As America enters into its sixth month dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic more states and cities are starting to open up. Although the states are opening back up in phases there has already started to be another rise in Coronavirus cases. According to the C.D.C and the Washington Post it is possible that there could be up to 140,000 deaths by next month. Alabama, Oregon and South Carolina are among the states with the biggest increases. Alabama saw a 92 percent change in its weekly average, while Oregon’s weekly average was up 83.8 percent and South Carolina’s was up 60.3 percent. Hospitalizations have risenas well. For example, Arkansas has seen a 120.7 percent increase in hospitalizations, from 92 cases to 203, since Memorial Day.
Las Vegas is one of the many cities in the U.S. that has opened up in the past few weeks. With being in partial quarantine since March 15th the city has fully opened back up as of June 4th prompting people to come back and visit the city again. While opened with restrictions to further help social distancing there are a lot of people who are not following the reccomendation of wearing masks to help stop the spread of this deadly disease. Nevada’s case count now stands at more than 9,600, and as of Sunday June 7th , 438 people had died. While this count may seem low this tally does not count the numerous visitors that come to visit the city and leave with the virus.
A flood of visitors swarmed to the city of Las Vegas once the mayor decided to open its doors after a 78-day hiatus.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said in an interview with the NY Times that he is confident that “every precaution possible” has been taken to ensure that the famed resorts can both serve guests and protect public health. Dealers and players are separated by Plexiglas, dice are doused in sanitizer after every throw, and guests, encouraged though not required to wear masks, are subject to mandatory temperature checks.
“I don’t think you’ll find a safer place than Las Vegas,” the governor said during a recent call with reporters. But he added that he was closely tracking the state’s case numbers and would “pull back if it causes any type of problem.”
For now only time will tell if the city has opened too soon or if a longer quarantine with harsher restrictions should have been in place.
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