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Two Arizona docs are warning ‘large surge’ in COVID-19 sufferers threatens to overwhelm hospitals of their state and lots of others.

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Days after the top of the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention expressed concern about “important will increase” in coronavirus instances, the USA tallied 50,000 new instances Wednesday. 

That milestone was reached as governors and different state leaders grapple with plans to reopen their economies. Some are suspending additional reopening whereas others are tightening guidelines to forestall the unfold of the coronavirus.

Among the many measures: shutting down high-capacity companies reminiscent of bars and gymnasiums, halting elective surgical procedures and requiring individuals to put on masks.

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Map: Take a look at coronavirus trends, reopening status and mobility 

Here’s a have a look at which states have paused their reopening or taken different steps. This listing is regularly up to date.

Arizona

Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order requiring bars, gyms, theaters and water parks to close down Monday night.

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The order follows mounting strain to reply to ballooning COVID-19 numbers that adopted his accelerated reopening plan, which he introduced in Could.

“Arizonans have been, by and enormous, terrific, incredible and accountable,” the governor mentioned. “However, we now have discovered some conditions in classes the place we have to take extra aggressive actions, and that is what we’ll do at present.”

Arizona reported practically four,900 new COVID-19 instances and 88 extra deaths Wednesday, by far the best each day depend for every. The state has reported a complete of 84,092 instances.

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– Maria Polletta and Rachel Leingang, Arizona Republic

Arkansas

Almost two weeks after shifting into part two, which allowed for two-thirds capability in eating places and different companies, Gov. Asa Hutchinson mentioned he isn’t able to ease restrictions additional because the state experiences a spike in coronavirus instances.

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As of Wednesday, the state has recorded over 21,000 confirmed instances, greater than 1 / 4 of that are at the moment lively. The variety of new instances Wednesday, based on the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, have been the bottom in every week.

California

As California faces an explosion of latest COVID-19 instances, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered 19 counties — together with Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Clara — to close down companies with indoor operations for 3 weeks. That features theaters, wineries, museums and eating places.

Parking heaps at state seashores are also closed statewide forward of the Fourth of July weekend, based on KFMB-TV in San Diego.

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The state obliterated its report for essentially the most instances confirmed in a day Wednesday: greater than eight,600, according to the Los Angeles Times. Greater than a 3rd have been in Los Angeles County. As of Wednesday, California has reported 232,416 confirmed instances of COVID-19.

Delaware

Delaware didn’t transfer into part three of its financial reopening as scheduled at the start of this week. The announcement, issued last Thursday by Gov. John Carney, postponed official motion till this week so officers “can get a greater deal with on what’s happening in Delaware and across the nation.” 

“Too many Delawareans and guests aren’t following fundamental public well being precautions,” Carney mentioned.

Carney additionally introduced plans Tuesday to close down bars in Delaware seashore cities ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.

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The state reported 11,510 complete instances as of Wednesday, with 509 deaths.

– Jeff Neiburg and Meredith Newman, Delaware Information Journal

Florida

As COVID-19 instances skyrocket throughout the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis questioned the knowledge of maintaining individuals away from the surf.

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“By and enormous, the virus doesn’t just like the sunshine, warmth and humidity,” DeSantis mentioned throughout a press convention in Daytona Seashore on Wednesday. “There’s been only a few outbreaks linked to a park or a seashore. I’m extra involved about individuals crowding into air-conditioning.”

The variety of COVID-19 instances in Florida elevated by one other 6,563 on Wednesday, bringing the total to nearly 159,000.

Final week, the state’s Division of Enterprise and Skilled Regulation introduced it might droop on-premise consumption of alcohol at bars statewide. Bars will still be able to serve drinks in to-go containers.

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Halsey Beshears, the division’s secretary, mentioned the motion was taken due to a rise in COVID-19 instances and noncompliance by some companies. Eating places that serve alcohol will likely be allowed to remain open.

– Jane Musgrave, Palm Seashore Publish and Dave Osborn, Naples Every day Information

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Idaho

Gov. Brad Little introduced final week that the state will stay in part 4 of its reopening course of after an almost monthlong spike in COVID-19 instances. Section 4 permits visits to senior dwelling amenities and corrections amenities, and it lets nightclubs and sporting venues open with restricted capability. It’s the final stage earlier than full reopening.

The state has reached a complete of 6,370 confirmed and possible instances as of Wedneday, and practically 100 deaths.

Indiana

Gov. Eric Holcomb announced a new stage of reopening will start Saturday.

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Stage four.5 will quickly pause will increase in capability at eating places, bars and leisure venues, amongst others.

“This virus is on the prowl,” Holcomb mentioned. “In some locations it is gaining momentum. It isn’t slowing down.” 

The brand new stage is about to final from July four by means of July 17. Below the governor’s preliminary five-phase plan to reopen the state, Stage 5 was set to start in a lot of the state Saturday.

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– Ethan Could, Indianapolis Star

Kansas

Gov. Laura Kelly mentioned Monday she plans to signal an govt order this week in time for the Fourth of July weekend that will mandate masks in public areas statewide with a purpose to cope with an upward development in new coronavirus instances.

Though Kelly’s masks mandate would require anybody in a public area the place social distancing is just not attainable to put on a masks, counties have the power to struggle the order and never implement it.

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The mandate follows a suggestion final week that communities stay in part three of reopening, which permits bars, nightclubs and private care amenities reminiscent of nail salons and barber outlets to stay open with decreased capability. Nonetheless, the governor can not implement this statewide.

The Kansas Division of Well being and Setting has reported 14,990 optimistic COVID-19 instances as of Wednesday morning. The company has reported 272 deaths.

– India Yarborough and Brianna Childers, The Topeka Capital-Journal  

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Louisiana

Louisiana topped 60,000 total coronavirus cases Wednesday because the state’s hospitalizations and ventilator use continued to rise. That is a reversal from less than a month ago when both were on the decline. 

Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a 28-day order final week to maintain the state in part two of reopening. That permits eating places, malls, gyms, theaters, museums, bars and different companies to function at 50% capability.

“The very fact of the matter is we’re not getting higher; we’re getting worse,” Edwards mentioned Friday. “Earlier than it will get uncontrolled we now have to get higher compliance.”

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Nonetheless, he mentioned Wednesday he will not roll again Louisiana’s reopening or mandate masks for now.

The state reported 2,zero83 new instances Wednesday, the biggest single-day complete since April, for a complete of 60,178.

– Greg Hilburn, Monroe Information-Star

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Maine

Per week after Gov. Janet Mills indefinitely postponed the resumption of indoor bar service, she issued a mandate requiring eating places, shops and different companies within the metropolis’s southern and coastal areas to implement mask-wearing.

According to the Portland Press Herald, Mills mentioned that was essential to cope with an uptick in instances in these areas after “they lifted restrictions dramatically.”

Extra venues within the state, together with film theaters and museums, reopened Wednesday as a part of its third part of reopening, with a 50-person cap and a guidelines of necessities.

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As of Tuesday, the state has registered a complete of three,253 instances and 105 deaths. No new deaths have been reported.

Michigan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday closed indoor bar service in south and central Michigan, saying it is wanted to manage a rise within the unfold of the coronavirus.

The change took impact at 11 p.m. Wednesday.

Solely within the northern Decrease Peninsula and the Higher Peninsula can indoor bar service stay open.

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The governor additionally signed a package deal of payments permitting cocktails-to-go at bars and eating places, which she mentioned would assist these companies serve extra Michiganders. 

– Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press

Nevada

Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an emergency directive Monday extending part two of the state’s COVID-19 restoration plan by means of the tip of July. Church buildings, salons, bars and gymnasiums, all at restricted capability, have been a part of the state’s second part.

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The transfer fulfills a promise Sisolak made final week, when he introduced a statewide mask-wearing mandate and mentioned “any dialogue of coming into part three will likely be tabled” till additional discover.

The variety of confirmed COVID-19 instances in Nevada hospitals reached 454 as of Wednesday, the best because the outbreak started. The variety of Nevadans who’ve examined optimistic for COVID-19 reached 19,101 on Wednesday, with 511 deaths.

– Brett McGinness, Jenny Kane and Marcella Corona, Reno Gazette Journal

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New Mexico

Following tendencies in different states — particularly neighboring Arizona and Texas — New Mexico well being officers introduced Wednesday that COVID-19 transmission is rising in each area of the state. 

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham mentioned the state will pause the subsequent part in reopening companies which have been closed or are working beneath restrictions. The state would start to implement mask-wearing in public. Violators could possibly be fined $100. 

The bulletins got here because the state registered 500 deaths from COVID-19. One other 130 instances have been introduced Wednesday, bringing the full to 12,276.

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– Algernon D’Ammassa, Las Cruces Solar-Information

New Jersey

Indoor dining in New Jersey will not resume Thursday after all, a serious blow to an business that has struggled because the coronavirus outbreak started.

Gov. Phil Murphy mentioned Monday that after seeing a spike in coronavirus instances in states which have reopened indoor eating, he’s suspending it indefinitely. Murphy mentioned he doesn’t anticipate permitting eating places to renew indoor eating for weeks.

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“It brings me no pleasure to do that, however we now have no alternative,” he mentioned.

As of Tuesday, the state has registered 171,928 confirmed instances and 13,224 confirmed deaths.

— Terrence T. McDonald, NorthJersey.com

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North Carolina

Gov. Roy Cooper moved to increase the state’s present reopening part for an additional three weeks, by means of July 17, reasonably than reopen additional. The state is including a new requirement that people wear face coverings in most public spaces.

Cooper introduced he would not address reopening plans for the 2020-21 college yr, which had been deliberate Wednesday.

North Carolina COVID-19 hospitalizations on Tuesday have been the second highest because the coronavirus pandemic began, with 908 patients. The state has registered 64,670 instances, with 1,343 deaths.

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– Todd Runkle and Mackenzie Wicker, Asheville Citizen Instances; Brian Wicker, USA TODAY Community

Pennsylvania

Gov. Tom Wolf introduced Wednesday that masks are actually obligatory “every time anybody leaves house.”

“Restricted exceptions” will likely be permitted, and anybody discovered violating the order will “be tasked with schooling” by officers or legislation enforcement.

The state has registered 87,242 instances and 6,687 deaths. In keeping with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Wednesday was the biggest one-day enhance in instances prior to now month.

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“It’s important that Pennsylvanians put on masks to forestall the unfold of COVID-19,” Secretary of Well being Dr. Rachel Levine mentioned in a launch.

“Whereas instances enhance in some areas, we can not develop into complacent,” she mentioned. “My masks protects you, and your masks protects me. Carrying a masks exhibits that you just care about others, and that you’re dedicated to defending the lives of these round you.”

Tennessee

As instances of coronavirus proceed to soar, Gov. Invoice Lee prolonged his state of emergency declaration on Monday, along with a host of other provisions that were set to expire this week.

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Tennessee will stay in a state of emergency till no less than Aug. 29, based on Lee’s newest order. The order expanded entry to telehealth providers, allowed eating places to supply take-out and supply alcohol, and eased entry to unemployment advantages. 

As of Tuesday, Tennessee has had no less than 43,515 confirmed instances of the coronavirus, 604 deaths and greater than 2,600 hospitalizations because the outbreak started. Wednesday’s tally of 1,806 new instances was the state’s largest single-day enhance.

– Joel Ebert, Natalie Neysa Alund and Brinley Hineman Nashville Tennessean 

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Texas

Rolling again an aggressive reopening course of, Gov. Greg Abbott paused plans for the state final week. He closed Texas bars and limited restaurant occupancy, resulting in a lawsuit from a state group, and prohibited elective surgical procedures.

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His restrictions have been in sharp distinction to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who instructed Fox Information on Tuesday night time he will no longer listen to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Illnesses.

State well being officers reported greater than eight,000 new COVID-19 instances Wednesday, a report for the state and about 1,000 greater than the earlier report the day earlier than.

Hospitalizations have been climbing during the last month. Virtually 7,000 individuals have been hospitalized all through the state on Wednesday, a brand new excessive. 

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– Nicole Cobler, Austin American-Statesman

Utah

Troubling numbers prompted Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to mandate masks at all state amenities final week. Earlier this month, he introduced a pause in reopening.

The state ordered 500,000 masks and deliberate to ship them to academics and college students for the upcoming college yr, based on KSL-TV in Salt Lake City.

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The state has counted 22,716 complete instances as of Wednesday.

– The Spectrum

Virginia

Although Gov. Ralph Northam introduced Tuesday the state would start its third part of reopening, he has determined to ban bar seating as of Wednesday.

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Eating places and bars should still be capable to home company so long as they’re consuming at tables 6 toes aside, based on a press release from the governor’s workplace. “I’m watching what is going on in different states — we’re taking a cautious strategy as we enter Section Three and sustaining the present restrictions on bar areas,” Northam mentioned within the launch.

Section three permits companies to extend capability to 75% and leisure companies to extend to 50%. As of Wednesday, Virginia has had greater than 63,000 instances of COVID-19, with simply over 6,200 complete hospitalizations and practically 1,800 deaths.

Washington

Days after Gov. Jay Inslee delayed phase four of reopening amid a surge in coronavirus cases, he introduced a short-term extension to the state’s “Secure Begin” emergency pointers by means of no less than subsequent Wednesday. 

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In keeping with the Seattle Times, his announcement got here “in anticipation of extra modifications” early subsequent week.

As of Wednesday, 17 of Washington state’s 39 counties had moved into part three of Inslee’s four-part coronavirus restoration plan, permitting for gatherings of not more than 50 individuals, resuming non-essential journey and reopening theaters, libraries and museums, amongst different companies.

Washington has had greater than 33,400 confirmed instances of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, based on a tally by the state’s Division of Well being.

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– Austen Macalus, Kitsap Solar

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