The United States broke a record of the highest new cases of COVID-19 in one day on Friday, as California and New Jersey had a tremendous one-day push.
According to the COVID tracking project, 310,080 new cases were reported on Friday, of which 50,000 in California and 20,000 in New Jersey.
This is because 23,083 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in the first eight days of the year, and that 16 states this week reported their highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, in even more worrying signs of recovery after the holidays.
Records were again set for the seven-day average for cases, hospitalizations and deaths, with deaths rising by an average of 2,934.
This week, 16 states reported their highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations. Pictured are patients being rushed to LAC USC Hospital ER in an emergency
Friday’s increase in cases now means 44 states have reported at least 500 COVID-19 cases per million people, according to the COVID Tracking Project, pictured above.
There were 23,083 COVID-19 deaths recorded in the first eight days of the year, as shown in the monthly chart of the COVID Tracking Project on the far right
The COVID Tracking Project data showed that 3,774 more Americans died on COVID-19 on Friday, while national hospitalizations are currently at 131,889.
Friday’s increase in cases now means 44 states have reported at least 500 COVID-19 cases per million people.
New Jersey, which had another rise Friday, hit the worst since the state of the pandemic and recorded 2,694 infections per million residents.
This is followed by Kansas with 1,889 cases per million people and Arizona with 1,602 infections per million people.
Arizona has also surpassed its summer boom in hospitalizations with patients increasing at an alarming rate.
On Wednesday, health experts named Arizona as the new global coronavirus hotspot as the outbreak of the state took another turn in Arizona.
Among other things, the state is now the leader of the country with the highest COVID-19 diagnosis rate.
Since December 31, one in every 111 Arizonans has been diagnosed with the virus.
The rise of new cases took place on Friday when dr. Deborah Birx warned that the US could have its own mutant strain COVID-19, just like Britain, because the virus spreads so fast.
The United States broke a record for the highest new cases of COVID-19 in one day on Friday, as California and New Jersey experienced a tremendous one-day boom, pictured second from left
Sixteen states recorded their highest number of hospitalizations this week
Hospitalizations are rising, especially in Arizona and California, with alarming rates
Birx, who announced before Christmas that she would retire when Joe Biden took office after being left red-handed for ignoring COVID guidelines during the holidays, made the analysis at a recent meeting of the Coronavirus task force of the Withuis.
She presented a series of graphs and diagrams, officials said, showing a serious increase in business.
Birx speculates that this may be because a new, more contagious variant of the virus is circulating, in the same way that Britain was shaken by the new B.1.1.7 strain.
Her concerns stemmed from the weekly report sent to state governors, which was leaked on Friday.
“This fall / winter surge has almost twice the increase in cases as spring and summer rise,” the report said.
‘This acceleration suggests that there may be a US variant that has developed here, in addition to the British variant that is already spreading in our communities and which is 50% more transferable.
“Aggressive mitigation should be used to match a more aggressive virus.”
Nationwide, there have been more than 21.8 million coronavirus-infected and 368,679 deaths since the pandemic began.