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Professor of Epidemiology: COVID-19 cases in Florida will peak in September

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Professor of Epidemiology: COVID-19 cases in Florida will peak in September

COVID-19 testing site in Florida, USA. (Infographic)

Overseas network on August 3, with the "Delta" mutation virus raging, the United States of Florida has recently seen a surge in new crown cases and hospitalizations. An epidemiology professor in the United States said that covid-19 cases in Florida will peak in September.

According to the New York Times, Edwin Michael, a professor of epidemiology at the University of South Florida, said on the 2nd local time that whether it is short-term or long-term, the number of cases in Florida will surge, and it is predicted that it will peak in the first week of September, when the daily increase in new crown cases will reach 68,000, which is 4 times the number of daily increased cases in January.

The rebound of the epidemic in the United States has once again become the "epicenter" of Florida. Last week, data from Hospitals across Florida reported that an average of 1,525 adults and 35 children were hospitalized every day. As of July 31, 10,593 people in Florida had been hospitalized for confirmed COVID-19. This data previously peaked on July 22, 2020, when the cumulative number of patients admitted to the hospital was 12,282. (Overseas Network Li Meng)

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