Florida Releases Detailed Numbers Of Coronavirus Hospitalizations
M. HOLMES: Welcome back to our viewers here in the U.S., I'm Michael, Holmes you're watching CNN NEWSROOM. There is a new estimate of how many people may have coronavirus while showing no symptoms at all. The CDC says it could be as much as 40 percent. It's one of the reasons why this virus has been so hard to contain. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide is now beyond 12.6 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. U.S. continues to rank number one for both confirmed cases and deaths; 4 percent of the world population with a quarter of cases and deaths. The cases in the U.S. now exceeds the population of 21 states. This, week 29 states are reporting a rise in cases, with South Carolina, Texas, Florida and Georgia all reporting record or near record daily case numbers on Saturday. And the governor of hardhit Florida says the state will not be moving on to the next phase of reopening, for now. He says he's working with the White House to get more testing capabilities. Saturday, Florida reported its third highest daily increase in cases, more than 10,000 new infections and officials saying nearly 4200 deaths have been reported since the beginning of the pandemic in that one state. CNN's Randi Kaye has an update.</s>RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Here in the state of Florida, we are getting word that the numbers just keep going, up more than 10,360 new cases in the last 24 hours and 95 deaths in the last 24 hours here in the state of Florida. We also know finally the number of hospitalizations here in Florida. Reporters have been pressing the governor's office for weeks to release those numbers of those who have COVID-19 and are in the hospital. We now know more than 7,200 people are hospitalized with COVID here in Florida; more than 560 of them are in Orange County, where Orlando is, where Disney World, and more than 1,600 in the hardhit Miami-Dade. And the news just keeps getting worse for Miami-Dade County in southern Florida, that is the hardest hit county. We are getting word today that 44 county bus drivers have tested positive for the coronavirus. One of them has died. It's unclear if that driver was symptomatic or what route that driver had taken. The others are quarantining at home. The numbers just continue to jump, since the state reopened on May 4th. We have seen more than a 1,200 percent increase in the average number of daily new cases here in the state. Back on May 4th the average number was about 680; now it's more than 9,000. But the governor did say he was going to get more self-swab testing in place to try and get faster results. He said that would be about 36 to 72 hours instead of several days that it's taking now -- I'm Randi Kaye on Singer Island, Florida, back to you.</s>M. HOLMES: Arizona is buckling under the pressure of the coronavirus surge, officials reporting more than 3,000 new cases on, Saturday. The state now has fewer than 1,000 hospital beds available for inpatients and more than half of its ventilators have been in use this week. Arizona has led the nation for a month with the highest 7 day average of new cases per 100,000 people. Despite it all Evan McMorris-Santoro finds some people still seeing Arizona as a holiday destination where they can leave their cares behind.</s>EVAN MCMORRIS-SANTORO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is the Grand Canyon, nearly a mile deep and 8 to 10 miles wide, depending on where you're standing. Should be a place where it should be easy to social distance. But it's also the south rim of the Grand Canyon, one of the most important tourist destinations in Arizona -- hotels, gift, shops gathering places, other places that officials are worried the pandemic could spread.</s>MCMORRIS-SANTORO: There are new rules here about masks and socially distancing that they're hoping will help to keep things controlled. Vacationers say it's worth the risk.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Basically because it's the safest thing to do right now with COVID-19. You can still enjoy a good vacation. You are out with family, friends, still outside, a great view, good times.</s>MCMORRIS-SANTORO: What's it like to go on a vacation in the middle of this? You are coming from one hot spot to another one.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Basically everything is different. Normally on vacations you are looking for the ability to go out, sit down, eat. Now it's kind of getting everything and bringing it back to your rooms. And you have to wear a mask and you wear it in this heat, that can be difficult.</s>MCMORRIS-SANTORO: Let me ask you about that mask thing, yours is pretty direct, you read this, you're too close? I walk around here I see some people not wearing them. What do you say about that? What do you think about what you're seeing in terms of people doing the mask requirement?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: To each his own. I personally believe we have to think beyond ourselves. I'm not just wearing a mask for myself, I'm wearing a mask for the next person. And I don't want them to take anything back to their house and infect their family.</s>MCMORRIS-SANTORO: The story in Arizona remains one of the governor, who wants to keep things open versus local elected officials in the largest cities, wanting to keep things closed. Last week the governor kept the indoor dining capacity at 50 percent, which he said was enough to curb the pandemic. Local officials said they want more -- Evan McMorris-Santoro, CNN, the Grand Canyon.</s>M. HOLMES: When we come back here on CNN NEWSROOM, COVID-19 cases in the U.S., soaring other countries have managed to stop the spread, though, just, ahead a shocking comparison the, U.S. versus other places around the world.