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Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 1-28-2021
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 28th, 2021.
In a sign the U.S. continues to believe ending all travel is a key to beating the virus, a senior CDC official says the U.S. is actively looking at expanding mandatory testing to travelers even on domestic flights traveling within the continental United States. Last week, the President told federal agencies to recommend additional measures to be imposed on domestic travel.
With many criticizing their country’s leaders for not handling the pandemic well enough, an Australian think tank ranked countries by crunching the data on confirmed deaths and testing rates. The country that did best was New Zealand, followed by Vietnam and Taiwan. The poorest performing country was Brazil, followed by Mexico and Colombia. China was excluded from the list because they did not make enough data available.
Speaking of China, it definitely approaches things from…a different direction. Beijing has introduced anal swabs as a new type of coronavirus test it says detects the virus more accurately. There are even reports of surprise tests for some individuals like passengers arriving in Beijing and residents of quarantine centers.
Will nursing homes be a permanent casualty of Covid-19? Research by the American Health Care Association shows about 90% of them are operating at a loss or less than 3% profit, and more than 65% said they’ll likely close within the year. Many already have. The result could be catastrophic on family caregivers as the 65+ population is the U.S.’s fastest growing demographic.
Two positive Covid-19 cases of note: the President of Mexico has tested positive. The 67-year-old’s symptoms are mild and he's being treated. And American television host Michael Strahan has tested positive and is quarantining. He too is not currently experiencing any severe symptoms.
In the United States cases were down 33%, deaths are flat, and hospitalizations down 13% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending down since January 25th.
There are now 9,783,927 active cases in the United States. The current top 5 states by number of active cases: California, New York, Florida, Arizona, and Georgia.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Forest, PA. Chattahoochee, GA. Dimmit, TX. Hitchcock, NE. Hemphill, TX. San Miguel, CO. Val Verde, TX. Upton, TX. Presidio, TX. And Culberson, TX.
The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are Arizona, South Carolina, Rhode Island, New York, and North Carolina.
There’ve been a total 429,157 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.68%.
The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: Texas 457. California 379. Alabama 276. Pennsylvania 220. Arizona 195. Florida 162. Georgia 161. Tennessee 154. New York 148. And North Carolina 139.
Globally, cases were down 20%, and deaths up 8% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending down since January 11.
Globally, there are 25,925,920 active cases.
The five countries with the most new cases: the United States 151,727. Brazil 63,895. Spain 40,285. France 26,916. And the U.K. 25,308.
There have now been 2,173,938 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide.
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In a sign the U.S. continues to believe ending all travel is a key to beating the virus, a senior CDC official says the U.S. is actively looking at expanding mandatory testing to travelers even on domestic flights traveling within the continental United States. Last week, the President told federal agencies to recommend additional measures to be imposed on domestic travel.
With many criticizing their country’s leaders for not handling the pandemic well enough, an Australian think tank ranked countries by crunching the data on confirmed deaths and testing rates. The country that did best was New Zealand, followed by Vietnam and Taiwan. The poorest performing country was Brazil, followed by Mexico and Colombia. China was excluded from the list because they did not make enough data available.
Speaking of China, it definitely approaches things from…a different direction. Beijing has introduced anal swabs as a new type of coronavirus test it says detects the virus more accurately. There are even reports of surprise tests for some individuals like passengers arriving in Beijing and residents of quarantine centers.
Will nursing homes be a permanent casualty of Covid-19? Research by the American Health Care Association shows about 90% of them are operating at a loss or less than 3% profit, and more than 65% said they’ll likely close within the year. Many already have. The result could be catastrophic on family caregivers as the 65+ population is the U.S.’s fastest growing demographic.
Two positive Covid-19 cases of note: the President of Mexico has tested positive. The 67-year-old’s symptoms are mild and he's being treated. And American television host Michael Strahan has tested positive and is quarantining. He too is not currently experiencing any severe symptoms.
In the United States cases were down 33%, deaths are flat, and hospitalizations down 13% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending down since January 25th.
There are now 9,783,927 active cases in the United States. The current top 5 states by number of active cases: California, New York, Florida, Arizona, and Georgia.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Forest, PA. Chattahoochee, GA. Dimmit, TX. Hitchcock, NE. Hemphill, TX. San Miguel, CO. Val Verde, TX. Upton, TX. Presidio, TX. And Culberson, TX.
The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are Arizona, South Carolina, Rhode Island, New York, and North Carolina.
There’ve been a total 429,157 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.68%.
The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: Texas 457. California 379. Alabama 276. Pennsylvania 220. Arizona 195. Florida 162. Georgia 161. Tennessee 154. New York 148. And North Carolina 139.
Globally, cases were down 20%, and deaths up 8% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending down since January 11.
Globally, there are 25,925,920 active cases.
The five countries with the most new cases: the United States 151,727. Brazil 63,895. Spain 40,285. France 26,916. And the U.K. 25,308.
There have now been 2,173,938 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide.
For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Coronavirus 411 podcast.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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