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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday/Monday, Feb. 7-8

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  1. 1.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 2/7 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed, 1 new domestic asymptomatic case.

    Hebei Province:

    Hebei Provincial Health Commission did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There are currently 192 domestic confirmed cases (156 moderate and 36 mild) & 11 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:

    • Xingtai did not report any new domestic positive case. There are currently 23 domestic confirmed cases in the city. Nangong District was re-designated as Low Risk.
    • Langfang did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered . There is 1 domestic asymptomatic cases there.
    • Dingzhou in Baoding did not report any new domestic positive cases. There is 1 domestic confirmed case there. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.
    • Shijiazhuang did not report any new domestic asymptomatic cases. Currently, there are 168 confirmed cases & 10 asymptomatic cases. The 1 village & 1 district at Medium Risk in the city were re-designated as Low Risk. Gaocheng District was re-designated as Medium Risk.

     

    Heilongjiang Province

    Heilongjiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 37 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 51 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 350 domestic confirmed (248 moderate and 102 mild) & 320 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:

    • Suihua did not report any new domestic positive cases. 34 confirmed cases recovered & 38 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 221 domestic confirmed & 194 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 7 residential compounds were re-designated as Low Risk. 4 residential compounds, 2 residential buildings & 6 villages are at Medium Risk. The entire Wangkui County, as well as 2 villages at Hailun, remain at High Risk.
    • Harbin did not report any new domestic positive cases. 3 domestic confirmed case recovered & 13 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 128 domestic confirmed & 126 asymptomatic cases there. Currently there are 4 sub-districts at High Risk. 3 sub-districts were re-designated as Low Risk. 14 sub-districts, 3 townships & 1 village remain at Medium Risk.
    • Qiqihar did not report any new domestic positive cases. 20 asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There is 1 domestic confirmed case there. 1 village remains at Medium Risk.

     

    Jilin Province 

    Jilin Province did not report any new domestic positive. 13 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 234 domestic confirmed (5 critical, 8 serious, 166 moderate and 55 mild) & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases:

    • Songyuan did not report any new domestic confirmed cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There are 3 domestic confirmed cases there.
    • Tonghua did not report any new domestic confirmed cases. 10 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 142 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. The Dongchang District has been re-designated as Low Risk, but 1 village, 12 buildings & 26 residential compounds within the district remain at High Risk.
    • Changchun did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 89 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 township remains at Medium Risk.

     

    Shanghai Municipality did not report any domestic positive cases. Currently there are 22 confirmed cases (18 moderate, 4 mild) in the city. 2 residential compounds were re-designated as Low Risk. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk. 

    Dongyang in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a person who had driven from Xinyang in Henan Province on 1/27, and had previously tested negative at Xinyang on 1/25. He was tested again on 2/6 for work, when he tested “weakly positive”, and diagnosed as asymptomatic. Jihua Municipal Health Commission claimed that they have ruled out infection within Zhejiang Province, no idea how they came to that conclusion. Hopefully there hasn’t been cryptic community transmission at either Jinhua or Xinyang. 

    Imported Cases:

    On 2/7 China reported 14 new imported confirmed cases, 15 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 7 confirmed cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from France and 1 each from Côte d’Ivoire (via France) and Guinea (via France), a Germany national coming from Germany, and a Polish national coming from Poland (via Germany)
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 7 confirmed case, 5 foreign crew members off a cargo ship (last port of call in Indonesia), a Chinese national returning from India (via Muscat) & a Hong Kong resident returning from the Netherlands; 3 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Algeria (via France) & Oman, & foreign crew member off a cargo ship (last port of call in Indonesia)
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 2 asymptomatic case, 1 Chinese nationals returning from Tanzania & Nigeria
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Taiyuan in Shanxi Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Beijing Municipality – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Yiwu in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Kazakhstan (via Dubai); the case arrived at Xi’an on 1/22, passed through 14 days of centralized quarantine and tested negative on RT-PCR 4 times, upon release from quarantine on 2/5 he flew to Yiwu and was transferred to centralized quarantine, where he tested positive
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, returning from Spain
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Nigeria (via France)

     

    Overall in China, 72 confirmed cases recovered, 59 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and none were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 3,372 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,118 active confirmed cases in the country (277 imported), 20 are in critical/serious condition (6 imported), 639 asymptomatic cases (291 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 27,636 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    On 2/8 Hong Kong reported 32 new cases, 4 imported (from Pakistan & the Philippines) and 28 domestic (6 of whom do not have sources of infection identified). There are another 20+ cases preliminarily positive, awaiting retesting for confirmation.

  2. 2.

    Darkrose

    Really pleased at how UC Davis has stepped up. In addition to what they’re doing in the community, I’ve been so impressed with how the university in general, and the library in particular, is constantly communicating with students, staff, and faculty. I have to attribute some of this to the current administration.

  3. 3.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    I see Margaret Brennan is pregnant.

    She’s an interesting person, irish catholic who studied in Jordan, speaks arabic and married a former marine officer who’s muslim.

    It’s everything a republican would hate.

  4. 4.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY yesterday:

    188 new cases, 2.6% positivity
    428 people in the hospital, 101 people in the ICU

    37% available regular beds, 29% available ICU beds

    1024 reported deaths.

    Two weeks from now we’re going to spike back upwards again, of course.

  5. 5.

    lowtechcyclist

    Given that all but a few of the NFL stadiums were paid for by tax dollars, letting them be used as mass vaccination sites during the off-season when they don’t need them anyway is the absolute least they can do.

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    Anya

    I wouldn’t trust the Russian vaccine. Not because I don’t think Russian scientists are incapable but because I don’t trust Putin. He would do anything, and I mean anything to present himself as a hero or PR. He’s worse than Trump.

    @lowtechcyclist:  exactly. You’ve built it with our tax money, the least you can do it is make the stadiums available as mass coronavirus vaccination sites.

  9. 9.

    Robert Sneddon

    @Anya: I wouldn’t trust the Russian vaccine.

    The Russian vaccine is actually a two-shot combination of existing vaccines, that’s why it was effectively the first vaccine to get put into people’s arms since the treatment had already passed safety tests. How effective it is against COVID-19 is more debatable.

     

    I’m not happy with the one-number efficacy figure (91%! Yay! Only 62%! boo! etc.) bruited about to rate the vaccines being tested and used at the moment. Those numbers come from what the computer trade call “rigged demos”, an artificial test regime involving supposedly-random groups of volunteers who have self-selected as believing in this disease, believing in SCIENCE!!! and probably taking more precautions than the average punter to avoid catching COVID-19 because they are the sort who would volunteer for such a test.

    The only real efficacy test comes from putting candidate vaccines into the arms of a lot of people, tens of millions of them and looking at what happens three or six months down the line. We’re only a short way along that discovery path for any vaccine candidate though.

  10. 10.

    Platonicspoof

    @Baud:

    Feb. 7th Guardian article:

    A study carried out by Oxford and Astra Zeneca together with the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa shows that it does not protect people infected with the variant against mild to moderate Covid, but the researchers believe it will still prevent severe illness, hospitalisation and death.

     

    “Do other vaccines offer better protection against this variant?”

    It’s not possible to make comparisons because we don’t have the detailed data – the study will be published in the coming days. But trials of other vaccines in communities affected by this variant show that none of them work as well as they do against the original coronavirus.

     

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  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 3,100 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 245,552 cases. He also reports 24 new deaths today, a grim new record, for a cumulative total of 896 deaths — 0.36% of the cumulative reported total, 0.46% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 51,977 active and contagious cases; 282 are in ICU, 134 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 2,340 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 192,679 patients recovered — 78.5% of the cumulative reported total.

    Meanwhile, Malaysia’s nationwide R0 as of ysterday is now around 0.92. Of the states and federal territories, Melaka has the highest R0 at 1.17 while Perlis has the lowest at 0.7.

    13 new clusters were reported today: Jalan Teknologi, Jalan Sungai Rasa, Persiaran Mokhtar building site, and Persiaran Hulu in Selangor; Sri Menanti, Jalan Harmonium, Jalan Cyber Lima, and Laman Desaru in Johor; Lengkok Pantai in KL; Batu 38 in Sabah; Kampung Tandak in Terengganu; Sebangkoi in Sarawak; and Taman Bukit Petaling in Negeri Sembilan.

    Taman Bukit Petaling is a high-risk group cluster. Sebangkoi is a community cluster. The rest are all workplace clusters.

    3,099 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,196 cases: 509 in older clusters; 80 in Jalan Teknologi, Jalan Sungai Rasa, Persiaran Mokhtar building site, and Persiaran Hulu clusters; 397 close-contact screenings; and 210 other screenings. Johor reports 490 cases: 147 in older clusters; 119 in Sri Menanti, Jalan Harmonium, Jalan Cyber Lima, and Laman Desaru clusters; 94 close-contact screenings; and 130 other screenings. Melaka reports 344 cases: 333 in existing clusters, eight close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. KL reports 294 local cases: 36 in older clusters, 20 in Lengkok Pantai cluster, 130 close-contact screenings, and 108 other screenings. Penang reports 209 cases: 142 in existing clusters, 23 close-contact screenings, and 44 other screenings.

    Sabah reports 169 cases: 18 in older clusters, 17 in Batu 38 cluster, 100 close-contact screenings, and 34 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 104 cases: eight in older clusters, four in Taman Bukit Petaling cluster, 57 close-contact screenings, and 35 other screenings.

    Sarawak reports 84 cases: six in older clusters, two in Sebangkoi cluster, 44 close-contact screenings, and 32 other screenings. Perak reports 72 cases: 13 in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and 45 other screenings. Kedah reports 37 cases: seven in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and 16 other screenings. Kelantan reports 30 cases: one in an existing cluster, 21 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings. Terengganu reports 30 cases: 10 in older clusters, one in Kampung Tandak cluster, 10 close-contact screenings, and nine other screenings.

    Pahang reports 28 cases: 23 in existing clusters, two close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. Putrajaya reports eight cases: two close-contact screenings, and six other screenings. And Perlis reports four cases, all close-contact screenings.

    Labuan reports no new cases today.

    One new case is imported, in KL.

    The 24 deaths reported today are a 79-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes and hypertension; a 53-year-old man in Selsngor with hypertension, obesity, and obstructive sleep apnoea; a 60-year-old man in Sabah with diabetes and hypertension; an 89-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; an 89-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertyension, dyslipidaemia, chronic kidney disease, heart disease, and stroke; a 74-year-old man in Sarawak with no co-morbidities listed; a 64-year-old man in KL with no co-morbidities listed; a 71-year-old woman in Kedah with diabetes; a 44-year-old woman in Kelantanwith hypertension and anaemia; an 88-year-old woman in KL, DOA with diabetes and asthma; an 80-year-old man in Perak with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 62-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, chronic kidney disease; an 83-year-old woman in Johor with heart disease; a 59-year-old woman in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and heart disease; a 60-year-old woman in Sarawak with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia; an 84-year-old man in Selangor with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 67-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease; a 92-year-old woman in Selangor with dementia; a 63-year-old man in Saba, DOA with nerve disease; a 98-year-old man in Penang with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and dementia; a 45-year-old msn in Perak, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; a 50-year-old non-Malaysian man in Melaka, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; a 52-year-old non-Malaysian man in KL, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; and a 48-year-old non-Malaysian woman in Sabah, DOA with diabetes and hypertension.

  12. 12.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Robert Sneddon: an artificial test regime involving supposedly-random groups of volunteers who have self-selected as believing in this disease, believing in SCIENCE!!! and probably taking more precautions than the average punter to avoid catching COVID-19 because they are the sort who would volunteer for such a test.

    The people in the placebo group are the same kind of people.

  14. 14.

    Amir Khalid

    This was posted in The Guardian’s liveblog a few hours ago:

    Pet cats and dogs with a fever, cough or breathing difficulties will be offered coronavirus tests if they have been exposed to carriers, the Seoul metropolitan government said Monday.

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: What I have seen (sorry, no links) about Moderna says it is effective against the variants so far, but they have been coy about saying just how effective it is.  

    They don’t provide percentages for effectiveness against the variants, so my guess is that it’s not as effective as it is against the original form.  Just a guess.

  19. 19.

    Platonicspoof

    Another link (with a lot of comments) on vaccination against the new variants, much of it above my head, but:

    OK, real-world time. First, those numbers tell us that being vaccinated provides a person with more protection than being infected with the coronavirus itself. That was already thought to be the case for the more common coronavirus forms out there, but it’s good to see that it carries over to these two new variants as well. You will get substantially better protection from being vaccinated, and you don’t have to take your chances with the unpredictable and potentially deadly course of an actual coronavirus infection, either.

     

     

    What the data are telling us right now is that it definitely looks like vaccination can still handle the variant forms of the coronavirus that we are seeing – but that we also have to be on our guard, because there is no law that says that this protection can’t be breached. Taking public health measures to decrease the spread of the new variants is critical, as is getting as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible. If we mess either of those up, we are asking for serious trouble.

     

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  20. 20.

    Mary G

    The OC popped back up to 1,187 new cases today, regular hospitalizations way down to half of the peak last month, fewer people in ICU, but they are still saying 0.0% beds available, 46 deaths, 10.9% positive tests. A lot more deaths in regular people; I guess we’ve killed off or vaccinated enough of the people in assisted living or skilled nursing facilities to bring those numbers, which have been horrible, down.

    @NeenerNeener: The neighbor who usually hosts a Superb Owl party every year held off this time, thank you Dog, but in general, like you, I expect to see another pop up because people are idiots. The younger healthier people who throw those parties won’t have been vaccinated yet.

  21. 21.

    Sloane Ranger

    Late as usual! Yesterday in the UK we had 15,845 new cases. This is a decrease of about 2500 from the day before and a reduction of 24.3% in the rolling 7-day average. Usual weekend warning applies to these and subsequent figures. New cases by nation,

    England – 14,466 (down @2000)

    Northern Ireland – 334 (down 96)

    Scotland – 584 (down @300)

    Wales – 461 (down @200).

    Deaths – There were 373 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 23.3% in the rolling 7-day average. 329 deaths occurred in England, 9 in Northern Ireland, 7 in Scotland and 28 in Wales.

    Testing – Not updated.

    Hospitalisations – On Thursday, 4th February 29,326 people were in hospital and 3505 were on ventilators on Friday, 5th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions was down by 19.7% on 3rd February.

    Vaccinations – As of 6th February, 12,014,288 people had received the 1st shot of a vaccine and 511,447 had received their 2nd shot. Like everyone else, there are concerns about how good the vaccine is against the new variants.

  22. 22.

    randal m sexton

    @Robert Sneddon: Your understanding of the testing regime sees a bit scant, and is leading you to making uniformed statements. The vacs were tested on 2 groups, including a placebo group,and the results speak for themselves.  Sure, I did not much trust the initial reports of the Russian vac  done by the Russians, but it now has had a large scale peer reviewed test that shows it to be quite good.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/02/02/sputnik-v-russia-lancet/

  23. 23.

    J R in WV

    I suspect we will be wearing masks for the rest of our lives, actually. Which is OK by me, I would rather not have the flu, actually. Have been there, done that, it really sucked hard, even with Tamiflu medication early on.

    Hope it catches a life of its own and becomes as common here as it is anywhere else! So pain free, yet saves so much suffering.

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