Texas has grow to be the primary US state to cross over one million coronavirus circumstances as President-elect Joe Biden is attending to work to battle the lethal virus which has contaminated greater than 9.eight million folks within the nation.

According to Johns Hopkins University, Texas is likely one of the 31 states that has hit a report variety of coronavirus circumstances this week. In Harris County, there are greater than 167,000 circumstances and greater than 2,300 deaths with the numbers climbing.

“We have to remember we’re still in the middle of a public health crisis. Now, it’s starting to creep back up into the 8 per cent range and that starts to concern us,” mentioned Dr. Umair Shah, the manager director of Harris County Public Health.

The US is at present the world’s worst-hit nation from the pandemic and has had greater than 9.eight million circumstances and over 237,000 deaths from the virus because the pandemic began within the central Chinese metropolis of Wuhan final yr.

Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus tracker reported greater than 50.2 million Covid-19 circumstances globally as of Sunday.

There have been greater than 1.2 million deaths from the illness worldwide because the pandemic began.

President-elect Biden in his victory speech assured Americans that his first job is to get the raging coronavirus pandemic beneath management with a particular plan that can be “built on bedrock science.” He additionally introduced that on Monday he’ll type a bunch of main scientists and specialists to deliver the pandemic beneath management.

Indian-American doctor Dr Vivek Murthy is anticipated to co-chair the coronavirus job drive. Outgoing President Donald Trump has been accused of not listening to his personal well being specialists on now to fight the lethal illness, permitting it to unfold throughout the nation.

Biden on Sunday on his transition web site posted about his plans to combat the coronavirus. His preliminary plan requires doubling the variety of testing websites, investing in speedy at-home assessments, making a nationwide pandemic dashboard and mobilizing 100,000 Americans for contact tracing.

His plan additionally requires all governors to challenge a masks mandate.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has already issued a masks mandate over the summer time. It requires folks to put on a face masking in public in counties with greater than 20 confirmed positive circumstances.

Dr David Persse, the town of Houston’s well being authority, mentioned, “We still have opportunities to get this under control and drive those numbers down, but that’s going to be left up to the individual, it’s nothing the mayor, county judge, [or] governor can do.” Persse mentioned, “It’s painful when you have to have the governor lock things down. That hurts the economy, so let’s not get there. Let’s keep this under control with what we can do right now.” PTI SHK PMS PMS