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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Tuesday/Wednesday, Feb. 16-17

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Remember, Man, thou art but dust, and unto dust thou shalt return…


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I’m no expert, but it seems like certain hospital bureaucracies might be using the threat of shortages to save money, despite the risk to their employees…

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  1. 1.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY yesterday:

    New cases = 114. Deaths at 1069, although I expect this to go up
    because the available hospital beds is also going up.
    Positivity at 2.2%
    301 in the hospital, 74 in the ICU
    40% hospital beds available, 36% ICU beds available

  2. 2.

    sab

    We got our first shot last week and I feel so fucking selfish to the point of sociopathy. End of next month we will be safe. Not so much my stepkids or my younger relatives. Woohoo but sorry.

    Started to reread the Decameron. Tales in plague time. Everyone telling tales had to justify why they were there in the safe country and not back home caring for sick relatives.

  3. 3.

    Mary G

    Numbers going down in the OC almost faster than they went up. Only 369 new cases yesterday and positivity rate dropped from 9.7% to 7.8%. Hospitalizations down to below the top of the original y axis that was increased over and over. ICU beds available 15.3%. Very happy it looks like not many Super Bowl spreader events happened.
    As usual where there are old people, there are grifters:

    BE AWARE: The OC Health Care Agency, County of Orange has partnered with Composite Apps, developer of the Othena application, for the sole purpose of facilitating safe and timely distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to Orange County residents. Be HYPERAWARE of fake apps and scammers who may create malicious health-related applications. The Othena app will NEVER ask you for your social security number, credit card information, bank information, or any payment of any sort in any way, nor will there ever be any phone calls directly to you. Be also aware of the spelling of OTHENA, both as an app and the website http://www.othena.com.

  4. 4.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 2,720 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 272,163 cases. He also reports 22 new deaths today for a cumulative total of 1,005 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.44% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 41,396 active and contagious cases; 231 are in ICU, 115 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 5,709 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 229,762 patients recovered – 84.4% of the cumulative reported total.

    13 new clusters were reported today: Jalan Emas building site, Section One building site, Jalan Rawang, Jalan Subang, and Jalan DC in Selangor; Jalan Perindustrian Murni, Senai Murni Empat, Jalan Persiaran Cyber, and Jalan Paya Manis in Johor; Pulau Rusa in Terengganu; Industri Tekstil Nilai in Negeri Sembilan; Jalan Sultan building site in Kuala Lumpur; and Jan Yong in Sarawak.

    Jan Yong is a community cluster. Jalan DC and Jalan Paya Manis are high-risk group clusters. The rest are all workplace clusters.

    2,991 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,382 cases: 627 in older clusters; 82 in Jalan Emas building site, Section One building site, Jalan Rawang, Jalan Subang, and Jalan DC clusters; 383 close-contact screenings; and 290 other screenings. Johor reports 436 cases: 60 in older clusters; 82 in Jalan Perindustrian Murni, Senai Murni Empat, Jalan Persiaran Cyber, and Jalan Paya Manis clusters; 84 close-contact screenings; and 117 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 233 cases: 141 in older clusters, 49 in Industri Tekstil Nilai cluster, 18 close-contact screenings, and 25 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 220 local cases: 19 in older clusters, 117 in Jalan Sultan building site cluster, 16 close-contact screenings, and 68 other screenings. Sarawak reports 200 cases: 65 in older clusters, 14 in Jan Yong cluster, seven close-contact screenings, and 114 other screenings.

    Perak reports 99 cases: 67 in existing clusters, 12 close-contact screenings, and 20 other screenings. Sabah reports 94 cases: 19 in existing clusters, 54 close-contact screenings, and 21 other screenings. Penang reports 92 cases: 29 in existing clusters, 29 close-contact screenings, and 34 other screenings. Terengganu reports 91 cases: six in older clusters, one in Pulau Rusa cluster, eight close-contact screenings, and 76 other screenings. Kelantan reports 71 local cases: 48 in existing clusters, 13 close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings. Kedah reports 36 cases: 19 in existing clusters, four close-contact screenings, and 13 other screenings.

    Melaka reports 20 cases: 11 in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. Pahang reports 14 cases: two in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and six other screenings. Putrajaya reports two cases: one close-contact screening, and one other screening. And Labuan reports one case, found in other screening.

    Perlis reports no new cases today.

    Seven new cases are imported: six in Kuala Lumpur, one in Kelantan.

    The deaths reported today are a 41-year-old woman in Perak with diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis; a 60-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, obesity, and chronic kidney disease; a 73-year-old man in Sabah with diabetea, chronic kidney disease, dyslipidaemia, and gout; a 69-year-old man in Selangor with no co-morbidities listed; an 88-year-old womanin Perak with dyslipidaemia; a 48-year-old man in Sabah with no co-morbidities listed; a 72-year-old man in Selangor with hypertension; a 65-year-old woman in Selangor with hypertension and heart disease; an 84-year-old woman in Sabah with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia; an 83-year-old woman in Selangor with no co-morbidities listed; a 63-year-old man in Kuals Lumpur with hypertension and stroke; a 77-year-old woman in Kedah with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; a 71-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease; an 82-year-old man in Sabah with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and heart disease; a 73-year-old man in Sarawak, DOA with hypertension; a 55-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with diabetes, hypertension, tuberculosis, heart disease, and chronic kidney disease; a 100-year-old man in Selangor with hupertension and asthma; an 81-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with heart disease and stroke; a 49-year-old woman inKuala Lumpur with diabetes; a 66-year-old man in Johor with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and deep-vein thrombosis; a 49-year-old man in Negeri Sembilan with hypertension; and a 75-year-old man in Sarawak with diabetes, htpertension, heart disease, and chronic kidney disease.

  5. 5.

    OzarkHillbilly

    For Americans like Georgina, who are used to leveraging their money and privilege to find shortcuts, not being able to get the vaccine easily and immediately feels akin to a personal affront. “It almost reminds me of communist rule,” she says. “Like, who is controlling this? What’s really going on here?”

    Guess you’ll just have to stand in line along with the rest of us peons.

  6. 6.

    Percysowner

    @OzarkHillbilly: Probably the first time in her life that “wanting to talk to your manager” hasn’t worked.

    Last week my doctor’s health network finally opened up vaccination appointments on Monday and Tuesday of this week. I grabbed a Monday slot and boy am I glad I did. By the time I left, they were calling all the Tuesday appointments and moving them to a later date. I’m in Central Ohio so, we’re used to snow and cold, but even we got shut down for a while.

    On the up side I now have my first shot and I go in on March 15 for my second dose.

  7. 7.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1 million masks every four days, but he doesn’t have orders for nearly that many. So he recently got approval from the government to export them.

    “I’m drowning in these respirators,” Bowen said.

    On the same day 1000 miles (1,600 kilometers) north, Mary Turner, a COVID-19 intensive care nurse at a hospital outside Minneapolis, strapped on the one disposable N-95 respirator allotted for her entire shift.

    Before the coronavirus pandemic, Turner would have thrown out her mask and grabbed a new one after each patient to prevent the spread of disease. But on this day, she’ll wear that mask from one infected person to the next because N95s — they filter out 95% of infectious particles — have supposedly been in short supply since last March.

    Turner’s employer, North Memorial Health, said in a statement that supplies have stabilized, but the company is still limiting use because “we must remain mindful of that supply” to ensure everyone’s safety are greedy sons o’ bitches who have found a way to cut corners and save money” regardless of anyone’s safety.

    FTFT, They will definitely be getting a bill.

  9. 9.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    Grocery workers are exposed to hundreds of customers a day, but many have no idea when they might be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines. Only 13 U.S. states are currently allowing them to sign up.

    I will say again, when they call you an “Essential Worker” in this, it means they consider  your life expendable.

  10. 10.

    Sloane Ranger

    Yesterday in the UK we had 10,625 new cases. This is an increase of about 900 from the day before but a decrease in the rolling 7-day average of 27.8%. Monday’s case numbers were probably still being affected by the weekend reporting delays. New cases by nation,

    England – 9236 (up @600)

    Northern Ireland – 341 (up @110)

    Scotland – 773 (up @220)

    Wales – 275 (down @90).

    Deaths – There were 799 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 25.6% in the rolling 7-day average. New deaths by nation, England – 733, Northern Ireland – 9, Scotland – 49 and Wales – 8. On 5 February, 521 people had COVID mentioned as a cause of death of their Death Certificates (other causes may also have been listed). 493 were in England, 0 in Northern Ireland, 6 in Scotland and 22 in Wales.

    Testing – 457,144 tests were conducted on Monday, 15th February out of a capacity of 780,347. This is a decrease of 12.3% in the rolling 7-day average.

    Hospitalisations – On Sunday, 14 February 21,001 people were in hospital and 2805 people were on ventilators on Monday, 15th. There has been a decrease in the rolling 7-day average in hospital admissions of 25.4% as of 12th February.

    Vaccinations – As of 15th February, 15,576,107 people had received their 1st shot of a vaccine and 546,165 had received both shots.

    General – Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday that there will be a phrased return to in-person learning in Scotland beginning next Monday. Years 1 – 3, (ages, 5, 6 and 7) will return on Monday as well as a limited number of others whose course of study requires practical work, but no others until mid-March at least so there is time to see what the effects of this limited return are.

  11. 11.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 2/16 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Hebei Province

    Hebei Provincial Health Commission did not report any new domestic positive cases. There are currently 153 domestic confirmed cases (134 moderate and 19 mild) & 9 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:

    • At Xingtai, there are currently 21 domestic confirmed cases in the city.
    • At Shijiazhuang, there are 132 confirmed cases & 9 asymptomatic cases. Gaocheng District remains at Medium Risk.

     

    Heilongjiang Province

    Heilongjiang Provincial Health Commission reported that 26 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 20 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 49 domestic confirmed (36 moderate and 13 mild) & 62 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:

    • At Suihua, 21 confirmed cases recovered & 15 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 35 domestic confirmed & 38 domestic asymptomatic cases there. Wangkui County remains at Medium Risk.
    • At Harbin, 5 domestic confirmed case recovered & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 14 domestic confirmed & 24 asymptomatic cases there. 1 sub-district was re-designated from High Risk to Low Risk. 1 sub-districts remain at High Risk. 1 sub-district & 1 townships remain at Medium Risk.

     

    Jilin Province

    Jilin Provincial Heath Commission reported that 8 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 88 domestic confirmed (2 critical, 6 serious, 58 moderate and 22 mild) & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases:

    • At Songyuan, there are 2 domestic confirmed cases there.
    • At Tonghua, 8 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 70 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 buildings & 4 residential compounds were re-designated from High Risk to Medium Risk. 2 buildings & 9 residential compounds within Dongchang District remain at High Risk.
    • At Changchun, 7 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 16 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. The Medium Risk township has been re-designated as Low Risk.

     

    Imported Cases

    On 2/16 China reported 7 new imported confirmed cases, 6 imported asymptomatic cases, 5 imported suspect cases:

    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 5 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals each returning from the DRC (via Nairobi), the US, and 1 from Mozambique (via Nepal); 5 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese nationals returning from the DRC (via Nairobi)
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from the UAE, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Shanghai Municipality – 5 suspect cases, no information released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Myanmar
    • Jiangsu Province (location not specified) – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released

     

    Overall in China, 48 confirmed cases recovered, 18 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and 2 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 828 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 605 active confirmed cases in the country (234 imported), 10 are in critical/serious condition (2 imported), 387 asymptomatic cases (286 imported), 6 suspect case (imported). 9,643 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    On 2/17 Hong Kong reported 16 new cases, 4 imported & 12 domestic (10 of whom do not yet have source of infection identified). There are another 10+ cases preliminarily positive, awaiting retesting for confirmation.

  12. 12.

    bluefoot

    @OzarkHillbilly: ​

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: ​
     
    This is so enraging. Nurses, groerystore workers, ANYONE who is essential or public-facing should be first in line to get the vaccine, and should be able to get PPE needed and as per best practices for their jobs.

    This last year has really made me start hating people.

  13. 13.

    dnfree

    @Amir Khalid: I read your reports every day and I’m amazed at the level of detail. Maybe it’s just me, but I see nothing like that here.  The rural Illinois county where I used to live will just say something like “Two deaths today, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 60s.”  And where I live now, a much more populous collar county of Chicago, we don’t even see that much, just the number of deaths. I know the public doesn’t necessarily need those details of other health issues to protect privacy, but I hope someone in charge in the US is getting this level of information.

  16. 16.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    “We have contained this. I won’t say [it’s] airtight, but it’s pretty close to airtight.” He added that it will likely not be an “economic tragedy” (Feb. 25, 2020)

    John Oliver had a great riff on this, too. “Well, which is it, man? Airtight, and almost airtight, is the difference between a submarine, and a cool metal tube to die in!”

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