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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday/Monday, Nov. 29-30

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Note the author of this tweet — Miss Sunk Costs herself:

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I remember reading, earlier in this pandemic, that Putin was (rightly) terrified of catching COVID-19. What changed? Does he really believe in the Russian vaccine to that extent? Or — like Trump & Bolsonaro — has he survived a bout with the virus, to consider himself now immune?

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  1. 1.

    YY_Sima Qian

    Yesterday, China reported 3 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) cases and 3 new asymptomatic case. All of the new cases reported by Manzhouli of Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region. The authorities did not share whether these cases are discovered from close contacts under quarantine, or from the 2nd round of mass screening completed yesterday. Currently there are 14 confirmed cases, 4 asymptomatic cases and 2 suspect cases. 940 Tiers 1 & 2 close contacts are under quarantine.

    With respect to the asymptomatic case exported to South Korea, Chongqing Municipality has not yet found any additional positive cases from the close contacts or employees of the SK Hynix flash memory packaging plant or the hotel. As the case flew to South Korea via Chengdu in Sichuan Province, Chengdu authorities have traced 103 contacts and collected 13 environmental samples, all are negative. The driver that took the case from Chongqing to Chengdu has also been placed under quarantine, currently negative. He had stayed at a hotel on the way back from Chengdu, 14 hotel employees have been tested, and 4 environmental samples collected, all negative.

    Yesterday, China reported 15 new imported confirmed cases and 14 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 5 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from the US and 1 each returning from Russia and the Russia, Italy and Japan
    • Rizhao Port in Shandong Province – 5 confirmed and 3 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese crew members off a cargo ship coming from Indonesia
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 3 confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic), 1 Chinese national each returning from Egypt and Nepal, and a Libyan national coming from Libya (via Cairo); 3 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Egypt, and 1 Iraqi national coming from Iraq (via Cairo)
    • Taiyuan in Shanxi Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Poland
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Morocco (via Dubai & Muscat); 5 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals each teturning from Iraq (via Cairo) and Kuwait, and a Saudi national coming from Saudi Arabia (via Cairo)
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 4 confirmed cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from Russia and 1 from the US; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Russia
    • Jilin City in Jilin Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chines national returning from Saudi Arabia; the case had entered China (via Dubai and Seoul-Inchon) at Qingdao in Shandong Province on 10/31, passed through 2 weeks of mandatory quarantine and tested negative, he was released from quarantine on 11/14, and flew to Changchun in Jilin Province on 11/15, when he was taken by designated shuttle to Jilin City and placed under mandatory centralized quarantine for an additional 14 days, and tested positive on 11/29
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Argentina
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Pakistan, off a flight diverted from Beijing

    Yesterday, Hong Kong reported 76 new cases, all local (9 of whom with out clear sources of infection, 40 are related to dance clubs). There are another 50 preliminarily positive cases. The dance clubs outbreak has accumulated 519 cases so far, across 28 establishments. The city’s government has announced that all schools will switch to remote learning from 12/2, until Christmas break. All restaurants and cafeterias are to close by 10 PM, gatherings limited to 2.

  3. 3.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY stats from yesterday:

    511 new cases, 341 people hospitalized, 62 in the ICU, still at 317 reported deaths.

  5. 5.

    NotMax

    First day of of November:
    Number of reported cases worldwide ~45 million
    Number of countries reporting cumulative cases of 500k of more: 16
    .
    Last day of November:
    Number of reported cases worldwide ~63 million
    Number of countries reporting cumulative cases of 500k of more: 24

  6. 6.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 1,212 new cases today at his media briefing, for a cumulative reported total of 65,697 cases. Dr Noor Hisham also reports three new deaths for a total of 360 deaths — 0.55% of the cumulative reported total, 0.65% of resolved cases.

    10,578 active and contagious cases are currently in hospital; 113 are in ICU, 42 of them on respirators. Meanwhile, 2,112 patients recovered and were discharged, for a total of 54,759 patients recovered — 83.4% of the cumulative reported total.

    Three new clusters were reported today: Jalan Lapan in Selangor and KL, Batu Sembilan in Selangor, and Nibong in Johor.

    1,203 new cases today are local infections. Selangor has the most, 398 cases: 204 in older clusters, nine in Jalan Lapan and Batu Sembilan clusters, 95 close-contact screenings, and 90 other screenings. Sabah has 326 cases: 111 in existing clusters, 146 close-contact screenings, and 69 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan has 141 cases: 125 in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings. KL has 114 cases: 84 in older clusters, 10 in Jalan Lapan cluster, six close-contact screenings, and 14 other screenings.

    Penang has 60 cases: 52 in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and two other screenings. Johor has 54 cases: 28 in older clusters,seven in Nibong cluster, 11 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings. Perak has 43 cases: 42 in existing clusters, and one close-contact screening. Kedah has 31 cases: 24 in existing clusters, four close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. Labuan has 30 cases: five in existing clusters, 10 close-contact screenings, and 15 other screenings. Sarawak has two cases, found in other screenings. Pahang also has two cases, found in other screenings. Kelantan has one case, in an existing cluster. And Putrajaya has one case, in an existing cluster.

    Melaka, Terengganu, and Perlis reported no new cases today.

    Nine new cases are imported. Five were reported in KL, four in Selangor. They are arrivals from Egypt (three), Nepal (two), Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates.

    The three deaths today are a 66-year-old man in Kedah with blood-borne disease and low immune response; a 58-year-old man in Labuan with hypertension and gout; and a 22-year-old man in Sabah with hypertension and chronic kidney disease.

    In other news, the enhanced movement control order at the worker dormitories at Top Glove’s site in Selangor is extended by two weeks to 14th December.

  7. 7.

    NotMax

    FYI (emphasis mine).

    Consumers spent an estimated $9 billion on U.S. retail websites on Black Friday, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks online shopping. That was a 22% increase over the previous record of $7.4 billion set in 2019.

    Meanwhile, traffic to physical stores plummeted as retailers tried to prevent crowds by cutting their hours and limiting doorbuster deals. U.S. store visits dropped by 52% on Black Friday, according to Sensormatic Solutions, a retail tracker. Traffic was slower in the Northeast and West than in the Midwest and South, said Brian Field, Sensormatic’s senior director of global retail consulting.
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    Adobe expects Monday to be the largest online sales day in U.S. history, with estimated spending of $10.8 billion to $12.7 billion.

    One reason for the big numbers is that people are shopping online for things such as groceries and alcohol that they bought in person before the pandemic, Adobe said.… Source

  9. 9.

    Matt McIrvin

    If we can have Walmart, Cotsco, liquor stores, strip clubs and supermarkets we can have churches.

    The only thing in that list analogous enough to a church that the argument makes sense is the strip clubs. And, yeah, they probably shouldn’t be open. (Which logically means we should be subsidizing strip clubs to stay closed, but I know that’s politically a hard lift.)

  11. 11.

    daveNYC

    Nice touch having Christmas as part of the Judeo-Christian in the same sentence.  I’m pretty sure that when you’re talking about Christmas the ‘Judeo’ stops entering into the equation.

  12. 12.

    charon

    @daveNYC:

     

    @daveNYC:

    ‘Judeo’ stops entering into the equation.

    It’s habitual with that sort of phony to say “judeo-Christian” when the clear meaning in context is simply “Christian.”

    Not that there even is such a thing as a “Jude-Christian calender.”

  13. 13.

    Zzyzx

    Hey! Hanukkah is an exceedingly important holiday, marking the time where we completely misestimated how much oil we had left, a miracle up there with, “The low fuel light light came on in my car but I made it to the gas station!”

    I’m very curious to see what numbers will be like in the next few days.

  14. 14.

    NotMax

    @Zzyzx

    Had Moses had hung a right upon hitting the Sinai there would have been oil aplenty.

    Men. Never stop to ask for directions.

    :)

  16. 16.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Matt McIrvin:

    The only thing in that list analogous enough to a church that the argument makes sense is the strip clubs. And, yeah, they probably shouldn’t be open. (Which logically means we should be subsidizing strip clubs to stay closed, but I know that’s politically a hard lift.)

    Get your booty to the poll.  Keep your booty the fuck at home.

    ETA – though Georgia, stand in line one more time.  Flip those seats!  Flip the Senate!

  17. 17.

    YY_Sima Qian

    The chosen date(s) for Christmas itself owe much to pagan influences in the Late Antiquity. The Roman Catholic Church ultimately chose the winter solstice (December 25th of the Roman Calendar) to fix the date. So the Catholics and Protestants celebrate on Dec. 25 of Gregorian calendar. However, the Eastern Orthodox Churches often celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 of Julian calendar, or Jan. 7 of Gregorian calendar. The Hebrew calendar is yet different still. So what is this “Judeo-Christian” calendar being referenced? (Rhetorical question, of course. Zealots and fundamentalists often hold tight to beliefs that are actually ahistorical, and anti-traditional in the truest sense of the word.)

  18. 18.

    lowtechcyclist

    @OzarkHillbilly: Kristi Noem should be riding a pale horse.

    That horse better have plenty of room on its back, because just about the entire Republican Party should be up there with her.

     

    And what Sm*t Cl*de said.

  19. 19.

    lowtechcyclist

    Our churches must reopen. We need to pray at this time of the year. It is the holiest time in the Judeo-Christian calendar.

    Not only is there no ‘Judeo-Christian’ calendar, and not only is Christmas not the holiest time in the Christian calendar, but this behavior is repugnant from a strictly Christian perspective.  The selfishness here astounds me.

    As Jesus said, “if anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all.”  Jesus gave up his life to save us; we can worship via Zoom for a few months to save the lives of our fellow men and women.

  20. 20.

    Sloane Ranger

    Forgot to post Saturday’s numbers yesterday as I was busy preparing for our U3A AGM on Wednesday. We made a decision to delay it for 3 months in the summer in the hope we could have an in-person component. Not to be, and we have a Constitutional obligation not to delay further so we are going ahead on Zoom. I have been fielding worried phone calls and emails from the Chair, the Treasurer and the Membership Secretary about various practical issues involved.

    Anyway, enough of my problems, here are Sunday’s figures. Please remember that they will be artificially depressed due to weekend delays in processing and reporting.

    On Sunday there were 12,155 new cases. As AL has reported new cases are genuinely down as a result of the current lockdown, which is due to end tomorrow with re-opening under Tier restrictions on Wednesday. Cases by nation,

    England – 10,054

    Northern Ireland – 351

    Scotland – 746

    Wales – 1004.

    Deaths – There were 215 deaths reported on Sunday (weekend warning applies). 194 deaths were in England, 3 in Northern Ireland, 2 in Scotland and 16 in Wales.

    Testing – Not updated at weekends.

    Hospitalisations – 15,712 people were in hospital on Thursday, 26 November and 1417 were on ventilators on Friday, 27th. Both beginning to go down. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions is down 11%.

    General – Despite case incidence falling in 3 of the home nations, Wales has seen an increase and the Welsh First Minister has just announced a series of new restrictions in an attempt to deal with this. These include, pubs and restaurants banned from serving alcohol and required to close at 6pm and closure of cinemas, bingo halls, museums etc. The First Minister is putting a support package of £340m in place to assist affected businesses.

    As AL has noted, up to 100 Tory MP’s are threatening to revolt when the new Tiers are debated in the House of Commons. Their main complaint seems to be, that their nice, white rural Constituencies filled with professionals are being subjected to the same restrictions as the nearby towns and cities full of “oiks”, although some try to justify it by talking about an increase in suicides and domestic violence during the lockdowns. Boris has tried to pacify them by offering a new vote on the restrictions in January, but it doesn’t seem to be working. My own MP, who actually represents a town as well as some of the surrounding villages has said he is “undecided” on how he will vote. I look forward to checking his vote out in due course.

  21. 21.

    marklar

    @daveNYC:

    Not so fast, Dave.  After all, Christianity is just one of the many Messianic sects of Judaism.

    Personally, I’ve formed my own denomination for Jewish Atheists (we also accept Agnostics).  I call it Jewnitarian Jewniversalist.

  22. 22.

    lowtechcyclist

    @marklar: Personally, I’ve formed my own denomination for Jewish Atheists (we also accept Agnostics). I call it Jewnitarian Jewniversalist.

    Unless you’re way older than I am, you didn’t form it – I grew up in a neighborhood where Jewnitarians were abundant. And that was 50-60 years ago.

    I always thought it was spelled Junitarians, but whatever.

  25. 25.

    Just One More Canuck

    South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on @WNAX, about the record-breaking surge of new COVID-19 cases in the state: “I don’t think people should be alarmed. We’re where we expected to be.” https://hubcityradio.com/noem-shares-thoughts-on-covid-19-cases/

    Jeebus, she’s just an off brand Dr. Evil (along with being an off brand Sarah Palin

  26. 26.

    Robert Sneddon

    @robmassing: The holiest day of the year is the 1st of May, superseding the most holy days of all other so-called ‘religions’.

    Oh, do not tell the Priest our plight,
    Or he would call it a sin;
    But—we have been out in the woods all night,
    A-conjuring Summer in!
    And we bring you news by word of mouth—
    Good news for cattle and corn—
    Now is the Sun come up from the South,
    With Oak and Ash and Thorn!

  27. 27.

    rattle mullet

    What true leadership looks like. America has completely failed and its leaders should be charged with manslaughter. This no joke. The first true test of the Biden administration will be holding those responsible for the crimes they have committed. When access to the top secret servers are given to Biden he needs to speak up. Failure to do so will forever perpetuate the cancerous malfeasance  of government for the benefit of self and the forsaking of the common good of the nation. Republicans need to be held criminally accountable for supporting the failed ,hopefully,  coup attempt. They are not leaders but grifters of the 10th magnitude.

    https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/17/how-covid19-has-been-curtailed-in-cherokee-nation/

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