California obliterated the previous day’s high with more than 7,149 cases reported Wednesday, according to data from the state’s Department of Public Health.

The previous record, set the day before, was just over 5,000.

Rates of hospitalization and ICU due to viruses are also always high in this country.

Caution renewed by Abbott, a Republican, was welcomed but not far enough, said Sarah Eckhardt, special assistant to Judge Sam Biscoe of Travis County, home to Austin, told CNN. Texas begins to reopen after orders stay in the state ends May 1.

“I’m glad he did a reverse court,” Eckhardt said on Wednesday. “I’m not sure we can reduce this trajectory.”

Cases rose in at least 26 countries

Texas is one of seven states that record hospitalizations.

At least 26 countries saw an increase in cases compared to the previous week, data from Johns Hopkins University showed. These countries are Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

In too many places throughout the country, a pandemic quickly “spiraled out of control,” said one expert.

“We stopped treatment too early,” said CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The result can be “exponential growth” cases.

“We can control and control the virus because of the protection orders in this place. Americans sacrifice very much for that, people lose their jobs, children get out of school and that is to give us time,” Dr. Leana Wen, who previously served as the City of Baltimore Health Commissioner.

But many places remain unprepared and reopened too quickly and too quickly – leading to the latest surge, experts say.

‘The safest place for you is in your house’

Abbott’s remarks came days after the Texas Alcohol Drink Commission temporarily suspended alcohol licenses of at least 12 sticks in the state found to be in violation of protocols related to the corona virus.

Officials in Harris County must “intervene now” and return to “aggressive” locking due to a sharp increase in the new Covid-19 case and hospitalization, said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

“We are now projecting that our intensive care unit will be filled over the next two weeks. And that reason is important because we know that when the ICU starts to fill, mortality rates increase,” Hotez told CNN on Wednesday.

“It’s getting harder and harder to manage all those patients, even if you have – even if you have a full staff,” he said. “So, this is when you see the mortality rate really starting to rise.”

Hotez wants to see the lockdown as it was applied at the end of March, he said. “Because everything is so terrible, we must intervene now and we must be very aggressive in implementing measures to stay at home and other measures of social distance.”

“This time, we must return to what is called the ‘detention mode,’ which means less than one new case per million population per day,” Hotez said.

In Arizona, the hospital system needs to implement contingency plans due to an increase in new Covid-19 cases, said Will Humble, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, on Wednesday.

He estimates the state hospital will enter surge capacity mode on July 4.

“What I’m going to focus on now is ringing the alarm to our hospital system to get ready,” Humble said. “Because whatever you do at this point, given where we are in an increase in cases, is exponential growth, taking into account the incubation period for this virus, we will go into surge capacity mode on the Fourth of July.”

Health officials in the state need to “prepare a contingency plan because, at this point, I see no alternative but to preparing crisis standards in Arizona maybe, maybe in 10 days, maybe less,” Humble said.

Arizona is one of the five states with the most recent cases, reporting 3,779 cases on Tuesday, according to John Hopkins.

Likewise, while some politicians say that increased testing is the cause of the increase in positive cases, that is not necessarily the case, said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy at the University of Minnesota.

“This is not an artifact of more testing at all,” he said.

The EU is considering whether US tourists will be allowed to enter

Meanwhile, European Union member countries are discussing restrictions on visitors from several countries, including the US, EU officials told CNN.

The EU is working with member states to decide which travelers are considered safe to visit the bloc starting July 1. The criteria will focus on “circulation of the virus,” said a European Union diplomat.

Officials will also look at a checklist asking if travelers come from countries that “can be considered to be in comparable or better epidemiological situations as the average in the EU + region.”

In a statement, the State Department said it advised Americans to continue to check the embassy’s website for relevant information including restrictions on entry and quarantine policy.

“We are committed to coordinating with our European partners and allies as we hope to reopen our economy and reduce restrictions,” the statement said.

Some countries remain stable

Meanwhile, cases in 10 states have remained stable. These states include Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia.

Cases decreased in 14 states: Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont.

Experts have expressed concern that even states that might see a temporary decline in cases can begin to see dangerous increases again as they begin to reopen and more residents roam.

In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted Tuesday the beach will open for swimming starting July 1.

“Let’s keep playing safe: social distance & face covering, even at the beach!”

In New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy urged younger populations to continue to heed the guidelines as officials across the country report that more young groups are falling ill.

“We have seen an increase in the percentage of # COVID19 cases between the ages of 18-29,” he said on Twitter. “Do the right thing. Wear a mask. Keep your distance. Wash your hands. Don’t be a fool.”