Hospitals Forced to Recycle PPE as Coronavirus Cases Reach 3.43m

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People wearing protective face masks ride a scooter down Ocean Drive during the coronavirus pandemic, Sunday, July 12, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. Florida on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any one state since the beginning of the pandemic.(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Even as President Trump has begun wearing a mask in public, the coronavirus cases in the US stands at 3.43 million and counting. Since the crisis reached pandemic level, 138,000 Americans have died. Miami has become the epicenter, and while few in Florida wear masks, hospital staff nationwide are being forced to reuse PPE.



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President Donald Trump wears a face mask as he walks down a hallway during a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, July 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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