July 28 coronavirus news

New Jersey state health officials are concerned that a house party packed with partygoers openly flouting the state's Covid-19 crowd guidelines this weekend may lead to additional cases of coronavirus. 

Police officers took over five hours to break up event, which was hosted at a house rented through Airbnb in Jackson, New Jersey.

“The OCHD is certainly concerned that the gathering in Jackson on Sunday may lead to additional cases,” Brian Lippai, chief of administrative services and public information for Ocean County Health Department, told CNN in a statement Tuesday morning.

The Florida Department of Health is reporting 186 new deaths on Tuesday, breaking the previous record of 173 deaths on Thursday, according to data released by the state agency. 

At least 6,117 Florida residents have died to date. 

Four additional members of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins have tested positive for Covid-19, according to ESPN and The Athletic. 

On Monday, 11 Marlins players and two coaches tested positive for coronavirus, ESPN reported. Within the last week, ESPN reports that the team has had 17 people test positive. 

CNN has reached out the Marlins and MLB for confirmation and an update on the team's status. 

Here's what MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said when he was asked if there was a point that would cause a shutdown of part or all of the league's schedule:

The state of Florida is reporting at least 9,230 new cases of Covid-19 and 186 additional deaths on Tuesday, according to data released by the Florida Department of Health. 

This brings the state's total cases to 441,977 according to the state department of health. The statewide resident death toll is now 6,117.

The City of Miami has issued at least 167 tickets to individuals not wearing masks in the city, Mayor Francis Suarez announced during a news conference on Tuesday. 

Suarez said of those tickets, 59 were written warnings, 41 were $50 tickets and 67 were $100 fines. 

In addition, Suarez said the city has inspected 552 businesses for compliance with coronavirus rules.

Of those business, 30 business have been closed. Eleven businesses were ordered to close for 24 hours, and 19 will stay closed for 19 days, Suarez said. 

Japan’s second largest city Osaka and Aichi prefecture, where the country’s third largest city Nagoya is located, announced their highest numbers of daily Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, regional governors said.

The country's latest figures: Japan reported at least 599 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement Tuesday. The total number of infections in Japan stand at 31,673 as of Monday, with two additional deaths reported. 

The nationwide infection totals for Tuesday – including the record numbers reported in various prefectures – will be released Wednesday morning local time by the ministry of health.

Air traffic will not return to 2019 levels until 2024, later than previously predicted, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a news conference on Tuesday. 

Despite a slight upturn, air travel in June was surprisingly weak and a much faster rebound had been expected, IATA said.

There was almost no recovery in Europe and passenger numbers remain at all-time lows. Traffic is not growing as quickly as airlines are adding capacity, leading to greater cash burn.

IATA expressed concern business travel levels will never return to pre-Covid-19 levels. New technologies and working from home could mean businesses cut back permanently on travel. Over the next couple of years, cargo could replace business travel as a major source of revenue. 

 Testing is one of IATA's preferred solutions to imposing quarantine, which it reiterated this week after the UK's sudden decision to reintroduce such measures for travelers arriving from Spain. 

"We are in favor of introducing testing, especially between countries that have a different level of infection," Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's Director General and CEO, said. "But we do not see for the moment the testing system ready to accommodate the constraints of air travel."

US stocks fell at the opening bell in New York, retracing the prior session’s gains.

Stocks climbed Monday on hopes for Washington’s next pandemic stimulus package. But on Tuesday, investors are grappling with earnings again, with big consumer names like McDonald’s missing estimates.

Here's how the market opened:

The airline industry wants testing for passengers on international flights to be funded by governments, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Tuesday. 

IATA chief Alexandre de Juniac told reporters on a conference call that IATA believes testing “is very helpful” to prevent the spread of the coronavirus through travel, but it is concerned the cost of testing “could be a barrier to air travel if it was to be paid by the passengers.” 

The testing would be a “kind of insurance that passengers who are flying are not infected, and that would minimize significantly the rate of virus transmission.” 

Executives with four major airlines – American, United, British Airways, and Lufthansa – recently asked US and European governments to reopen transatlantic travel without quarantine periods with a testing program. Those four airlines are IATA members.    

A coalition of U.S.-based airlines is also pushing the US Transportation Security Administration to begin government-organized temperature checking program.