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More young people across the South are testing positive for coronavirus,
officials warn
By Christina Maxouris, CNN
(CNN)Officials in states across the South are warning more young people are
testing positive for coronavirus.
The shifts in demographics have been recorded in parts of Florida, South
Carolina, Georgia, Texas and other states -- many of which were some of the
first to reopen.
And while some officials have pointed to more widespread testing being done,
others say the new cases stem from Americans failing to social distance.
In Mississippi, where one health officer called adherence to social
distancing over the past weeks "overwhelmingly disappointing," officials
attributed clusters of new cases to fraternity rush parties.
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Despite stark warnings from experts across the US, hundreds gathered
Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for President Donald Trump's first re-election
campaign rally since the start of the pandemic.
Few donned masks even as Tulsa County reported its highest number of new
infections in a day Saturday -- the fifth time this week the country
reported a record.
So far, the US has recorded more than 2.2 million cases and at least 119,719
deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Where young people are testing positive
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday cases are "shifting in a radical
direction" toward populations in their 20s and 30s.
Those younger groups testing positive are mostly asymptomatic and don't
require clinical attention, the governor said.
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"We're also seeing that not only are they testing positive because they're
testing more, they're also testing positive at a higher rate increasingly
over the last week," DeSantis said, adding there's evidence of transmission
between those younger groups.
That increased testing, he said, comes as many people are returning to the
workforce.
Experts have raised alarm about Florida's climbing cases, saying the state
could become the next US coronavirus epicenter. On Saturday, Florida
reported 4,049 new cases -- the most reported in a single day.
In South Carolina, health officials said Friday people under the age of 30
were increasingly testing positive for the virus -- around 18% of the state'
s total cases come from people between the ages of 21 and 30.
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"The increases that we're seeing serve as a warning that young adults and
youth are not immune to Covid-19," said Dr. Brannon Traxler, the state's
Department of Health and Environmental Control physician consultant. "They
also tell us that younger South Carolinians are not taking social distancing
seriously."
And Georgia's largest hospital also reported seeing an increase in patients
in their 20s and 30s, according to CNN affiliate WSB.
"It's a little bit of a disturbing trend, and what frightens me is not only
that they are younger, the potential of them infecting other people,
particularly parents and grandparents," Chief Medical Officer at Grady
Health System Dr. Robert Jansen told the news station.
Less than 7% social distancing in one Texas county
In Galveston County, Texas, Dr. Philip Keiser with the local health
department told CNN affiliate KPRC they were seeing a lot of infections in
young people.
And the age of the people testing positive is trending younger, he told the
news station.
"Our average age last week of people that were positive was age 30, the
average age of people getting tested was 47," he said.
And those numbers come as many haven't followed guidance issued by health
officials urging residents to keep their distance and wear face coverings.
"We have data from some of the cell phone companies that show in Galveston
County less than 7% of the people are social distancing," Keiser said.
Galveston County is home to about 342,139 people, according to the US Census
Bureau.
Nearly half of states see rise in new cases
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, at least 23 states are
trending upward in new cases compared to last week. Ten of those states
reported more than a 50% jump -- including Texas and Florida, which were
some of the first states to begin reopening.
California, the first state to enforce sweeping lockdown measures, is also
seeing an increase in cases.
Meanwhile new cases in New York -- once the epicenter of the outbreak -- are
declining. On Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered his final coronavirus
briefing after what he called "111 days of hell."
As some states report record numbers of daily new cases and state leaders
mull implementing face mask requirements, the World Health Organization
warned the pandemic is accelerating.
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More than 150,000 new cases of the virus were reported to WHO Thursday, the
organization's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a Friday
news conference.
Almost half of those cases were reported from the Americas, he said.
"The world is in a new and dangerous phase. Many people are understandably
fed up with being at home. Countries are understandably eager to open up
their societies and economies. But the virus is spreading fast, it is still
deadly, and most people are still susceptible," he said.
CNN's Melissa Alonso and Martin Savidge contributed to this report. |
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