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Thursday, November 14
DeSantis inaction criticized when Florida has more than 47,000 Covid-19 cases in one day
MIAMI – Democrats urged the Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis to stand up in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic amid the “worst” explosion of cases for the Omicron variant, which is breaking records in the state, with close to 47, 000 new cases on Tuesday, according to Wednesday reports from federal authorities.
“Where is our government ? Where is Ron DeSantis now? When was the last time you saw the Governor at a COVID press conference – 19 “, was asked today Jerry Demings , Mayor of Orange, a county in central Florida where the city of Orlando is.
“All Florida residents should be outraged,” added the Democrat referring to attention to this new health crisis, one of the worst in the United States, after New York, and which has saturated places for COVID tests – 19.
Florida presented this Tuesday a new record of daily cases of COVID – 19 since they began to be counted in March 2020, with 46, 923 infected , according to today’s data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The figure surpasses the records of Thursday 23 from December (31, 04) and Friday (32, 000) and increases to more than 4 million cases presented in the state since the beginning of the pandemic.
In addition, with about 170, 000 new cases in 7 days until last Sunday, will According to the CDC, Florida posted a weekly record that surpassed the 22 months of the coronavirus crisis.
“While tens of thousands of Floridians s get sick every day, Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans refuse to support measures that prevent infections and save lives, “said this Wednesday Marcus Dixon, Executive Director of the Florida Democratic Party.
For his part, Demings criticized that the Republican government has not provided the attention that local governments need while, in the middle of Christmas and travel time, They form long lines for the covid tests and the kits to take the test at home are out of stock in some parts.
The mayor stated that the highly contagious Omicron variant is spreading and had “taken hold” in Orange County, with a large population of Puerto Ricans.
“We are seeing very large numbers, but we can handle this spread if we continue to test and vac joining us “, clarified Demings.
Faced with the long lines to take the test and the exhaustion of the packages to do it at home, Democrats have called for DeSantis to intervene.
Dixon stressed in a statement that DeSantis has “minimized” the effectiveness of vaccines and has opposed “common sense” measures such as the mandatory use of masks during pandemic.
The speed with which Omicron has struck in Florida exceeds the highest peak of the pandemic coronavirus, that was experienced last August, with a record of cases, hospitalizations and saturation of intensive care beds.
According to CDC data, Florida accounted for 14, 749 cases new the week from 6 to 12 in December, and since then that amount has tripled in each of the following two weeks.
As of this Tuesday, Florida had 2, 754 people hospitalized with COVID- 19, a 83% more than the last 7 days.
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