According to the statistics of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 17:34 EASTERN TIME on the 22nd (5:34 Beijing time on the 23rd), the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the United States reached 3941741, and the cumulative number of deaths reached 142756. Compared with the past 24 hours, there were 83,055 new confirmed cases and 1,330 new deaths in the United States.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in the United States, the health care system in many U.S. states is facing the possibility of collapse, and the "mask order" is being implemented in more and more areas of the United States. Analysts point out that if the United States had introduced mask wearing a few months ago, it might have avoided more infections and deaths.
Due to the premature resumption of economic activities, frequent personnel contact, and the neglect of anti-epidemic equipment such as masks, the number of new confirmed cases of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in many states in the United States has "taken a rocket" in recent times, and Florida, located in the "sunshine zone", has become the "epicenter" of the new epidemic, and the number of new confirmed cases in Texas and California has also risen sharply.
Will Humber, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, said 88 percent of intensive care unit beds and 86 percent of general inpatient beds in state hospitals have been occupied due to the increase in new confirmed cases. Both figures hit new highs since late March.
Will Humber, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association: It's a challenge for Arizona, and the number of confirmed cases has increased dramatically over the last six weeks, and it's really putting our hospital system on the brink of collapse.
Fortunately, arizona governor proposed some interventions four weeks ago in a short period of time, and it was actually a little late, one of which was to issue a decree that people need to wear facial coverings.
At present, the US states have gradually begun to recognize the important role of masks in epidemic prevention, at least 39 states are implementing some form of "mask order", and even US President Trump, who has previously been devaluing the wearing of masks, has also begun to promote the importance of wearing masks to the public. In this regard, American medical experts commented that if he had done this a few months ago, it would have been possible to avoid more Americans from contracting and dying from new crown pneumonia.
GAVIN SKINNER, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASES MEDICAL EXPERT IN THE UNITED STATES: It's clear that it's time for every American to wear a mask to keep themselves and others safe. I think now Trump is trying to show himself as if he's taking the pandemic seriously, and now all of a sudden he's wearing a mask, and if he had taken the right steps before, it would have been entirely possible to avoid more people getting infected and dying from COVID-19.
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