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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday / Monday, May 23-24

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  1. 1.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY stats:

    102 new cases – 65.6% were people under 40, including 35 children between 0 and 19. Children under 10 had the most reported new cases, followed by adults in their 30s.

    There were no other statistics reported yesterday.

  3. 3.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 5/23 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Guangdong Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic case.

    • Guangzhou reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, the spouse of the domestic confirmed case reported on 5/22, and has been under centralized quarantine since 5/21. There currently are 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases, both at Liwan District. As of 6 PM on 5/23, 128,072 individuals have been swabbed, 115,573 tests completed. Genomic analysis of viral samples taken from the cases show B.1.617 variant first detected in India. The authorities believe the cases are connected to some kind of importation, but transmission chain is unclear. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.
    • Shenzhen reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic case, both at Yantian Port. Both cases are also dock workers, found via screening of all employees after the initial asymptomatic case reported in 5/21. The 2 cases had boarded the same international cargo ship on 5/17 as the 2 previously reported asymptomatic cases, but also work in the same area at the port and live in the same dormitory. Genomic analysis of viral samples taken from the 4 cases show extremely high degree of matching, indicating the 4 cases are from the same cluster.

     

    Anhui Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation & 1 suspect case was ruled out as suspect case. There are 5 domestic confirmed & 10 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Liu’an, 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation & 1 suspect case was ruled out as suspect case. The city currently has 5 domestic confirmed & 10 domestic asymptomatic cases there. A shopping center & 5 residential compound are currently at Medium Risk. 
    • Hefei currently has 2 domestic confirmed cases, both traveling sales people who conduct photography seminars. A hotel remains at Medium Risk.

     

    Liaoning Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case. There are 14 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Yingkou currently has 10 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 4 villages & 7 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.
    • Shenyang reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a traced close contact who had traveled w/ family to Bayuquan District in Yingkou over the May 1st break, and has been under centralized quarantine since 5/17. The city currently has 4 domestic confirmed cases there. 4 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.

     

    In Yunnan Province, 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 9 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Imported Cases

    On 5/23 China reported 18 new imported confirmed cases, 18 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 3 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Cambodia & 1 from Russia
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 3 confirmed case (1 previously asymptomatic), 2 Chinese nationals returning from Tanzania (via Amsterdam Schiphol) & 1 from Egypt; 1 asymptomatic cases, a Chinese national returning from Nigeria (via Frankfurt)
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 3 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Indonesia, France & Cameroon (via Istanbul); 10 asymptomatic cases, 3 Chinese nationals each returning from Cambodia & Indonesia, & 1 each from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman & France
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Italy (via Lisbon) & Pakistan; 3 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Pakistan
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic)
    • Hohhot in Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region – 1 confirmed case, off a flight diverted from Beijing, no further information released
    • Harbin in Heilongjiang Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from Japan
    • Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from the Philippines
    • Jiangsu Province (location not specified) – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case, a Taiwanese resident coming from Taiwan
    • Changsha in Hunan Province – 1 confirmed & 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Lanzhou in Gansu Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from Russia
    • Jining in Shandong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Bangladesh; the case had arrived at Guangzhou in Guangdong Province on 5/7, passed through 14 days of centralized quarantine and tested negative on RT-PCT twice, upon release from quarantine on 5/21 the case flew to Jinan in Shandong Province and then was transferred to Jining and re-entered centralized quarantine, the case tested negative on RT-PCR (spit & anal swabs) on 5/22 but positive on 5/23

     

    Overall in China, 8 confirmed cases recovered, 8 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 2 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 736 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 325 active confirmed cases in the country (294 imported), 3 in serious condition (all imported), 388 asymptomatic cases (363 imported), 2 suspect case (1 imported). 6,308 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 5/23, 510.858M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 13.586M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 5/24, Hong Kong reported 1 new case, domestic (a Filipino domestic worker, source of infection not yet identified).

  4. 4.

    Brachiator

    The Vons Supermarket in my neighborhood is advertising walk-in Covid vaccines, and offering 10 percent off on groceries as a bonus.

  6. 6.

    NotMax

    Prudent move.

    The 98th Maui Fair is canceled again this year due to ongoing public health concerns related to the continued presence of COVID-19 in the community.
    [snip]
    …even with the increasing number of those vaccinated in Maui, the risk for cluster spread of the virus remains too high to hold the Maui Fair this year. The event was eyed for Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2021, but will not proceed this year.

    The four-day event was also canceled in 2020 at the request of the County of Maui, due to public health concerns related to the pandemic.… Source

  7. 7.

    rikyrah

    The whole Mount Everest thing is crazy
    That shyt needs to be broken up by the government. Tell all those folks to leave

  9. 9.

    Barbara

    @rikyrah: ​
     In this case, the government has too much in common with the climbing operations, in that it derives much of its revenue from the Everest mania. Yes, it’s awful.

  10. 10.

    Cermet

    So the lead on the magazine Scientific American is what will be the next Pandemic. Fungus infections. The worse part is – as we are seeing in India – it has already started. The problem is fungi have gotten a foothold and develop immunity to our handful of drugs because modern medicine is too good. Immune compromised people are now surviving in large numbers thanks to the array of drugs that protect these people from bacteria. But this makes them open to fugus infections, which too many contracted. Over the years this has allowed fungi to develop the ability to defeat the tiny handful of anti-fungi drugs we have. So now the world is wide open for these devastating pathogens to run ramped once anyone’s own immune system is weaken by a simple illness or not so simple.

    Welcome to the new world

  12. 12.

    Mousebumples

    @NotMax: sorry to hear that it’s canceled! I was able to check out the Maui Fair in 2013,when we happened to be on the island when it was going on. Awesome plants, and fun for this wisconsin girl to see the livestock that was being presented!

  13. 13.

    NotMax

    @Mousebumples

    The inner cynic surmises astronomical rate increase quotes from their insurer(s) a major contributing factor.

    Whole shebang a shadow of its former self since the previous fairgrounds, where it was held for most of the last century, was sold off for commercial business development. Fair has since been held in cramped quarters (maybe 1/20th the former acreage), officially designated a “temporary location” for around 25 years now.

  14. 14.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 6,509 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 518,600 cases. He also reports 61 new deaths today, another new record, for a cumulative total of 2,309 deaths — 0.45% of the cumulative reported total, 0.50% of resolved cases.

    As of yesterday, the seven-day moving average for Malaysia’s R0/Rt had risen to 1.21.

    There are currently 60,018 active and contagious cases; 711 are in ICU, 369 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 3,452 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 456,273 patients recovered – 87.98% of the cumulative reported total.

    20 new clusters were reported today: Jalan Tengkorak, Jalan Bestari Satu, Jalan Dato Sellathevan Empat, and Jalan Jed in Selangor; Wakaf Tembesu in Terengganu; Jalan Todak and Jalan Perindustrian Bukit Minyak in Penang; Jalan Usaha Tujuh and Industri Pengkalan Balak in Melaka; Jalan Akik, Jalan Ehsan Jaya, and Dermaga Sembilan in Johor; Deluxe and Kampung Padawan in Sabah; Kampung Pangkal Payung in Kelantan; Taman Teratai in Pahang; Patau-Patau in Labuan; Landai Permai in Kuala Lumpur; Taman Setia Jaya in Negeri Sembilan; and Kilometer Enam Jalan Lipis in Pahang and Kuala Lumpur.

    Jalan Akik, Deluxe, Kampung Padawan, Kampung Pangkal Payung, Taman Teratai, and Patau-Patau are community clusters. Kilometer Enam Jalan Lipis is an education cluster at a Ministry of Education school. Jalan Ehsan Jaya, Landai Permai, and Taman Setia Jaya are religious clusters. Jalan Jed is a high-risk group cluster. Dermaga Sembilan is an import cluster. The rest are workplace clusters.

    6,971 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 2,049 cases: 111 in clusters, 1,536 close-contact screenings, and 402 other screenings. Sarawak reports 530 cases: 39 in clusters, 371 close-contact screenings, and 120 other screenings.

    Kuala Lumpur reports 467 local cases: 68 in clusters, 277 close-contact screenings, and 122 other screenings. Johor reports 449 local cases: 63 in clusters, 239 close-contact screenings, and 147 other screenings. Kelantan reports 451 cases: 81 in clusters, 296 close-contact screenings, and 74 other screenings.

    Penang reports 384 cases: 75 in clusters, 186 close-contact screenings, and 123 other screenings. Kedah reports 348 cases: 34 in clusters, 183 close-contact screenings, and 131 other screenings. Melaka reports 329 cases: 199 in clusters, 83 close-contact screenings, and 47 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 329 cases: 73 in clusters, 145 close-contact screenings, and 111 other screenings.

    Terengganu reports 263 cases: 109 in clusters, 126 close-contact screenings, and 28 other screenings. Pahang reports 257 cases: 76 in clusters, 139 close-contact screenings, and 42 other screenings. Perak reports 231 cases: 40 in clusters, 118 close-contact screenings, and 73 other screeings.

    Sabah reports 184 cases: 68 in clusters, 68 close-contact screenings, and 48 other screenings. Labuan reports 171 cases: 105 in clusters, 43 close-contact screenings, and 23 other screenings.

    Putrajaya reports 40 cases: 36 close-contact screenings, and four other screenings. Perlis reports seven cases: five close-contact screenings, and two other screenings.

    20 new cases today are imported: 19 in Johor, all in Dermaga Sembilan cluster, and one in Kuala Lumpur.

  15. 15.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @rikyrah: The whole Mount Everest thing is crazy

    It’s always been. The trails at the top are covered with dead bodies that can’t be brought down, they just climb right over them. It’s basically the 1% at their self destructive stupid douchist.

  17. 17.

    Ramalama

    “Moderna and Pfizer are like Mercedes and BMW. You don’t turn down a Mercedes. You don’t turn down a BMW.”

    I got the Chevy version. And now Canada’s recalled the Chevies for the time being.

  18. 18.

    Fair Economist

    @NotMax: I think it’s a mistake to cancel an event in early October in Hawaii. I think transmission will be minimal then. If rates go up again, it’s going to be with us forever, so why cancel for a permanent situation?

  19. 19.

    Sloane Ranger

    Sunday in the UK we had 2235 new cases. This is an increase of 11.3% in the rolling 7-day average. This is probably an undercount, due to weekend reporting delays. New cases by nation,

    England – 1734 (down 508)

    Northern Ireland – 77 (down 5)

    Scotland – 378 (up 8)

    Wales – 46 (Wales does not report on Saturday’s).

    Deaths – There were 5 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 43.2% in the rolling 7-day average. 3 deaths were in England and 2 in Wales.

    Testing – Not updated at weekends.

    Hospitalisations – Not updated at weekends.

    Vaccinations – As of 22 May a total of 37,943,681 people had received the 1st dose of a vaccine and 22,643,417 had received both. In percentage terms this means that 72% of all adults in the UK have had 1 shot and 43% were fully vaccinated.

  20. 20.

    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland — 313 new cases reported, no new deaths, test positivity rate is up to 2.8%. There were some IT problems this weekend again so the numbers may not be complete. Hospitalisations and ICU occupancy numbers are creeping up slowly but they’re not anywhere near becoming a serious problem in terms of capacity. Yet.

     

    Vaccinations in the past 24 hours are a little down at about 36,000 with second doses predominating as usual. The slight drop in numbers is normal on weekends. The Scottish government is pushing hard to get people to turn up to get vaccinated when appointments are made but there are some indications more and more people are not attending when asked to do so. There could be different reasons for this, from the difficulty of getting to some vaccination centres especially at weekends when public transport is not available, problems with rescheduling an appointment and of course vaccine hesitancy.

  21. 21.

    Kayla Rudbek

    Minnesota is planning on running its State Fair this year (end of August through Labor Day) which is far too soon in my opinion. It puts about half of the state population into a small area, and then there are visitors and vendors from out of state as well.

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