With a record number of more than 50,000 new infections a day, the Corona pandemic has escalated dramatically in the United States. While President Donald Trump is playing the risk down, on Wednesday took several States shortly before the national day 4. July relaxations of everyday life. Democrats accuse the government of incompetence.

The Johns Hopkins University reported Wednesday around before or 50,700 new Corona cases in a day. The health authority CDC, the number of registered cases was within 24 hours with even with more than 54,000.In the past week, the infection had put happen strong, usually more than 40,000 cases were recorded per day. More than the previous peak of the pandemic in April and may.

Particularly the States of Texas, Arizona, Georgia, and California are affected. Florida recorded on Thursday for the first time, more than 10,000 cases in a day. Many of these States have made Bars, Restaurants, cinemas, beaches and swimming pools re – sealing some of the workers have lost their Job for the second Time within a very short time. The development is attributed in part to the lack of willingness among American citizens to wear protective masks in Public. Also, you do not comply with the spacing rules often. Overall, the United States, which has about 330 million inhabitants recorded, since the beginning of the pandemic so far, around 2.7 million in documented infections, and a minimum of 128,000 Dead.

virus expert and presidential adviser Anthony Fauci said in view of the increasing case numbers in an Interview: “We are moving in the right direction.” If the people did not keep the rules to combat the pandemic, whether America is in “big trouble”.

President Trump talked about risk on Thursday at a press conference, small and celebrated at the same time, pay the relatively good labour market. There is still the occasional Corona of fire, this would, however, be combated quickly. “We extinguish the flames or fire,” he said. “We understand this terrible disease now.” The Opening of the country to go “much faster” than expected. At the same time, Trump claimed that the churches in the United States should be re-opened. On Wednesday, he told the television channel Fox Business, the Virus will disappear “at some point, in a sense, easy.”

Trumps the designated Challenger in the presidential election in November, the Democrat Joe Biden, contrary to Trump spoke clearly: “This is simply not an honest assessment of what is happening,” said Biden. For him and many Americans, the development is worrying, but the President refused to discuss the subject. In some places in the country, the emergency would beds in hospitals already in short supply.

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With a view to the national day 4. Of July showed a number of American health experts in view of the anticipated higher trip volumes and the loosening is concerned. It could “brew a perfect storm”, and quoted the CNN channel has been a doctor for infectious diseases. The problem was that the people were always to the rules of hygiene. In California and Michigan relaxations have been already taken back. The indoor areas of Bars and Restaurants were closed in several cities. In the state of Pennsylvania, a mask obligation has been arranged.