Florida chocks as state records one COVID death every 10 minutes

The United States is one of the worst affected countries due to the coronavirus outbreak, and as per the latest statistics, this deadly pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 14.48,000 people in the country alone. Even though the US showed signs of flattening the curve in May, efforts to contain the virus were faltered after several states ease down the lockdown measures to reopen the economy.

Florida weeps

And now, recent figures coming out from Florida indicates that the pandemic is continuing its deadly wrath in the United States. In July alone, more than 2,250 people had died in Florida, and on July 24, 136 people succumbed to the virus, which means one person in Florida has lost life in every ten minutes due to the pandemic outbreak.

Out of these deaths, 82 per cent are aged 65 and above who account for just 13 per cent of the total coronavirus cases in the state. The surge in coronavirus cases in recent days has made many experts believe that the United States should revise the lockdown relaxation measures.

Dire warnings from experts

A few days back, Anthony Fauci, one of the former lead members of the Trump Administration’s White House Coronavirus Task Force had claimed that the coronavirus outbreak in the United States is nothing but a ‘perfect storm’. He also shockingly warned that it is practically impossible to completely eradicate the virus from the planet.

“We are living, right now, through a historic pandemic outbreak. And, we are, right now, in a situation where we do not see any particular end in sight. It’s the perfect storm. We often talk about outbreaks and pandemics, be they influenza or other pathogens, that have to have a few characteristics that make them particularly formidable. Well, this particular virus has that,” said Fauci, during a TB Alliance Talk.

Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and professor of health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health believes that the real chaos associated with this pandemic outbreak will be unleashed in the coming days. According to Jha, the initial coronavirus outbreak was confined to urban areas, and he made it clear that things may go out of control if it starts spreading in rural areas and suburbs.