.@Schwarzenegger: “There is a virus here, it kills people. The only way we prevent it is to get vaccinated, wear masks, (etc) and not just think ‘well my freedom is being disturbed here.’ No. Screw your freedom, because with freedom comes obligation and responsibilities.” https://t.co/3Bbtv2Ad2q
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) August 11, 2021
For those wondering: The 3rd dose should be given 28 days or later after the 2nd doses of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The amended EUAs don't spell out in detail who is eligible — solid organ transplant recipients & people who are equivalently immunocompromised. https://t.co/atdFbokGcF
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 13, 2021
With the first vaccinations I had to wait behind “essential workers” like bartenders & real estate agents, behind everyone over 65, & was lumped together w people whose health problem was smoking
This is smarter, bc we’re more likely to be hosts for mutations to new variants https://t.co/vLtUR2rh29
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) August 13, 2021
New hospital admissions in the US due to COVID-19 rose +29.6% from a week ago. pic.twitter.com/OzuTZwwc0Z
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) August 13, 2021
The United States is now reporting 122,788 new coronavirus cases per day, the highest seven-day average since February 5, according to data from @CNN and Johns Hopkins University.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 12, 2021
The US reported +143,537 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, the highest number since January 30, bringing the total to over 37.2 million. The 7-day moving average rose to 125,557 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/I1w2kktSlm
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) August 13, 2021
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India reports 40,120 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours https://t.co/8nXndY3GGS pic.twitter.com/zhi40sxO0P
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 13, 2021
India set for huge boost in COVID vaccine supplies – ruling party chief https://t.co/La5dKGxcii pic.twitter.com/Z5xFHLjDNw
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 13, 2021
India expects to get about 266 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in August as a simpler licensing process has helped the government secure far more than earlier expected, the president of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party said on Friday.
Late last month, a senior government official told reporters that the government could only count on getting about 150 million doses in August.
Since then, India’s drug regulator has approved the Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) vaccine – though the company has not yet committed to a delivery schedule – and commercial production of Russia’s Sputnik V in India could start too…
Writing in a column for the Times of India daily, Jagat Prakash Nadda, president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, credited Modi for making it easier for vaccine makers to get approval.
“Among the many significant decisions taken by the PM is simplifying compulsory licensing policy to speed up vaccine production,” Nadda wrote…
India wants to vaccinate its entire adult population of 944 million by the end of this year. It has so far administered 528.6 million doses, giving at least one dose to about 44% of its adults, while 12% have had the required two doses.
India is the world’s biggest vaccine maker, thanks to the Serum Institute of India. The company stopped all exports of COVID-19 shots in April as the government asked it to divert supplies to the domestic inoculation drive as infections surged…
India has reported 32.11 million COVID-19 infections, the most after the United States, with about 430,000 deaths, though experts say these are gross underestimates.
The Tokyo Olympics have ended, but it’s still vacation season in Japan and many people are ignoring government requests to avoid travel and gathering at bars and restaurants even as the coronavirus spikes. Japan’s daily COVID-19 cases have topped 10,000. https://t.co/JdTRM114BF
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 13, 2021
South Koreans told to cut holiday travel, work remotely amid rising COVID wave https://t.co/iH0jwfqNlq pic.twitter.com/PSyxyz6Brk
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 13, 2021
Thailand reports second day of record coronavirus cases https://t.co/vrq0j5S3mX pic.twitter.com/Ubm5jyE6Zv
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 13, 2021
Indonesian ferry turns floating isolation centre for COVID-19 patients https://t.co/Ihobm3Ge7O pic.twitter.com/CWQ6kn9mWI
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 13, 2021
Philippines extends travel ban for 10 countries over Delta concerns https://t.co/bM8KZqziGx pic.twitter.com/kSmVPT3Pnm
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 13, 2021
More defense personnel could begin patrolling Sydney from next week to help ensure compliance of lockdown rules as officials warned of a surge in cases in Australia's largest city after it reported its biggest daily rise in infections yet https://t.co/GxmJTGtKE8 pic.twitter.com/BcL5AwRyEp
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 13, 2021
Australia is seeing a surge in #DeltaVariant driven #COVID19 — and 15% of hospital admissions in Sydney are children.
15%.https://t.co/flnk165v8H— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 12, 2021
'Russia has confirmed 6,512,859 cases of #COVID19 and 167,241 deaths, according to the national #coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus #pandemic is around 531,000.'https://t.co/tlnwg3IhQo pic.twitter.com/oYdByFgW6i
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 12, 2021
Russia reported 21,932 new coronavirus cases and a new pandemic record of 808 deaths on Thursday https://t.co/MQOW2WrJhS
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) August 12, 2021
Germany fears thousands got saline injection, not Covid vaccine from nurse https://t.co/tUJLFy2ArU
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 12, 2021
British scientists warn that summer fun after the lifting of pandemic restrictions will lead to a fall spike in COVID-19 cases unless enough people are vaccinated. https://t.co/CKHlsqS5hW
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) August 12, 2021
Global Opinions: Africa’s vaccine shortages and the global apathy about protecting Black lives https://t.co/CEQj24mScP
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 10, 2021
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An in-depth examination of lung damage caused by Covid19 has opened a new window of scientific understanding https://t.co/BVRdl1SucT via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 12, 2021
Those who are pregnant should get vaccinated against Covid-19, the CDC recommended on Wednesday. New research shows the shots do not increase risk of miscarriage, the agency said. https://t.co/RQCQqb6bhI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 12, 2021
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Delta deaths.
With rare exceptions, people we have lost unnecessarily pic.twitter.com/gX5TeAOHIh— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 12, 2021
Florida & Texas account for nearly 40% of new coronavirus hospitalizations. In central Florida 30 children are hospitalized, 6 in intensive care. In Houston, a health official warns if the surge continues “there's no way my hospital can handle this” https://t.co/G4wnFijEwC
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 12, 2021
People entering New Orleans indoor venues like restaurants and music halls will soon have to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine or recent negative test, the mayor says. Louisiana is a virus hot spot and has among the nation's worst vaccination rates. https://t.co/f81qGcyj4A
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 12, 2021
Genuinely good news:
Chicago health officials say Lollapalooza was not a superspreader event, with 203 coronavirus cases linked to the four-day music festival and no hospitalizations or deaths. Attendees were required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. https://t.co/0uoRpjIwDi
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 12, 2021
Thread:
South Dakota has had a massive amount of infections
Just massive
More than half of all South Dakotans have likely been previously infected
Causing enormous suffering for the people of South Dakota
Here are death rates for SD versus ND and Wyoming pic.twitter.com/wklw084i2x
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) August 13, 2021
So, probably 75% – 80% of all South Dakotans have some immunity to SARS-CoV2
Likely among the highest in US
So that's interesting
But what’s the stress test?
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally!
It brings 500K – 600K people together in South Dakota
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) August 13, 2021
So here's how to think about this
1. SD has high population immunity
2. SD about to stress test its population immunity
3. If we don't see a spike, it may mean that this level of immunity can allow for a mass gathering
I'm worried its going to turn out badly
End
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) August 13, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY website says 145 new cases on 8/12, 4.5% test positivity. According to the CDC Covid tracker we’re a High Risk county now.
177 new cases based on NYS Dept of Health website.
YY_Sima Qian
On 8/12 China reported 47 new domestic confirmed cases (13 previously asymptomatic), 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases & 1 domestic suspect case.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild, a Chinese national), at Ruili in Dehong Prefecture. 5 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 49 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases there. 1 community at Ruili remains at High Risk. 1 zone & 3 sites at Ruili, & 1 village at Longchuan County, remain at Medium Risk.
Jiangsu Province reported 26 new domestic confirmed cases. 9 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 719 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hunan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases. There are currently are 105 active domestic confirmed (including 3 serious) & 18 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Henan Province reported 14 new domestic confirmed (12 previously asymptomatic), 2 new domestic asymptomatic & 1 new domestic suspect cases. There are currently 151 active domestic confirmed, 2 active domestic asymptomatic & 1 active domestic suspect cases in the province.
Hubei Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 83 active domestic confirmed & 72 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Beijing Municipality there currently are 9 active domestic confirmed cases, all connected to the outbreak at Zhangjiajie in late Jul. 2 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.
At Hulun Buir in Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case (at Hailar), who had stayed at the same floor in same hotel at the same time as the confirmed case reported by Yinchuan. 1 residential compound has been elevated to Medium Risk.
At Haikou in Hainan Province there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases, a person who had crossed paths w/ the party from Huai’an in Jiangsu Province on company outing at Jingzhou high speed rail station & a worker at the airport. The two are unlikely to be connected. 2 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
At Ningbo in Zhejiang Province there is 1 domestic asymptomatic case, a dock worker at the port there.
Imported Cases
On 8/12, China reported 52 new imported confirmed cases (20 previously asymptomatic), 29 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 51 confirmed cases recovered, 13 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 33 were reclassified as confirmed cases, & 3,716 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,884 active confirmed cases in the country (733 imported), 62 in serious condition (12 imported), 499 active asymptomatic cases (391 imported), 3 suspect cases (2 imported). 48,244 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/12, 1,832.45M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 12.212M doses in the past 24 hrs. 777.056M individuals have been fully vaccinated in the country, or 55% of the population.
On 8/13, Hong Kong reported 5 new positive case, all imported (1 each from Switzerland, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & the US).
Brachiator
On a morning AM Southern California radio show, a 20 something intern noted that people she knew were paying as much as $200 for faked Covid vaccination cards.
It has become a stubborn ego thing for a small group of people. The intern quoted one person as saying “If I haven’t got the virus by now, I am never going to get it. And no one can make me get the vaccine.”
The defiance is now the entire point.
Cermet
That Covid can re-infect someone that had it originally and the infection can still kill would, you’d think, convince people to get the vaccine but no, this is amerika. Home of the fox lunatics.
satby
Not really surprised by the Lollapalooza numbers. They were pretty rigid about requiring vaccine proof or a recent negative test and I know kids who got the vaccine just so they could attend. Not hard anti-vaxxers, just not motivated to hurry up about getting it until there was a hard deadline.
lowtechcyclist
The thing is, even if South Dakota handles its stress test well, (a) most of the people at Sturgis are from other, less immunized states, and (b) South Dakota got there by having had one out of every 430 SD residents die of the plague.
terben
In Australia today the story is all about the outbreak in NSW.Of the 418 new cases, 391 were in NSW. The 7 day average in NSW is 327. The numbers in NSW are increasing, if only gradually. The national cumulative total is now 38,168 cases. Only 15 new cases in Victoria, down from 27 yesterday and in Queensland, 8 down from 11.There were 2 deaths in NSW, bringing the state total to 93 and the national tally to 949.Nationally the figures for Hospitalized/ICU/Ventilated are (446/66/30) mostly in NSW (391/63/30)
Matt McIrvin
@satby: The reactions I’m seeing are driving me nuts, though: they’re evenly divided between “so we should throw away our masks, right?” and “LIES!!!!!”
Mousebumples
I see the am thread is up. I’ll move this comment there.
phdesmond
a pleasure to hear Arnold say, “you’re a schmuck for not wearing the mask.”
New Deal democrat
The Delta wave appears to have peaked in 4 of the States earliest hit – Arkansas, Missouri, Nevada, and Utah – and Oklahoma, also hit early, may be close to a peak. I still suspect the nationwide peak will be about Labor Day. How much is simply massive unconfirmed infection rates, and how much is behavioral changes induced by panic is completely unknown. Hoping it is the former.
Glad to see the thread about South Dakota and Sturgis. Agree that it is an acid test.
WereBear
This is a GIANT consideration, as it is a far higher risk of dying than the vaccinated…
But it only occurs to people who THINK and I’m concluded that is somehow painful for so many…
The un-examined life scares them.
Ohio Mom
One proof that vaccine resistors are stupid and lazy is that it should be pretty simple to make a fake ID. It’s just black print on white card stock, it’s not like a driver’s license with all sorts of security features.
They are paying $200! for something you could do yourself with a good copy machine and an exacto knife and a few other odds and ends in every beginning art student’s tool box.
I guess there is some justice in them getting taken.
On another note, Godspeed, Jimmy Carter. You more than fulfilled your human duties here on earth.
WereBear
@satby: Which can, and should, be compared with Sturgis…
satby
@Matt McIrvin: Masking is supposed to be indoors primarily, so the first reaction is stupid. The second makes no sense, what are they lying about: incidence of infection being low or the existence of covid at all?
Vaccines work; it may probably turn out that even at Lollapalooza the infections were mostly in the unvaccinated negative tested attendees.
New Deal democrat
@lowtechcyclist: All absolutely true, but we’re talking about the USA here. Among the realistically available options, if SD has herd immunity or close to it because 50% or more of the population had an infection unconfirmed by the official numbers is the best one.
It would mean, for example, that the hardest hit Delta States might also be approaching herd immunity.
In short, Democrats getting vaccinated, and GOPers getting the virus as quickly as possible and getting it over with may be our least worst outcome.
satby
@WereBear: Epidemiologists certainly will.
satby
@terben: How’s vaccination coming along there?
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports a record 21,468 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 1,363,683 cases. He also reports 277 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 11,968 deaths — 0.88% of the cumulative reported total, 1.07% of resolved cases.
There are currently 241,187 active and contagious cases; 1,075 are in ICU, 537 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 17,025 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 1,110,528 patients recovered – 81.44% of the cumulative reported total.
41 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 4,120 clusters. 1,293 clusters are currently active; 2,827 clusters are now inactive.
21,443 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 7,447 local cases: 433 in clusters, 3,627 close-contact screenings, and 3,387 other screenings.
Kuala Lumpur reports 2,165 local cases: 94 in clusters, 1,033 close-contact screenings, and 1,038 other screenings.
Kedah reports 1,807 cases: 36 in clusters, 1,098 close-contact screenings, and 673 other screenings. Sabah reports 1,654 cases: 31 in clusters, 956 close-contact screenings, and 667 other screenings. Johor reports 1,484 local cases: 329 in clusters, 757 close-contact screenings, and 398 other screenings. Penang reports 1,316 cases: 156 in clusters, 437 close-contact screenings, and 723 other screenings. Kelantan reports 1,088 cases: 108 in clusters, 704 close-contact screenings, and 276 other screenings.
Negeri Sembilan reports 972 local cases: 151 in clusters, 469 close-contact screenings, and 352 other screenings. Perak reports 939 local cases: 121 in clusters, 322 close-contact screenings, and 496 other screenings.
Melaka reports 722 local cases: 134 in clusters, 299 close-contact screenings, and 289 other screenings. Sarawak reports 715 cases: 90 in clusters, 419 close-contact screenings, and 206 other screenings.
Pahang reports 572 cases: 112 in clusters, 323 close-contact screenings, and 137 other screenings.
Terengganu reports 440 cases: 54 in clusters, 303 close-contact screenings, and 83 other screenings.
Putrajaya reports 66 cases: 45 close-contact screenings and 21 other screenings. Perlis reports 50 cases: seven in clusters, 36 close-contact screenings, and seven other screenings. Labuan reports six cases, all close-contact screenings.
25 new cases today are imported: 18 in Kuala Lumpur, two in Selangor, two in Negeri Sembilan, one in Johor, one in Perak, and one in Melaka.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 525,342 doses of vaccine on 12th August: 197,962 first doses and 327,380 second doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 26,388,905 doses administered: 16,545,384 first doses and 9,843,521 second doses. 50.7% of the population have received their first dose, while 30.1% are now fully vaccinated.
satby
Those two paths had drastically different costs in terms of death and disability which makes them not equivalent outcomes at all.
RSA
Is this true? I’ve read that “An Israeli study published in April shows people who got the natural infection have similar — and, by some metrics, slightly higher — immune protection than those who got the vaccine.”
Suzanne
@satby: It’s really encouraging about Lollapalooza. We can have nice things if everyone is forced (mandated!) to be an adult about it.
satby
@RSA: https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/why-covid-19-vaccines-offer-better-protection-than-infection.html
New Deal democrat
@satby: totally agree, but what if the better one is simply not available because 30% of the population absolutely refuses to get vaccinated? What do you propose then?
a thousand flouncing lurkers was fidelio
Here in Tennessee, we are looking at 5,507 new cases since the last daily update, 98 new hospitalizations, and 20 new deaths. The positive test rate statewide is 16.46% (some counties are as high as 24%) and there are 148 vacant ICU beds and a bit over 1,100 beds available in our hospitals—and nearly 20% of our counties don’t have hospitals. From the data I can see, no county is peaking yet, but we also haven’t hit the December 2020-January 2021 high yet.
We have a little over 100,000 new vaccinations in the past week, with 46.4% of the state fully vaccinated and 40.0% with at least 1 shot. So there’s that, plus we haven’t used all our ventilators.
The urban school districts are gearing for a fight over masking with the legislature, and our governor, Bill (Pious McDumbass) Lee, being a GQP bidnessman, will not help them. The lawsuits should be interesting.
Kay
Well written letter. She’s right, too. Public schools are different than other governmental entities. They can (and do) require all kinds of mandates. If health and safety is now optional, it’s all optional.
This is Toledo Public Schools- this language is what all Ohio schools use to justify school rules:
That’s all they need legally- “a safe and productive learning environment” justification for the rule- courts don’t want to micromanage public schools, and they won’t.
Kay
@a thousand flouncing lurkers was fidelio:
They really have to. It’s absolutely an imposition on their ability to run their schools. It’s a power grab by the state in an area (health and safety) where state government has always deferred to school government and they have to fight it. With the exception of one or two low quality judges they’ll win too- if they can’t mandate a mask they can’t mandate any other safety rules and they have to be able to.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Kay:
Unless asshole State Rep Mike Loychick gets his way with his legislation giving parents the ability to declare requiring masks “harassment” by schools, IIRC
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Well that’s mighty fine of SD to offer themselves in this potentially horrible gone wrong experiment on immunity.
On the other hand, SD have the immunity, not the bikers at the ralley.
Kay
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
THAT’S an especially dumb approach. I guess he ran into 150 years of rock-solid state law that says public schools can make rules so is trying this super-smart “end run”. Checkmate, libs.
They spent six months screaming that teachers unions were deliberately keeping schools closed because they’re lazy featherbedders and now they’re making it impossible for schools to open safely and in the process overturning the ability of the school to make and enforce ANY rule. Each individual student will just follow his or her own rules, depending on which rules their parents like.
These people are a goddamned menace. They make everyone’s life harder.
RSA
@satby: Thanks!
Kay
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
There’s a certain amount of buy-in to the “community” idea that is required when attending a public school. I was on a public school committee for five years and I watched this concept kind of erode among conservative parents, to the extent that they may not be able to use public schools because they simply can’t operate in a larger group where their “rights” may sometimes have to come second to the needs of the larger school community.
I don’t think they can attend public schools. They no longer recognize anyone else as a factor. Probably all have to home school. That way no one has to compromise, on anything.
YY_Sima Qian
@terben: Is there any plan to harden the lock down at NSW? Right now the state seems to be stuck in a purgatory of economically & socially damage lock down, yet Rt stubbornly around 1. Clearly loosening is not a viable option, given the still low vaccination rate.
Mousebumples
@Kay: i came here to post basically the same thing. If people want to read the letter –
rikyrah
@Brachiator:
$200 for something that is free??
rikyrah
@lowtechcyclist:
One of 430 DEAD ??
Platonicspoof
@RSA:
I’d like to believe the Israeli study (have only read the abstract), since I know people in S.D., and the rest of the world really needs vaccines.
Further reading from the CDC, courtesy of others here:
If you go to the link in the above blockquote, you can compare methodology, etc., but the consistent CDC message has been get vaccinated with at least one shot even if you’ve been infected.
WaterGirl
@Mousebumples: That is a great letter!
smith
Illinois finally set up a system to verify vaccination status, and the way they describe it, it seems like they expect it to be used to demonstrate that you’re vaccinated in settings that require it. Unfortunately, they are partnering with Experian to verify identity, so you have to have a credit rating to use it (!). What about all the people who have no credit history? The very poor, teenagers, undocumented immigrants?
Sloane Ranger
@Ohio Mom:
Has Jimmy Carter died? I haven’t heard/seen anything on the news!
VOR
@Kay: My local school district runs a Spanish immersion school. The parents are very organized and attend school board meetings as a group. At one meeting I attended, they had professionally printed signs, all repeated the same set of talking points, and wore matching t-shirts with a group logo.
Basically, they have managed to set up an exclusive school within a public school district. Limited attendance and a much higher cost per student than the other schools. Family members get preference so if child 1 gets in then child 2 is probably in too, thus tending to keep attendance within a smaller group.
They drove transportation policy too, because students for this school come from anywhere in the district, not geographically bound like the other schools. The one stat I remember was that my son’s elementary school had 4 bus lines while the smaller Spanish Immersion school had 17.
At one school board budget meeting, a woman claimed she had moved her family from Los Angeles to suburban Minnesota just so her son could learn Spanish. People openly laughed at that claim.
Sloane Ranger
Thursday in the UK we had 33,074 new cases but this includes Welsh cases from Wednesday as well as Thursday as they didn’t report on Wednesday due to a data issue. The rolling 7-day average is up by 8.6%. New cases by nation,
England – 28,093 (up 1446)
Northern Ireland – 1610 (up 143)
Scotland – 1525 (up 27)
Wales – 1846 (includes Wednesday’s cases).
Deaths – There were 94 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is an increase of 7.7% in the rolling 7-day average. 81 were in England, 3 in Northern Ireland, 8 in Scotland and 2 in Wales.
Testing – 842,591 tests were conducted on Wednesday, 11 August. This is a decrease of 1% in the rolling 7-day average. The PCR testing capacity reported by labs on that date was 710,603.
Hospitalisations – On Wednesday, 11 August there were 5909 people in hospital and 871 on ventilators. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions on 8 August was down by 5.4%.
Vaccinations – As of Wednesday, 11 August, 47,170,968 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 40,013,470 had received 2. This means that 89.2% of all adults in the UK had had 1 shot of a vaccine as of that date and 75.7% had had 2.
Ohio Mom
@Sloane Ranger: somebody (mouse bumples @9) put up and then quickly removed a comment that Jimmy Carter is on hospice. I didn’t have time to change my comment in response.
I don’t know what is going on but I won’t be surprised if Carter’s is dying, I don’t think anybody will be.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — 1,542 new cases of COVID-19 reported with eight new reported deaths of someone who had tested positive. Test positivity rate is 6.6%. Hospitalisations and ICU bed occupancy numbers are down slightly over the week.
Over 23,500 vaccinations were administered in Scotland yesterday (Thursday) with about 20% of those vaccinations being first doses. 76.6% of the adult population are now fully vaccinated with another 13.6% having received their initial dose of vaccine. Vaccine uptake in Scotland is slightly higher than the UK average for both first and second doses, but not by much.
Sloane Ranger
@Ohio Mom: Thanks. I thought it was odd. The UK media generally reports major news regarding US Presidents, even ex ones. In fact, if he is in a hospice, and that’s confirmed, I’m surprised they haven’t reported that.
charon
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8qQ-WQXoAQL-S2?format=jpg&name=medium
https://twitter.com/WesElyMD/status/1426111637380009986
Fair Economist
@New Deal democrat: I don’t think the apparent slowdowns in the early Delta states are all that good news. The UK had a turnaround, but it only lasted two weeks and cases are climbing again. Delta is so infectious that if immunity works like it does with other coronaviruses, reinfection may be possible after natural infection almost immediately. So it may just grind on and on.
Even in India infections continue at a substantial and steady rate, high enough to make COVID mortality a major cause of death, and that’s *with* public health measures many Republican states refuse.
Schools opening across the country won’t help, either.
J R in WV
@Amir Khalid:
Amir, how are you doing personally? Hope you and your friends and family are doing well, being careful, staying as safe as you can!
We’re doing OK in rural WV, staying home but for necessary trips to town, Dr, Dentist, groceries. Currently surrounded by thunderstorms, booming sound effects, not a drop of rain so far, but internet sat connection is varying from slow to no so far.
Best wishes from the low hills of WV ~!!~