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You are here: Home / Healthcare / COVID-19 / COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Thursday/Friday, June 25-26

COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Thursday/Friday, June 25-26

by Anne Laurie|  June 26, 20204:55 am| 22 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19, Foreign Affairs

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The coronavirus outbreak has now reached 220 countries and territories. 189 of those have reported fatalities. Track the spread of COVID-19 with our interactive map https://t.co/MCi7dBtNFX pic.twitter.com/BYK3HhIR5w

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2020

Global #COVID19 status report.
At the current rate of growth the #pandemic will top 10 million lab-confirmed cases this weekend, with more than a half million deaths.
There is no downturn, no strategy and no vaccine.
Not yet, on any count.https://t.co/TT1w9O55Qr pic.twitter.com/3ccWLXRrgz

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 25, 2020

Of course, it is possible – even likely – that the real peak back in April was a great deal higher, but was under-measured due to testing constraints.

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 26, 2020

U.S. health officials estimate that 20 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus, roughly 10 times the number of confirmed cases. The figure represents only about 6% of the nation’s population, leaving the vast majority still susceptible. https://t.co/kttz6k4bhE

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 25, 2020

Texas, California, and Florida had over +5,000 cases each today. Arizona had over +3,000. Five other states – Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina, and Mississippi – had over +1,000 new cases each. pic.twitter.com/QdCpRuQmFR

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 26, 2020

Senator for Illinois:

From the man who says “I don’t kid,” Trump just ended federal funding for testing sites in IL & states that need it most—on the same day our nation saw one of its biggest spikes in #COVID19 cases.

Testing saves lives, but that's worth nothing to Trump if the numbers look bad. https://t.co/1T8iLlNqcC

— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) June 25, 2020

Track the outbreak around the world, and see how the coronavirus pandemic has spread globally to more than nine million cases: https://t.co/XZbxHrNZTx

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 25, 2020

With coronavirus under control, Vietnam and New Zealand see different travel trends https://t.co/tYLpmVip0B via @kanupriyakapoor @TrongKhanhVu pic.twitter.com/Kf3RW397DQ

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2020


Mainland China reports 13 new coronavirus cases, including 11 in Beijing https://t.co/kvjMo4dECH pic.twitter.com/0lwCw5teCV

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2020

In China's 'Little Africa,' a struggle to get back to business after lockdown https://t.co/UVxx8B0WWH by @DavidKirton_ pic.twitter.com/Q8M4tNTMRq

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2020

Australian leaders meet to discuss coronavirus plans amid new outbreak https://t.co/xbBAjg16oF pic.twitter.com/DwX8LApweq

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2020

With no sign of the global coronavirus threat easing anytime soon, protective masks are fast becoming fashion accessories for Indonesians and Malaysians keen to add some style and humour to healthwear essentials https://t.co/G5iPqFfmFP by @yuddycahya @ebrahimharris pic.twitter.com/N4AZxjpIY9

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2020

Thailand reports four imported coronavirus cases; no local transmission in 32 days https://t.co/OGyD4Fw6gi pic.twitter.com/JIq5LQhLBS

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2020

While India’s leaders have promised coronavirus testing and care for all who need it, regardless of income, treatment options are as stratified and unequal as the country itself, @emilyschmall writes. https://t.co/QlJBUCYaM3

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 26, 2020

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock threatens to close U.K. beaches after crowds of daytrippers fill coastal resorts and spark fears of a fresh coronavirus spike https://t.co/L5piRaSJYS via @QuickTake pic.twitter.com/G8oy6cocB4

— Bloomberg (@business) June 26, 2020

Portugal did well in the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, but new infections are appearing even as the government touts the country as a safe place for lockdown-weary Europeans to visit.https://t.co/xhckajSN66

— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) June 26, 2020

The number of confirmed #COVID19 cases across the African continent jumped to 336,019 as 11,313 new infections were confirmed as of Thursday afternoon https://t.co/ezl77jyYM8 pic.twitter.com/oBEC2aoW32

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) June 25, 2020

Brazil had +1,180 new coronavirus deaths today, bringing the total to 55,054. It was the third day in a row that new deaths in Brazil exceeded 1,000. pic.twitter.com/V4ailDkPzf

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 26, 2020

Peru has one of the highest coronavirus case totals and excess death rates in the world – but why? https://t.co/NUiYHEC1yp

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 26, 2020

Colombia's first suspected COVID-19 death occurred in February: government https://t.co/3tPl9ZoFv7 pic.twitter.com/xp72MSqPcV

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2020

Mexico's coronavirus deaths pass 25,000, infections approach 203,000 https://t.co/d55VurSRYj pic.twitter.com/0ezV6IywJ5

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2020

*One* piece of good news…

Study out of Italy concludes that mosquitoes can't transmit #SARSCoV2 https://t.co/UAI5tCylm3 pic.twitter.com/CiROk7L8mN

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 25, 2020

Severe COVID-19 can damage the brain, causing complications such as stroke, inflammation, psychosis and dementia-like symptoms, preliminary study finds https://t.co/ThiBNv1viS via @kkelland pic.twitter.com/Uu6DiWphTG

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 26, 2020

U.S. health officials revamp list of risk factors for severe COVID-19 illness. Pregnant women and people with sickle cell disease are now included. https://t.co/iHVL6YJuh6

— AP Health & Science (@APHealthScience) June 25, 2020

Half of Americans still favor stay-at-home orders, though that is down from 62% one month ago and 80% in April. The decline is concentrated among Republicans. pic.twitter.com/Ba0OHigE34

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 25, 2020

On March 10 the State of #Florida recorded 20 #COVID19 cases.
Yesterday the tally topped 107,000. https://t.co/FQpyQzhGEa

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 25, 2020

The Texas Attorney General wants to end access to health care. In a pandemic. Where more than 2,200 Texans have died, and cases are rising: https://t.co/eJBpVTXRsU pic.twitter.com/uJTD8whe3P

— Dr Alexandra Phelan (@alexandraphelan) June 25, 2020

Who’s the Democratic Ron DeSantis? The Democratic Greg Abbott?

There isn’t one.

Because one of the two parties took the pandemic seriously.

While the other party’s best excuse is, “We’re more of a personality cult than a party now.” https://t.co/nTOFrPPYh4

— Peter Wolf (@peterawolf) June 25, 2020

⚠️Key finding of 7 leading outbreak clusters: “Contact tracing has identified what they call the ‘Serious 7’: weddings, funerals, faith-based activities, bars, gyms, house gatherings and other small events.” #COVID19 https://t.co/PGeEx5U73k

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 25, 2020

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  1. 1.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2020 at 5:36 am

    Malaysia’s daily numbers. Six new cases: one from local infection, a Malaysian who tested positive in a workplace screening; five cases from imported infection, four returning Malaysians and a non-Malaysian entering the country for work reasons. Cumulative total 8,606 cases.

    23 more patients recovered and were discharged from hospital. Total 8,294 recovered, or 96.4% of all cases. 191 active patients remain; two are in ICU and neither is on a ventilator.

    No new deaths for the 12th day in a row. Total stands at 121 deaths. Infection fatality rate is 1.41%, which DG of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says is among the lowest in the world, and case fatality rate is 1.44%.

  2. 2.

    OzarkHillbilly

    June 26, 2020 at 6:03 am

    SW Misery now rivals STL and KC for hotspot of the state with
    Jasper Co at 403.41 cases per 100K
    Newton Co at 609.95 per 100K
    and the statewide front runner iiiis….
    McDonald Co at 1954.24 per 100K!!!!
    (gotta love those meat processing plants)

    Keep your head down Soprano, Greene Co. is awful close.

    (for comparison per 100K STL: 743.63, STL Co: 585.49, St Charles Co: 249.26, Jefferson Co: 176.80

  3. 3.

    rikyrah

    June 26, 2020 at 6:08 am

    Thanks for the information

  4. 4.

    gkoutnik

    June 26, 2020 at 6:16 am

    TIL that the Founding Fathers debated the impact of pre-existing conditions on overall healthcare insurance options and came down hard on the side of states doing it. Who knew?

  5. 5.

    E.

    June 26, 2020 at 6:16 am

    The first thing I do every morning is read these posts. They don’t inspire me to comment but they are a very important part of my day. Thank you for doing this.

  6. 6.

    terben

    June 26, 2020 at 6:31 am

    From the Australian dept of Health:

    ‘As at 3:00pm on 26 June 2020, a total of 7,595 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 104 deaths and 6,958 have been reported as recovered from COVID-19.

    • Over the past week, there has been an average of 27 new cases reported each day. Of the newly reported cases, the majority have been from Victoria.
    • Of cases with a reported place of acquisition, 61% have recent international travel history, including over 1,300 cases associated with cruise ships.
    • To date, over 2,281,500 tests have been conducted nationally. Of those tests conducted 0.3% have been positive.’

    37 new cases today, 11 in quarantine, 26 in the community. Victoria had 30 cases, 5 in quarantine.

    Elsewhere, I notice that the global number of cases have passed 9.5 million, with close to 500,000 deaths and the US has reached 2.5 million cases and 125,000 deaths.

    I have never subscribed to the idea that countries get the governments that they deserve, so the people of the US, Brazil, Russia, India and the UK have my particular sympathy. No one deserves Trump, Bolsonaro, Putin, Modi or Johnson.

  7. 7.

    SectionH

    June 26, 2020 at 6:34 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Jeebus, that’s terrible!

  8. 8.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    June 26, 2020 at 6:36 am

    Thank you for doing this every day. I don’t comment each time, but I read it every day!

    I don’t really understand what has been happening in Japan. It seemed like numbers had gone down. But they are creeping up again, mainly in Tokyo. Tokyo was down in the teens and the government decided to prepare for stage 3 opening. Stage 3 was announced last week, but we are now around 50 cases a day. It doesn’t seem like it’s going to go down.

    I teach university. We did the first three weeks completely online. Then the last two weeks, I taught a 1st year communication class. From Monday, most classes are back, it seems. I have two university-age sons and one grad student. All of them are online for the whole semester. I don’t know any other teachers who are teaching face to face at their universities. They are all surprised when I tell them because their universities decided to do the entire first term online.

    The classrooms all have notices on every other desk, designating them as unavailable. We receive a packet of wipes, and we’re supposed to give each student a wipe to wipe down their desk and chair. We’re supposed to wipe down the doorknobs, erasers, lectern, etc. The windows have to be open. (It’s the 7th floor, they don’t open that much). The doors, too. The air conditioning is not that strong, so given Japanese humidity and heat, it gets uncomfortable. Add in wearing a mask as you teach, and by the end of the second 90-minute session, teachers are finding it hard to breathe.

    All of that said, the students are almost all coming at the moment. They want the contact with their classmates. On the other hand, they really don’t social distance. I do my best, but it’s a language class and students need to communicate. But as soon as you start an activity, they naturally draw closer to one another.

    It’s going to be a roller coaster ride!

  9. 9.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2020 at 6:38 am

    Empty threats won’t keep people from gathering by the seaside in Brighton and Bournemouth. Why doesn’t Matt Hancock just close down the damn beaches?

  10. 10.

    Mary G

    June 26, 2020 at 6:44 am

    Big spikes in the OC today, new records for number of cases reported and number of people hospitalized. Very depressing, but still lots of hospital capacity.

  11. 11.

    SectionH

    June 26, 2020 at 6:52 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: I mean, I meeeeaannnn (pace Guthrie, A type) I’m fucking pissed off because fucking idiots here have got our similar statistic up to 401/100K. So I’m fucking WTAF about your numbers.

    And, yeah, big huggies to Soprano2. Since last October, Mr S and I have driven through Springfield a bunch of times. Did you know there’s a hotel which has electric car charging places, well  one that’s not Tesla? Well, we know that. Springfield also has Lost Signal, which is a craft beer bar that keeps me driving to end up in Springfield, I mean after 10 hours or so, I just push through. Apologies to Soprano if that isn’t her place. But damn, Springfield, well, it’s a college town. And all that edjumacation stuff…

  12. 12.

    OzarkHillbilly

    June 26, 2020 at 6:59 am

    @SectionH: Have meat processing plant? Will Covid.

    Perry Co: 584.86
    Saline Co: 1,231.71
    Buchanan Co: 933.71
    Stoddard Co: 451.96

  13. 13.

    OzarkHillbilly

    June 26, 2020 at 7:05 am

    @SectionH: Doesn’t surprise me. The Walmart in Sullivan has a charging place too. I suspect the reason is I-44. I’ll bet there is one in Lebanon, Joplin, and definitely one in St Roberts/Waynesville, and Rolla. Probably more.

  14. 14.

    gkoutnik

    June 26, 2020 at 7:10 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Yeah.  I drove my son’s Tesla from SF to south of Boston in December.  Chargers are sited for interstate travel, every so many miles.  Some of them in the sleepiest burgs you’ve ever seen.

  15. 15.

    Ohio Mom

    June 26, 2020 at 7:13 am

    Kudos to Vietnam. They defeated us and now apparently are holding their own against COVID.

    Nothing else to add except that I also read this post every morning. If we ever see the end of this, if COVID becomes history, I could see the entire series, with comments, put together as a coffee table book.

  16. 16.

    zzyzx

    June 26, 2020 at 7:16 am

    @tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat):

     

    Probably the same thing that’s happening everywhere. People are good and strong for a few months and then they really want human interaction and they start to cheat.

    One of my fears with a lot of the US might apply to Japan too. If the goal is to flatten the curve (not to stay locked down forever), there’s a danger in locking down too early as much as too late. The plan is to turn one large peak into two smaller ones, but if you lock down before the first one is underway, all you’ve done is delay it and there won’t be the same will to have a second round of lockdown.

  17. 17.

    SectionH

    June 26, 2020 at 7:18 am

    @Amir Khalid: Bloody fucking hell, I thought San Diego (+ Zonies) were idiots. We are so sane in comparison. And I did sort of glance at some of those photos before.

    There’s someone I really care about who lives in Basingstoke, so I was kinda pissed off that that mess – 200,000 idiots – was being blamed on all the summer holiday ppl from B’stoke.  Which has < 90,000 ppl year round…

    As someone on BJ I srsly respect says

    Grrrr…

  18. 18.

    YY_Sima Qian

    June 26, 2020 at 8:00 am

    Yesterday, Beijing reported 11 new domestic confirmed cases and 1 new asymptomatic case. Again, the Beijing Municipal Helath Commission was relatively fast with case information, for 10 out of 12 cases. 9 out of the 10 cases with information released have direct connection to the Xinfadi exchange, and the other has direct connection to one of the produce markets with a cluster seeded by the main Xinfadi outbreak. 9 out of the 10 cases have been under self- and/or centralized quarantine for the past 10 days or more, including one previously classified as asymptomatic.

    One case developed symptoms from 6/13, tested negative on RT-PCR on 6/15, had symptoms worsen and visited fever clinic on 6/23, where she proceeded to test positive. 3 of the cases developed very mild symptoms as early as 6/8 or 6/9, but they self-medicated and their symptoms improved. They were identified as close contacts and sent to centralized quarantine on 6/15 – 6/16, where they tested positive in the past couple of days. 3 of the cases still have not yet tested positive on RT-PCR, but became confirmed when they tested positive on IgM/IgG antibodies.

    The case summaries illustrate the critical importance of contact tracking and targeted lock downs and restrictions on movement. Otherwise, the 3 very cases with very mild symptoms, further alleviated by medication, would have been continuing to be active in the community and further spreading the virus. The summaries also illustrate the importance of using a full suite of diagnostic tools to identify cases, rather than relying upon RT-PCR alone.

  19. 19.

    Taken4Granite

    June 26, 2020 at 8:04 am

    Probably a dead thread, but relevant here: I learned at the virtual conference I have been attending this week that the US National Science Foundation plans to cancel the 2020-21 Antarctic field season. Antarctica is currently the only COVID-free continent, and the Office of Polar Programs would like to keep it that way.

  20. 20.

    YY_Sima Qian

    June 26, 2020 at 8:17 am

    It appears that the French health authorities are also planning mass screening of all residents of Île-de-France, except Paris.

  21. 21.

    satby

    June 26, 2020 at 8:21 am

    And not directly related, but as our “government” tries to end the ACA again, we get this confession :
    I’ll regret slandering Canada’s system for the rest of my life.

  22. 22.

    frosty

    June 26, 2020 at 10:15 am

    Bugger! PA went red this morning. We never got out of yellow because we’re not doing enough testing. 14-day average cases are now increasing instead of decreasing and percent positive went flat instead of decreasing. I’m never going to go out to see my friends again, am I?

    Also, most of the country was yellow a week or two ago.

    covidexitstrategy.org

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