Week 16 of Coronavirus 'Staycation'

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In the news:

"Georgia and North Carolina both reported record highs for single-day coronavirus case count increases Saturday, according to data compiled by John Hopkins University.

Georgia reported 4,688 new cases Saturday for a total of 139,880 coronavirus cases statewide.

Previously, 4,490 was the record number of cases in Georgia, reported July 10, according to the data from JHU. At least 3,000 new cases have been reported daily for the past six days.

North Carolina reported 2,522 new cases for a total of 98,092 cases statewide.

The previous record for the state was on July 10, when 2,376 new cases were reported, according to the data. There have only been four days where more than 2,000 cases were reported in a single day in the state, all since July 3.

There are 49 hospitals in Florida with 0% ICU beds available, according to Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration website as of 3 p.m. EST Sunday.

Five of those hospitals are in Broward County, just north of Miami Dade, which now has an overnight curfew in place from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily. 

Broward saw about 10,000 new cases in a week and has a positivity rate hovering just under 17%.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a tweet Sunday that the virus "is more rampant in Louisiana now than it has ever been."

"We now have a statewide epidemic, it is no longer one or two regions driving case growth," he added.

What the numbers look like: 3,119 new cases of coronavirus were reported since Friday, according to a series of tweets from the Louisiana Department of Health Sunday.

The total number of cases in the state is now at 91,706, a tweet from the agency said. 

34 more deaths were reported for a total death count of 3,433 in the state. 

The Louisiana Department of Health said Saturday that updates will be provided each day at noon except for Saturdays going forward." {CNN.com}

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My thoughts:

Hey everyone! I feel like the days just drag on more and more as time goes on. This week was a little bit more exciting than the past few, which is nice! The most 'exciting' thing that happened was I got to put on a cello concert for my family members! I've been playing for about 4 years now, and even after such a long time, I still get stage fright and always seem to go either sharp or flat. Luckily, most people don't notice {or at least don't say anything!}. Another thing that I found lots of fun was my friends and I started a little tradition of watching movies on Saturday nights. We started it last Saturday, and we had a great time. We decided on a spooky movie called 'The Bye Bye Man' and--to make it even more interesting--decided to turn off all of our lights and watch it together over Zoom. We were definitely antsy afterwards, as I started it at 9:45 pm and we finished it around 11:15. I'm probably going to make a post reviewing the movie as we all really seemed to enjoy it. What we'll be doing to wrap up this week is going to Disney World! On Friday, I'll make a post either reviewing 'The Bye Bye Man' or a top 5 post that is Disney themed. I'll let you guys decide, though {click here!}! Whatever you want to see the most. Also, the poll closes on Wednesday, the 22nd at noon {EST}. Have a great week, everyone, and be sure to vote!