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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Friday/Saturday, Feb. 26-27

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To be honest, 60% mask compliance at CPAC would be about 45% more than I expected…

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  2. 2.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY yesterday:

    New cases = 151. Reported deaths at 1137.
    Positivity at 1.1%
    214 cases in the hospital, 66 in the ICU
    41% hospital beds available, 36% ICU beds available.

  3. 3.

    Amir Khalid

    I would think that the hotel that’s hosting CPAC would be within its rights to shut the event down if 40% of attendees refuse to mask up.

  4. 4.

    OzarkHillbilly

    He said that it’s the hotels job to enforce mask wearing rules

    Fuck all the responsibility dodging Republicans with a 3 sizes too large covid infested catheter.

  6. 6.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 2/26 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Hebei Province

    Hebei Provincial Health Commission reported that 8 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 38 domestic confirmed cases (34 moderate and 4 mild) & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:

    • At Xingtai, there are currently 3 domestic confirmed cases in the city.
    • At Shijiazhuang, 8 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are 35 confirmed cases & 3 asymptomatic cases.

     

    Heilongjiang Province

    Heilongjiang Provincial Health Commission reported that 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 8 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 1 domestic confirmed (moderate) & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:

    • At Suihua, 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There is currently 1 domestic confirmed case there.
    • At Harbin, 3 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 2 asymptomatic cases there.

     

    Jilin Province 

    Jilin Provincial Heath Commission reported that 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 13 domestic confirmed (1 severe, 7 moderate and 5 mild) & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases:

    • At Tonghua, 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 13 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

     

    Imported Cases

    On 2/26 China reported 10 new imported confirmed cases, 8 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:

    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 4 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Cambodia & 1 each returning from Bangladesh & Mozambique (via Kathmandu); 2 asymptomatic case, 1 Chinese national each returning from Mozambique (via Kathmandu) & the Maldives (via Colombo)
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed & asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Cambodia 
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Saudi Arabia, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Cambodia, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 2 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Shanghai Municipality – 1 confirmed case, a Slovakian national coming from Slovakia (via Vienna); 1 suspect case, no information released
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed case, no information released, yet
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), a Chinese national returning from Cambodia; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Algeria
    • Yiwu in Jinny’s, Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Jordanian national coming from Jordan (via Cairo); the case arrived at Hangzhou in 29, passed through the 14 days of centralized quarantine and tested negative on RT-PCR 3 times, upon release from quarantine he took private car to Yiwu on 2/25 and re-entered centralized quarantine, and tested positive on 2/26

     

    Overall in China, 24 confirmed cases recovered, 18 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 2 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 3,689 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 230 active confirmed cases in the country (160 imported), 1 is in critical/serious condition (none imported), 258 asymptomatic cases (248 imported), 2 suspect cases (all imported). 4,399 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    On 2/27 Hong Kong reported 33 new cases, 2 imported & 31 domestic (10 of whom do not yet have source of infection identified).

  8. 8.

    OzarkHillbilly

    I’m signed up for a vaccination at a 2nd site. Sooner or later somebody will get around to me.

  9. 9.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 2,364 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 298,315 cases. He also reports 10 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,121 deaths — 0.38% of the cumulative reported total, 0.41% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 27,028 active and contagious cases; 199 are in ICU, 99 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 3,320 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 270,166 patients recovered – 90.6% of the cumulative reported total.

    Eight new clusters were reported today: Jalan Scientex Jaya, Jalan Mega Teknologi, Jalan Permas Sembilan, Jalan Gemilang Satu, and Jalan Tampoi Besi in Johor; Kampung Pulau Raja in Kelantan; Jalan Task Avenue in Perak; and Buloh in Sarawak.

    Buloh is a community cluster. The rest are all workplace clusters.

    2,363 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 862 cases: 248 in existing clusters, 456 close-contact screenings, and 158 other screenings. Johor reports 314 cases: 92 in older clusters; 86 in Jalan Scientex Jaya, Jalan Mega Teknologi, Jalan Permas Sembilan, Jalan Gemilang Satu, and Jalan Tampoi Besi clusters; 53 close-contact screenings; and 83 other screenings. Perak reports 305 cases: 78 in older clusters, 209 in Jalan Tasek Avenue cluster, four close-contact screenings, and 14 other screenings. Sarawak reports 255 cases: 47 in older clusters, 27 in Buloh cluster, 57 close-contact screenings, and 124 other screenings.

    Sabah reports 157 cases: 88 in existing clusters, 47 close-contact screenings, and 22 other screenings. Penang reports 155 cases: 32 in existing clusters, 29 close-contact screenings, and 94 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 116 local cases: eight in existing clusters, 59 close-contact screenings, and 49 other screenings.

    Negeri Sembilan reports 74 cases: 61 in existing clusters, three close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings. Kelantan reports 68 cases: 16 in older clusters, six in Kampung Pulau Raja cluster, 28 close-contact screenings, and 18 other screenings.

    Kedah reports 17 cases: five in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and six other screenings. Melaka also reports 17 cases: six in existing clusters, eight close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. Terengganu reports 11 cases: four in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and one other screening.

    Pahang reports eight cases: seven in existing clusters, and one other screening. And Putrajya reports four cases: two close-contact screenings, and two other screenings.
    Labuan and Perlis report no new cases today.

    One new case today is imported, in Kuala Lumpur.

    The deaths reported today are a 78-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension, stroke, dementia, and dyslipidaemia; a 52-year-old woman in Kuala Lumpur with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and heart disease; a 74-year-old man in Johor with hypertension; an 86-year-old woman Selangor with diabetes and hypertension; a 63-year-old man in Selangor with hypertension; a 76-year-old woman in Kuala Lumpur with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and stroke; a 67-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with hypertension, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and chronic liver disease; a 62-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; a 45-year-old non-Malaysian man in Kuala Lumpur, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; and a 45-year-old non-Malaysian woman in Kuala Lumpur, also DOA with no co-morbidities listed.

    In other news, a shipment of some 300,000 doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccine arrived today from China. The vaccine, which is still pending approval from the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency, came in bulk form and will be bottled locally for distribution.

  10. 10.

    Mousebumples

    Got my first COVID vax scheduled for Tuesday at my local Walgreens. Seems to be Moderna since the second dose is 28 days later. Got the second dose scheduled too, woo hoo!

  11. 11.

    Skepticat

    There was a huge and sudden upsurge—26 cases—on Great Abaco, The Bahamas, so a curfew will be reinstituted tomorrow. If there are more cases, I assume we’ll be back on lockdown. One source apparently is a newly reopened school. I really don’t think the curfew is especially effective, but I’m happy to see them respond quickly. I’m even happier that we’re on a tiny cay offshore the big island.

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    PaulB

    The COVID Tracking Project believes that the current plateau and/or rise in key stats is likely an artifact of external events rather than something to be seriously concerned about:

    Two confounding events that occurred last week—President’s Day and the beginning of a major winter storm that knocked out power for millions of Americans—resulted in slowdowns in case reporting. As we’ve seen with other holidays and storms, these kinds of disruptions produce a predictable series of reporting artifacts: first an artificial drop, then an artificial rise. We should always look for confounding factors before interpreting the data as suggesting a change in the direction of the pandemic—and in this week’s data, we found them.

  15. 15.

    Sloane Ranger

    Yesterday in the UK we had 8523 new cases. This about 1400 less than the day before and a decrease of 16.8% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,

    England – 7393 (down @1200)

    Northern Ireland – 241 (down 40)

    Scotland – 581 (down @180)

    Wales – 308 (down 4).

    Deaths – There were 345 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 31.3% in the rolling 7-day average. New deaths by nation, England – 300, Northern Ireland – 2, Scotland – 27 and Wales – 16.

    Testing – 731,410 tests were conducted on Thursday, 25 February out of a capacity of 779,624. This is an increase in the rolling 7-day average of 21.1%.

    Hospitalisations – There were 15,485 people in hospital on Wednesday, 24 February and 2047 people on ventilators on Thursday, 25th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions has reduced by 20.6%.

    Vaccinations – On 25 February a total of 19,177,555 people had received the 1st dose of a vaccine and 736,037 had received both shots.

  16. 16.

    J R in WV

    I see an article in The Guardian about US military staff declining Covid vaccinations “There’s a degree of mistrust…”.

    I don’t know about other vets, but I was never given a chance to “decline” a vaccination in the US Navy. In fact they ran us through a “shot line” of medics vaccinating us with regular needles, with pneumatic injection guns, you name it. And after getting more than a dozen vaccinations, we were expected to run the obstacle course, learn to swim, shoot at the range, everything you would be expected to do without getting more shots than a target at the range.

    So this confuses me. Who decides when the troops can decline a vaccination? Cause I’m damn sure all those vaccinations I got in 1970 were not CDC FDA approved for civilians. And now I see a dozen military folk on the USS San Diego stationed out of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf tested positive for Covid. Shouldn’t that ship be one giant vaccination center right now?

    End of rant!

    Last post, too!

  18. 18.

    Ruckus

    @J R in WV:

    I went through that same inoculation line. Fun times.

    But the reality is that you can decline any medical care in the military that you don’t want. No one ever made a point of telling you that, just that the impression we all got was the opposite. I spent 9 days in the hospital after that shot line day and later in my navy career I spent 2 months in the hospital. Only two medical people in the navy ever told me I had a choice, a dental tech in boot camp and a young, draftee Dr in that second hospital. They all knew, most of them didn’t think telling you about your medical rights was the proper thing to do, or they didn’t want the risk of anyone knowing they had said anything.

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    SteverinoCT

    @Ruckus: from what I heard (was it a comment on this blog?) it’s because the vaccines are only under emergency approval still. Once they are officially official, it’ll be back to mandatory as usual.

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