08/06/2021 8:33 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/06/2021 8:33 PM
The state of
Florida
recorded 13,427 hospital admissions for coronavirus this Friday, thus breaking its daily record again, despite the advance in vaccination throughout the United States.
The number of new cases also set a record, adding 22,783 new infections, local authorities reported on Friday.
And concern is growing about the number of
young people interned
.
The previous record of hospitalizations had been registered this Wednesday, when 12,408 patients were hospitalized, and the number has been increasing every day since last Sunday, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The number of new infections in the last 24 hours - 22,783 new daily cases, and 199 deaths, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, in English) - is also the largest registered trademark in that state since it began. the pandemic in 2020. Last weekend there were 21,683 new daily cases.
At the same time, a weekly report noted that this is the
seventh consecutive week with a significant increase in new infections
and the rate of positivity.
A line to get tested for Covid before boarding a flight at Fort Lauderdale International Airport, Florida.
Photo: AP
The state Department of Health report published updated this Friday shows 134,506 new cases from July 30 to August 5, compared to 110,420 reported the previous week.
Florida's positivity rate jumped to 18.9%, compared to 18.4% the prior week.
The
alarming rebound
in hospitalizations and cases takes place when the new incidence data for covid-19 in minors shows that 135 infected persons entered this Tuesday, more than in any other state in the country except Texas, with 142 children hospitalized for coronavirus, picked up the
Miami Herald
newspaper
.
Schools and chinstraps
On the other hand, the Florida Department of Education approved a proposed emergency rule on Friday that would grant special school vouchers to families who want to transfer their children from public schools if they do not feel comfortable with anti-covid protocols.
The rule, approved unanimously, indicates that parents may apply for the so-called "Hope Scholarship", which allows students to be transferred from school
when the "health protocols for the covid-19 of a school district, including the use of chinstrap, represent a danger to the health or
education of the children ".
Although vaccination against the coronavirus advances in the United States, cases continue to rise in Florida.
Photo: BLOOMBERG
The CDC recommended in late July that everyone, regardless of their vaccination status, wear masks inside schools.
These federal prevention guidelines were revised in response to the
highly contagious
delta variant
that spreads across the country, as children under the age of 12 remain excluded from vaccination plans.
In practice, the proposed rule could divert more students to private schools or out of public school districts as a result of COVID-19 protocols.
The governor of Florida, Republican Ron DeSantis, recently redoubled his refusal to adopt the CDC's recommendations on the use of masks in schools, despite the fact that the school systems of Broward, Duval and Alachua counties have already decided to require that students wear masks when school begins this month.
This Friday, a group of parents of children with disabilities sued the state of Florida alleging that DeSantis' ban on the imposition of masks in schools
violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida includes 27 parents and children who claim that DeSantis "does not have the authority to threaten school districts with loss of funds if they protect the health of their students with disabilities and the rights to be in an integrated learning environment ", reported the digital media clickorlando.com.
DeSantis' fight against the return of masks to schools even fueled the
confrontation with the White House
, where President Joe Biden indicated this week that the governor should "get out of the way" and allow schools and businesses to enforce mandatory of the masks.
Source: EFE
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