Chinanews.com, August 1 (Xinhua) according to comprehensive foreign media reports, on July 30 local time, 194608 new crown confirmed cases were added in the United States, the highest since the winter peak in January < p > as the highly infectious delta strain continues to spread, the number of hospitalizations in the United States is also increasing. Health experts and officials in the country expect the surge to worsen as long as most areas are not vaccinated < p > on July 30 local time, New York citizens wore masks when shopping in a supermarket on Long Island& nbsp; China News Agency reporter Liao pan photographed < / P > < p > Florida surged by more than 20000 cases and became a new hot spot < / P > < p > New York plans to release new regulations on masks < / P > < p > the data show that 21683 new cases were added in Florida that day, which is the highest one-day increase in the state since the beginning of the epidemic. At present, Florida has become a new epidemic hot spot in the United States, accounting for about one fifth of all new cases in the United States < p > in addition, state officials announced on July 30 local time that the number of hospitalizations in Florida is close to the peak in 2020 < p > adventhealth, one of the state's largest health care systems, said it would no longer perform non emergency surgery to free up resources to take care of new patients < p > in New York State, the epidemic situation is not optimistic. Governor Como's office issued a statement on July 31 local time that about 3050 people in the state were positive for the virus on July 30, the highest single day total since May 7, of which more than half of the cases were in New York City < p > in view of the current epidemic situation, New York City Mayor Beth Howe is expected to announce new mask regulations on August 2 local time < p > data figure: Pfizer vaccine& nbsp; China News Agency reporter Liao pan photo < / P > < p > delta is rampant and the vaccination rate is low < / P > < p > experts warn that the situation will get worse < / P > < p > at present, delta virus is spreading rapidly in the United States. The internal documents of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the infectivity of the virus is stronger than influenza, common cold and even smallpox. In addition, this strain may lead to more serious diseases < p > at the same time, although vaccination in the United States continues to advance, the vaccination rate in southern states generally lags behind that in other regions < p > Hotez, CO director of the vaccine development center of Texas children's Hospital, said on July 30 local time, "although the current situation in the south is very bad, the situation will get worse for many unvaccinated people."

, Georgia health department also said, "unfortunately, we expect that the number of COVID-19 will continue to grow. People who have not been vaccinated or have not received a second dose of vaccine are the targets of infection. " < p > according to CDC data, up to now, more than 164 million people in the United States have completed vaccination, and the vaccination rate is 49.5%