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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Tuesday / Wednesday, April 14-15

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  3. 3.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Sort of Covid related:

    For almost 10 years, the clock hanging in Bunshun Sakano’s temple was a reminder of the day nature’s force came close to destroying his community.

    The clock, which is thought to be about 100 years old, stopped ticking after the north-east coast of Japan was struck by an earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people on 11 March 2011.

    Fumonji temple, which lies a few hundred metres from the tsunami-hit coast in Yamamoto, a town in Miyagi prefecture, was hit by the waves, with only its pillars and roof spared by the deluge.

    Sakano rescued the clock, cleaned it and wound the spring, but its hands refused to budge.

    Then late on 13 February this year – just weeks before the 10th anniversary of the disaster – the same region was struck by another powerful earthquake, described by seismologists as an aftershock of the March 2011 quake.

    The following morning Sakano, the Buddhist temple’s head priest, went to check the main hall for any damage when he heard a ticking sound. The clock, which had remained silent even after being repeatedly cleaned, was moving again.
    …………………………….
    The clock was a silent source of inspiration for Sakano as he set about helping the local community in the aftermath of the tsunami, bringing together volunteers and, a year later, opening a cafe for people whose homes had been destroyed.

    Recently, with neighbourhood meetings and volunteering put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic, Sakano had started to wonder if the time had come to end his community activities.

    But when the clock started ticking again, he said, it was as if it was imploring him not to give up and to “start moving again”.

  4. 4.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 4/13 China reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases all in Yunnan Province. 5 domestic confirmed recovered & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 84 domestic confirmed & 21 domestic asymptomatic cases in Yunnan Province.

    • Ruili in Dehong Prefecture reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (moderate), a Chinese national. 5 domestic confirmed recovered & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 84 domestic confirmed & 20 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 3 communities remain at High Risk. 3 residential compounds, 1 factory & 2 villages remain at Medium Risk.
    • Gengma County in Lincang City did not report any new positive cases. There is 1 domestic asymptomatic case there.

    Imported Cases

    On 4/13 China reported 11 new imported confirmed cases, 12 imported asymptomatic cases, 2 imported suspect cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 5 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals each returning from France & Israel, & 1 from the US; 2 suspect cases, no information released
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 3 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national returning from Bangladesh, Cambodia & the US; 5 asymptomatic cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from Bangladesh & 1 each from Myanmar & Cambodia
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed case, no information released, yet
    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), a Chinese national returning from Japan
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed cases (previously asymptomatic), a Chinese national returning from Egypt; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Myanmar
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Nanjing in Jiangsu Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 1 asymptomatic, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines

     

    Overall in China, 7 confirmed cases recovered, 16 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 2 was reclassified as confirmed cases, and 293 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 298 active confirmed cases in the country (214 imported), 5 in critical/serious condition (all imported), 293 asymptomatic cases (272 imported), 2 suspect cases (both imported). 10,840 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 4/13, 175.623M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 3.695M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 4/14, Hong Kong reported 5 new cases, 4 imported & 1 domestic (source of infection identified).

  5. 5.

    Cermet

    @OzarkHillbilly: Nice thought; too bad we have repug’s rather than rational people – give up as long as money can be made, even if vast numbers of people die, is par for the course.

  6. 6.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 1,889 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 365,829 cases. He also reports eight new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,353 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.39% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 16,696 active and contagious cases; 204 are in ICU, 79 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 1,485 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 347,780 patients recovered – 95.07% of the cumulative reported total.

    Seven new clusters were reported today: Jalan Khidmat and Batu Sepuluh in Sabah; Jalan Mohd Taib and Jalan Sahadi in Selangor; Jalan Sempilai in Penang; Permatang Berangan in Kedah; and Jalan Gapam in Melaka.

    Jalan Sahadi is a community cluster. The rest are workplace clusters.

    1,883 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 515 local cases: 72 in older clusters, eight in Jalan Mohd Taib and Jalan Sahadi clusters, 299 close-contact screenings, and 136 other screenings. Sarawak reports 488 local cases: 173 in existing clusters, 255 close-contact screenings, and 50 other screenings.

    Kelantan reports 226 cases: 58 in existing clusters, 120 close-contact screenings, and 48 other screenings.

    Sabah reports 141 local cases: 47 in older clusters, 23 in Batu Sepuluh and Jalan Khidmat clusters, 47 close-contact screenings, and 24 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 132 local cases: five in existing clusters, 75 close-contact screenings, and 52 other screenings.

    Penang reports 92 cases: 15 in older clusters, two in Jalan Sempilai cluster, 52 close-contact screenings, and 23 other screenings. Johor reports 64 cases: 16 in existing clusters, 42 close-contact screenings, and 26 other screenings. Perak reports 56 cases: 21 in existing clusters, 27 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings. Kedah reports 53 cases: five in older clusters, 27 in Permatang Berangan cluster, 14 close-contact screenings, and seven other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 51 cases: 31 in existing clusters, five close-contact screenings, and 15 other screenings.

    Terenggau reports 14 cases: 13 in existing clusters, and one other screening. Pahang reports 13 cases: 10 in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and two other screenings. Putrajaya reports eight cases: two in existing clusters, five close-contact screenings, and one other screening. Melaka reports six cases: four in Jalan Gapam cluster, one close-contact screening, and one other screening. Perlis reports three cases: two close-contact screenings, and one other screening. And Labuan reports one case, in an existing cluster.

    Six new cases today are imported: two in Kuala Lumpur, two in Selangor, one in Sabah, and one in Sarawak.

    The deaths reported today are a 78-year-old woman in Sarawak with diabetes and hypertension; a 70-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with liver cancer and Brown-Sequard syndrome; another 78-year-old woman in Sarawak with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 79-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, stroke, tuberculosis, and thoracic aorta ectasia; a 60-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension and gout; a 55-year-old man in Sarawak with diabetes, hypertwnsion, dyslipidaemia, and chronic kidney disease; an 89-year-old woman in Selangor with no co-morbidities listed; and a 45-year-old non-Malaysian man in Sabah with no co-morbidities listed.

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    Sloane Ranger

    Tuesday in the UK we had 2472 new cases. This is down by just under 900 from Monday’s figure and a decrease of 15.3% in the rolling 7-day average. The percentage decrease is getting smaller every day, not sure what, if anything, that signifies. New cases by nation,

    England – 2070 (down @1000)

    Northern Ireland – 112 (up 15)

    Scotland – 221 (up 22)

    Wales – 69 (19).

    Deaths – There were 23 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is an INCREASE of 13.7% in the rolling 7-day average. Deaths by nation, England – 18, Scotland – 3, Wales – 2 and Northern Ireland – 0. During the week ending 2 April there were 450 deaths where COVID was mentioned as a cause of death on the Death Certificate.

    Testing – On Monday, 12 April, 874,399 tests were conducted. this is an increase of 7.7% in the rolling 7-day average. The estimated PCR testing capacity reported by labs on this date was 650,245.

    Hospitalisations – On Sunday, 11 April 2537 people were in hospital. On Monday, 12th 377 people were on ventilators. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions as of 7 April was down 19.7%.

    Vaccinations – As of 12 April, a total of 32,250,481 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 7,857,396 had had both. This means that 61.2% of the UK adult population had received 1 dose and 14.9% were fully vaccinated.

  10. 10.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @raven: Nice story. My niece was teaching in Sendai back then. She was face timing with her half sister when the earthquake hit. IIRC, it was 3 days before we knew she was still alive. It’s hard to believe that was 10 years ago.

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    satby

    How things go in the red states: one of the asshole mask refusenik MAGA hats at the market is rumored to be out with covid (he may live in MI, most of the farmers do). He’s in his mid to late 70s and an avid “plandemic” believer, worked in the office and basically had contact with every vendor and a lot of customers. Right wing jeebus will protect him, it’s nature’s way to “cull the herd”.

    I don’t want the guy to die, but I hope he’s severely ill enough to get a good scare. And of course, no one notified us we had been exposed.

  12. 12.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY stats:

    New cases = 197
    Confirmed active cases = 3340.

    3.2% test positivity now. Deaths at 1211 now

    42.4% of Monroe County has had at least 1 vaccine dose.
    29.4% are totally vaccinated.

    I’m now one of the 29.4% that’s totally vaccinated. The Funky Cold Moderna knocked me on my keister last night; I’m hoping to recover by tomorrow because I have a lot to do at work.

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    Soprano2

    My county  of Greene has hit all of their goals to move into the “yellow” phase of their COVID plan, which is scheduled to happen on Friday. The 7-day average of cases is 18, there are 31 COVID patients in our county hospitals (they may not be from Greene County, either, because we serve all of the surrounding counties), and 25.6% of eligible adults are fully vaccinated. That means the mask mandate stays, but most capacity limitations are removed for venues below 500 people. I figure we won’t meet the “green” phase goals until sometime this summer – the 7-day average has to be below 20 cases, fewer than  20 people in the hospital with COVID, and 50% of the eligible population vaccinated. That last one will be the hardest goal to reach, I think.

    The not-so-good news – Branson is removing their mask mandate this Friday “just because it’s time”. More like “it’s time for the tourists to come, and we don’t want to make them wear face masks”. They are “encouraging” businesses to “encourage” people to wear face masks, but we all know how that will work – no one will do it because there’s no rule that says they have to. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

  16. 16.

    Bill Arnold

    Some vaccine humor.

    yeah so pfizer is more of a body high and moderna’s a little heady and better for like creativity and studying— wingtip (@itswingtip) April 10, 2021

    Short thread (parody of techbros):

    What the covid shot taught me is that every time I've been really sick in my life, it was my immune reaction that was making me feel like death warmed over, not whatever innocent virus I had previously blamed. I feel so betrayed. Why *was* I hitting myself?— Pinboard (@Pinboard) April 13, 2021

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