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You are here: Home / Healthcare / COVID-19 / COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Friday-Saturday, July 17-18

COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Friday-Saturday, July 17-18

by Anne Laurie|  July 18, 20206:04 am| 24 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19, Foreign Affairs

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I think we can agree this is for the best, really…

Trump adviser tells WaPo that when it comes to the pandemic, the president is “not really working this anymore. He doesn’t want to be distracted by it. He’s not calling and asking about data. He’s not worried about cases.” https://t.co/cMaaFvu1rY

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2020

US confirms over 75,600 coronavirus new cases, breaking single-day record https://t.co/h2tQ3gsj21 pic.twitter.com/7gkmEfHaxK

— The Hill (@thehill) July 17, 2020

Every 15 minutes, 1,000 people are infected by Covid in the US and 5 people die from it. We have to get the virus under control—and fast.

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) July 17, 2020

EXCLUSIVE @publicintegrity: Unpublicized White House document shows 18 states in “red zone” for COVID, recommends residents limit gatherings, wear masks, close bars and gyms. #CNL #PublicServiceJournalism https://t.co/8UpFKdeAe0

— craig newmark (@craignewmark) July 17, 2020

… The 18 states that are included in the red zone for cases in the document are: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.

The 11 states that are in the red zone for test positivity are Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas and Washington.

In May, the World Health Organization recommended that governments make sure test positivity rates were at 5 percent or lower for 14 days before reopening. A COVID-19 tracker from Johns Hopkins University shows that 33 states were above that recommended positivity as of July 16…

Pretty concerning info in @DrTomFrieden's weekly read of @CDC's #Covid19 report. #9 suggest US deaths will hit 211K by Oct. (Aside: hearing lots of sirens again)
#3: What started in young adults isn't staying there. Cases in older adults rising. Who could have predicted? (??‍♀️) https://t.co/vGBQQsZsBA

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) July 17, 2020

The number of people dying from the coronavirus across the U.S. is rising again for the first time since April — the reopening and relaxing of social distancing restrictions in some states may be contributing to the trend. https://t.co/SWCKpf3pew

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 17, 2020

This weekly data from @COVID19Tracking shows it pretty clearly.

– Case counts trending up starting week of June 11
– Hospitalizations follow suit the week of June 25 (2wks)
– Deaths follow suit the week of July 9 (2wks) pic.twitter.com/qyoiIWGnO1

— Jeremy TEST/TRACE/ISOLATE – NO SHORTCUTS Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) July 17, 2020

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For first time, world records one million coronavirus cases in 100 hours: Reuters tally https://t.co/vlUCkQPcd7 pic.twitter.com/CDdAtgqw4N

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 18, 2020

European countries coordinating lockdown exit strategies, which experts say is crucial to avoiding a #coronavirus second-wave https://t.co/HaADDZwO3E via @medical_xpress

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 18, 2020

The number of confirmed cases in a new COVID-19 outbreak in China’s far west has risen to 17. The National Health Commission says 16 more cases were identified in the previous 24 hours in the Xinjiang region, on top of a first case. https://t.co/j74UUybUUw

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 18, 2020

Indonesia reports 1,752 new coronavirus cases https://t.co/1ntRvBCpCN pic.twitter.com/LSwAPqqZSD

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 18, 2020

Philippines confirms 113 more novel coronavirus deaths, 2,357 more cases https://t.co/svRdw2NMoN pic.twitter.com/9eDVVF0PMk

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 18, 2020

How a Colombian market is using AI to combat Covid-19 outbreaks https://t.co/S6gxmWBEPV

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 18, 2020

Argentina confirms highest daily coronavirus case load after easing restrictions https://t.co/Ud4TTFGeZ7 pic.twitter.com/IbX0lnN7Jq

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 18, 2020

Brazil reports 34,000 new cases of coronavirus, 1,163 deaths https://t.co/UOzzLqHxgK pic.twitter.com/2pxlrpka4V

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 18, 2020

Mexico reports 7,257 new cases of coronavirus, 736 more deaths https://t.co/YhFJBxi820 pic.twitter.com/9yF8qroh7v

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 18, 2020

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Pay attention to this. Drug shortages can apply across the board to new and older therapies. When states let their outbreaks and hospitalizations get out of control, they are affecting the whole nation’s health and resilience. https://t.co/Sqck9T22jE

— Dr. Nahid Bhadelia (@BhadeliaMD) July 17, 2020

Study proves #SARSCoV2, which causes #COVID19, not transmitted by mosquitoes https://t.co/vuEWeVhWx0 via @medical_xpress

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 17, 2020

Fresh studies give more information about what treatments do or don’t work for COVID-19. https://t.co/ecYkH02L8n

— AP Health & Science (@APHealthScience) July 17, 2020

Saliva tests could simplify the detection of #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus.

Several studies are underway to test the validity of this alternative technique to the nasal swab. It would be more convenient & hopefully increase the rate of testing.https://t.co/juVN4pgXgm] #COVID19

— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) July 17, 2020

#Coronavirus is messing with weather forecast too? Apparently forecasts have become less accurate during the pandemic due to a reduction in commercial flights. The world lost 50-75% of its aircraft observations between March and May https://t.co/qBC7PO1e4s via @physorg_com

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 17, 2020


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Spend money up front on supply chains, PPE, masks, and propping up businesses

OR

Spend money on the back end on bodybags, refrigerator trucks, and graves https://t.co/0cqZ9QCTWy

— Fuzzy Trousers (@Old_Ironpaws) July 18, 2020

?I'm an ER doctor recently on the frontlines of the #COVID pandemic in NYC, now on the frontlines in Yuma, #Arizona. This thread will document that journey. https://t.co/UR419TPf1O @dougducey pic.twitter.com/Qmaz9VwKCU

— Cleavon Gilman, MD? (@Cleavon_MD) July 17, 2020

CORONAVIRUS LATEST:Miami-Dade County is nearing a tipping point with ICU’s full in eight of the country’s 25 hospitals.

The county did announce new fines for violating its mask order: $100. https://t.co/L80tYupsRN pic.twitter.com/6q0AKbUzqe

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) July 18, 2020

Sen. Thom Tillis, NC –

I know because I did it. Senator Tillis could never do one full shift at a meat packing factory. Respect the people that feed America.

— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) July 17, 2020

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  1. 1.

    terben

    July 18, 2020 at 6:08 am

    From the Australian Dept of Health:

    ‘As at 3pm on 18 July 2020, a total of 11,441 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 118 deaths, and 8,161 have been reported as recovered from COVID-19.

    • Over the past week, there has been an average of 274 new cases reported each day. Of the newly reported cases, the majority have been from Victoria.
    • COVID-19 cases were reported across all ages.
      • The median age of all cases is 40 years (range: 0 to 101 years).
      • The median age of deaths is 80 years (range: 42 to 96 years).
    • There is a relatively equal ratio of male-to-female cases across most age groups.
    • Following the peak of cases at the end of March, there have been a relatively low number of new cases reported daily between mid-April and early-June 2020. Cases have increased since mid-June.
    • Of cases with a reported place of acquisition, 45% have recent international travel history, including over 1,300 cases associated with cruise ships.
    • The overall proportion of cases under investigation in each state and territory is relatively low, indicating that public health actions, including case identification and contact tracing, is occurring in a timely manner.
    • To date, over 3,413,500 tests have been conducted nationally. Of those tests conducted 0.3% have been positive.’

    235 new cases in Australia today and 3 deaths. The highest number of cases is again in Victoria, with 217. After some cases were reclassified, there was a net increase of 217.

  2. 2.

    WereBear

    July 18, 2020 at 6:12 am

    I’m thinking we have to do a society-wide De-Republicanification.

    Though we probably need a better word…

  3. 3.

    OzarkHillbilly

    July 18, 2020 at 6:16 am

    He’s not worried about cases.”

    I think it’s safe to say that’s bullshit.

  4. 4.

    Amir Khalid

    July 18, 2020 at 6:16 am

    Malaysia’s daily numbers. Nine new cases. Five cases from local infection. Four Malaysians consisting of three cases from two clusters in Sarawak and one detected in pre-surgical screening at a hospital; one non-Malaysian, a Chinese national screened prior to travel abroad.  Four cases from imported infection: three Malaysians returning from Indonesia (2) and Singapore, one non-Malaysian returning from Pakistan. Cumulative total 8,764 cases.

    Five more patients recovered and were discharged, total 8,546 recovered or 97.5% of the cumulative total. 96 active and contagious cases are in hospital for isolation/treatment; one patient is in ICU, but not receiving respiratory assistance.

    No new deaths; total stands at 122 deaths. Infection fatality rate is 1.39%, case fatality rate is 1.41%.

  5. 5.

    FelonyGovt

    July 18, 2020 at 6:18 am

    He “doesn’t want to be distracted by it”???

    No words.

  6. 6.

    NotMax

    July 18, 2020 at 6:22 am

    Cumulative total of 14,000,000 confirmed cases reported worldwide will be passed this weekend.

  7. 7.

    Amir Khalid

    July 18, 2020 at 6:22 am

    @WereBear:

    Decontamination, the contaminant in this case being the toxic Republican party of today.

  8. 8.

    Amir Khalid

    July 18, 2020 at 6:29 am

    @FelonyGovt:

    This is just Trump doing what he always does when he’s been defeated: slink away and hope everyone forgets about it. Which is of course not going to happen this time.

  9. 9.

    gkoutnik

    July 18, 2020 at 6:32 am

    @NotMax:

    Done.

  10. 10.

    terben

    July 18, 2020 at 6:39 am

    @NotMax:  And 600,000 deaths!

  11. 11.

    Cameron

    July 18, 2020 at 7:11 am

    Of course he doesn’t want to be distracted by it.  There’s Fox News to watch, golf to be played, rallies to be held, minorities to be attacked…..people don’t appreciate how busy this man is.

  12. 12.

    WereBear

    July 18, 2020 at 7:19 am

    @Amir Khalid:

    This is just Trump doing what he always does when he’s been defeated: slink away and hope everyone forgets about it. Which is of course not going to happen this time.

     
    One of my favorite Will Rogers quotes comes to mind:

    Stupid got us into this. Why can’t stupid get us out?

  13. 13.

    ThresherK

    July 18, 2020 at 7:53 am

    (Trump’s) not really working this anymore. He’s not calling and asking about data. He’s not worried about cases.

    Bold of anyone to assume he ever was.

    I miss a Democratic State Department.

  14. 14.

    YY_Sima Qian

    July 18, 2020 at 8:09 am

    Yesterday, Urumqi In Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 16 new domestic confirmed cases and 8 new domestic asymptomatic cases. At noon time today, the city reported an additional 12 new domestic asymptomatic cases. The brings the Urumqi outbreak total to 17 confirmed cases and 23 asymptomatic cases (plus one asymptomatic case exported to Zhejiang Province). All of the cases within the past 36 hours have been discovered from identified close contacts, already under quarantine and medical observation. 263 individuals are currently identified as close contacts and placed under quarantine. I still have not seen any case summaries, so I cannot decipher the distribution of the cases and transmission chains, though the cases seem to be concentrated in the very large Tianshan District.

    All residential compounds in Urumqi have been placed under lock down (residents can access the common areas, but not enter or exit compounds), community and property management have taken over responsibility of deliver of delivery into food and daily necessities to residents.

    Urumqi is embarking on a mass screening campaign, much like the one Beijing has just gone through, starting with testing all residents and travelers in Tianshan District. As with Beijing, Wuhan and other cities in China are sending personnel to Urumqi to collect samples and run tests.

    Beijing reported a new domestic asymptomatic case yesterday, so the Xinfadi outbreak is not completely snuffed our, yet.

    Chkna also reported 6 new imported confirmed and 5 new imported asymtomatic cases:

    Yantai in Shandong Province: 2 confirmed cases, Filipino crew members off a cargo ship

    Qingdao in Shandong Province: 1 confirmed case, Russian crew member off a cargo ship

    Fuzhou in Fujian Province: 1 confirmed case, a Chinese National returning from the US

    Guangzhou in Guangdong Province: 1 confirmed and 4 asymptomatic cases, confirmed case is Chinese National returning from the Philippines, and 3 asymptomatic cases are Chinese nationals returning from Singapore, and 1 from the Philippines

    Zhuhai in Guangdong Province: 2 confirmed cases, both Hong Kong residents

    Hong Kong reported 64 cases today, 60 from local transmission, with transmission chain not yet identified for 35 of them. There are an additional 60 cases preliminarily identified, not yet formally reported. Macau and Main Chinese cities around the Pearl River Delta are requiring all visitors from Hong Kong To go under centralized quarantine for 14 days.

  15. 15.

    rikyrah

    July 18, 2020 at 8:11 am

    That first tweet says EVERYTHING ?

  16. 16.

    YY_Sima Qian

    July 18, 2020 at 8:20 am

    @Amir Khalid: Why is the reported IFR and CFR in Malaysia almost the same? Infection fatality rate is calculated using an estimated value for number of infected persons, normally a significantly larger number than the confirmed cases. Is Malaysia really confident that nearly every single infected person is being identified?

  17. 17.

    Amir Khalid

    July 18, 2020 at 8:27 am

    @YY_Sima Qian:

    The Health Ministry is calculating the IFR from deaths reported divided by confirmed cases. When I divide the reported deaths by the total of cases reported, the percentage I get matches what they give. I calculate the CFR myself from deaths divided by resolved cases, per the definition as I understand it.

  18. 18.

    RSA

    July 18, 2020 at 8:45 am

    Spend money up front on supply chains, PPE, masks, and propping up businesses OR…

    New aphorism needed:

    An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure death.

  19. 19.

    YY_Sima Qian

    July 18, 2020 at 8:53 am

    @Amir Khalid: OK. In that case, deaths divided by total cases is Crude Fatality Rate. Deaths divided by total resolved cases is Case Fatality Rate. Deaths divided by the total guesstimated number of infection is Infection Fatality Rate. That is why IFR is estimated to be anywhere from 0.5% to 1.2% around the world, but CFR is anywhere from > 1% to > 10%, depending on the testing rate ( and leaving aside the few countries with very limited cases and no fatalities, such as Vietnam).

  20. 20.

    Skepticat

    July 18, 2020 at 9:30 am

    There’s been a small uptick (to a total of 116) in the Bahamas because people are coming in from the States, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them to slam down travel in again before long. This old New Englander is having real trouble dealing with the Bahamian heat, especially as we haven’t had power since September 2019 (thanks, Dorian), but the thought of returning to the States and having to drive the length of the East Coast to Maine with three cats is intimidating. I’d plan to drink a hella lot of coffee and make only one stop (with friends in Virginia) on the way, and my isolated island should be safe, but it’s still daunting.

  21. 21.

    Robert Sneddon

    July 18, 2020 at 10:00 am

    The UK is reporting 13 deaths of confirmed COVID-19 sufferers in the past 24 hours, all of them in England. The deaths were of people aged between 49 and 96 years old, all with underlying health problems. The numbers reported on Sunday and Monday are usually down because some offices are closed for the weekend and reports don’t get through to the central authorities in a timely manner.

     

    The numbers for Scotland are zero deaths, 21 new confirmed cases, 305 people in hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, eight of whom are in intensive care. Pubs and restaurants are open for indoor eating and drinking with the First Minister continuing to urge caution and expressing a willingness to swiftly reimpose lockdowns if things get out of hand.

     

    Here in Scotland masks are recommended but not compulsory except in shops and public transport. From what I’ve seen on my infrequent trips outdoors very few people wear them in the street or going about their daily business. Delivery people, mailmen etc. are mostly wearing masks.

  22. 22.

    low-tech cyclist

    July 18, 2020 at 10:46 am

    European countries coordinating lockdown exit strategies

    Be nice if we had an organization that could coordinate all of the states’ lockdown exit strategies.  Like, I don’t know, a unified central government or something…nah, that’s crazy talk.

    I see that Maryland, where I live, has gone from yellow to red on Dr. Frieden’s map.  Not surprised – our daily count of new cases has gone from the mid-300s in late June to the 600s and 700s now.  Deaths are still mostly in the single digits, but they’ll almost surely be going up before the month is over.  Would be nice if Gov. Hogan would be proactive and close the restaurants and stuff again now, rather than wait until the death count rises again.

  23. 23.

    low-tech cyclist

    July 18, 2020 at 10:51 am

    @FelonyGovt:

    He “doesn’t want to be distracted by it”???

    No words.

    The war against graffiti on Federal buildings needs his full attention, don’t’cha know.  Gotta mobilize a national police force in camo to fight this scourge.  Trivialities like a plague that’s killing 5000 Americans every week will just have to wait.

  24. 24.

    Mike in Pasadena

    July 18, 2020 at 3:49 pm

    Anne Laurie: thank you for these posts. I depend on them every morning. You are the best!

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