BREAKING: U.S. reports 192,083 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase since January, and 1,803 new deaths
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) August 28, 2021
Vaccine update: One million doses reported today, more than half first shots.
Most since the 4th of July. 73% of adults & 61% of all Americans have their first shot.
— Andy Slavitt ??? (@ASlavitt) August 28, 2021
25 states have fully vaccinated more than half of their residents: CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, HI, IL, IA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, RI, VT, VA, WA, WI and Washington, D.C.
— David P Gelles (@gelles) August 27, 2021
With 57.3% of the population covered, the US now has a lower vaccination rate than China, the UK, Canada, and most Western European countries, and just above Cuba. pic.twitter.com/MJjYiB97YZ
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) August 28, 2021
Half of U.S. children ages 12-17 have gotten at least their first COVID-19 vaccine shot, offering new hope for the safety of school children. New studies also suggest there are safe ways for schools to open. https://t.co/H8LpIeuBrO
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 27, 2021
The US reported +1,291 new coronavirus deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 652,108. The 7-day moving average rose to 1,014 deaths per day, its highest level since March 24. pic.twitter.com/u6W4LWfw10
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) August 28, 2021
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WHO slams the 'shocking disparity' in access to vaccines. Only 4 African nations have been able to meet vaccine targets. "The vaccine crisis illustrates the fundamental weakness at the root of the pandemic," said WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus https://t.co/eOiBfTJ5wo pic.twitter.com/1OSAr0jOrb
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 27, 2021
India's new COVID-19 cases jump to two-month high https://t.co/iHmjpCQBk5 pic.twitter.com/XpnkMLed6X
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 28, 2021
Philippines' Duterte extends coronavirus curbs as cases hit new record high https://t.co/GlyoyskxXi pic.twitter.com/RZghP0mLvA
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 28, 2021
Australia logs record COVID-19 cases, driven by New South Wales https://t.co/pg8RCkADsN pic.twitter.com/KSdvLEqIDe
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 28, 2021
Russia recorded 64,000 excess deaths in July — taking the overall tally since the start of the pandemic to 600,000, second only to the U.S.https://t.co/Os6vDBST0P
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) August 28, 2021
Weekly reminder that cases in Spain keep going down, even after Delta took over.
Relative late roll-out (comparing with Israel, the UK and the US) and excellent vaccine acceptance has likely played a fundamental role. #VaccinesWork pic.twitter.com/roXoSPhuID
— Dr. Carlos Chaccour ??? (@carlos_chaccour) August 27, 2021
England gets ready for mass COVID inoculations for 12- to 15-year-olds https://t.co/e51zDi8nS3 pic.twitter.com/zWboPotXPk
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 28, 2021
South Africa will receive 2.2 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses from the United States to add to the 5.6 million doses it received from the U.S. in July. The new doses come as the country is racing to vaccinate 67% of its people by February next year. https://t.co/KLfG9xk6Ml
— AP Africa (@AP_Africa) August 27, 2021
Sudan receives over 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from France https://t.co/RUa9deYdcX pic.twitter.com/ThXdzeFbk1
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 28, 2021
The U.S. shared 188,370 doses of the Pfizer vaccine with El Salvador via #COVAX. Our vaccines do not come with strings attached. We are doing this with the singular objective of saving lives. pic.twitter.com/HYAU8siPDy
— Office of Global Affairs, HHS (@HHS_Global) August 27, 2021
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.@CDCgov Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended a three-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen for patients with weakened immune systems; allowing vaccine providers to offer an additional dose to their most vulnerable patients. https://t.co/c9e5b3DC3F
— AMA (@AmerMedicalAssn) August 27, 2021
Delta variant poses twice the risk of hospitalisation – study https://t.co/gt6p1wnPiK pic.twitter.com/cpOU0cueQH
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 28, 2021
Pediatricians say they are being deluged by calls from anxious parents, who are eager to get their children vaccinated against the virus that continues its deathly rampage, especially as the delta variant appears to exact a greater toll on kids. https://t.co/qzZHzq2Iyn
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 27, 2021
Covid, not vaccination, causes the biggest blood clot risk, a new study found. Scientists examined clotting & other blood events in 29M cases of vaccination w/ 1st dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaxxes. After 1st dose, risk rises briefly for adverse events https://t.co/JszoOkz508
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 27, 2021
Study, @CDCgov
"Among previously infected #Kentucky residents, those who were not #vaccinated were >twice as likely to be reinfected compared with those with full vaccination."
No, @SenRandPaul, #COVID19 infection doesn't protect as well as vaccination.https://t.co/Wp70qpk8ak— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 27, 2021
The U.S. government said on Friday it had confirmed the world's first cases of COVID-19 in deer, expanding the list of animals known to have tested positive for the disease. https://t.co/jwBAJcQe2n
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) August 27, 2021
Calls grow to discipline doctors who spreading coronavirus misinformation. A tiny number of doctors have had an outsize influence in spreading false information about Covid & vaccines https://t.co/bXhngekw8O
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 27, 2021
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This is so depressing. So infuriating.
New York’s rate was so high in part because it got hit so hard at the very beginning, before we had any idea how to treat — and of course before the vaccine.
Not the case for Mississippi. https://t.co/XTaBwrETAy
— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) August 28, 2021
Unbelievable. Over 3,400 people received a COVID-19 first dose with Harris County Public Health on Tuesday alone – a 706% increase compared to before our $100 incentive program. Let’s keep rolling, Harris County. Our nurses are being pushed to the limit – let’s have their back. pic.twitter.com/DlxOBTyQBQ
— Lina Hidalgo (@LinaHidalgoTX) August 26, 2021
University of Alabama sets out to vaccinate 70% of Black Belt by fall 2022 https://t.co/iGSnydt7Lm
— MontgomeryAdvertiser (@MGMAdvertiser) August 27, 2021
“I couldn’t believe we’re doing this again,” said Caroline Maloney, a nurse with nearly 30 years' experience. “We’ve closed the unit again, and here we are again.” Arizona is being hit by third surge of COVID as the state passes the 1 million case mark. https://t.co/LaPio7Y49Z
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 27, 2021
At a children’s hospital numerous young patients are struggling to breathe. A federal “surge team” is helping exhausted doctors & nurses through one of the most trying periods in the history of Children’s Hospital New Orleans https://t.co/lmCmKS02mI
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 27, 2021
BREAKING: A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask mandates. The judge agreed with a group of parents who claimed in a lawsuit that Gov. Ron DeSantis' ban on the mandates is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. https://t.co/OPU1K9MGg8
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 27, 2021
As more American businesses demand proof of #COVID19 #vaccination, more #China counterfeiters are faking the proof. How do you spot the fake? @CNBC presents: pic.twitter.com/oxQSqieR43
— Eunice Yoon (@onlyyoontv) August 27, 2021
.@allahpundit buries his own lead here https://t.co/KRx1SlGoWc
"Florida has recorded about as many cases in the past 48 hours as Australia has during the entire pandemic."
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 27, 2021
One thing to know about grifters is that they don't usually create new ideas; that's too hard, and the chance of success too low. Instead they try to surf the waves of existing ideas — to become the avatars and champions of the madness.
— Noah Smith ? (@Noahpinion) August 27, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY: 221 new cases; 4.1% test positivity.
Deaths have gone up to 1361 now, from 1351 a month ago.
And my employer is still planning on opening up the office next month for those people who want to come in 4 days a week.
I’m all the way live again after the 3rd Moderna shot.
That was some killer fatigue yesterday; I slept most of the day.
Tylenol helped with the chills and chattering teeth.
One of the houses I pass on the way to the Wholesale Club has a big sign on the lawn in favor of ivermectin. I guess it’s good that the idiots are standing up and identifying themselves.
[I had to edit this comment to correct some formatting issues. ~WG]
YY_Sima Qian
On 8/27 China reported 1 new domestic confirmed cases (0 previously asymptomatic) & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 24 active domestic confirmed cases there. 1 community at Ruili remains at High Risk. 1 village at Ruili remains at Medium Risk.
Jiangsu Province did not report any new positive confirmed cases. 50 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 365 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.
Hunan Province did not reported any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There are currently are 94 active domestic confirmed (including 1 serious) & 13 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Henan Province did not report any new domestic positive case. 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 96 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hubei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 78 active domestic confirmed (36 mild & 45 moderate) & 50 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Shanghai Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed cases in the city, 7 from the airport cluster & 2 from the hospital cluster. 5 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases
On 8/27, China reported 20 new imported confirmed cases (4 previously asymptomatic), 10 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 107 confirmed cases recovered (42 imported), 16 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (14 imported) & 3 were reclassified as confirmed cases (all imported), & 1,802 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,345 active confirmed cases in the country (657 imported), 10 in serious condition (8 imported), 453 active asymptomatic cases (380 imported), 2 suspect cases (both imported). 25,805 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/27, 2,019.549M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 15.635M doses in the past 24 hrs. > 880M individuals have been fully vaccinated as of end of 8/26.
On 8/28, Hong Kong reported 6 new positive cases, all imported (from Belgium, Myanmar, the Philippines, Azerbaijan, the UAE & the US, 3 of whom had been double vaccinated w/ BioNtech & 1 w/ the single shot J&J/Janssen).
OzarkHillbilly
Florida schools can mandate masks, judge rules
Geeeeee, ya think?
You mean the Republican governor of Florida is bound by Florida state law? That can’t be right.
Thirsty? Sorry, no water for you. The selfishly unvaccinated demand you sacrifice for their right to choose a long, expensive, and gruesome death. Sucks to be you.
OzarkHillbilly
As to the cartoon on top, Covid is the cure for stupid. Unfortunately it is not 100% efficacious.
Baud
I wish the the statistics could distinguish between innocent victims and the willfully unvaccinated.
Matt McIrvin
As much as I like a good bashing of Rand Paul, the Laurie Garrett tweet is not responding to his assertion. That result isn’t comparing prior infection to vaccination; it’s comparing prior infection without vaccination to prior infection plus vaccination.
New Deal democrat
Early in the Delta wave, the majority view was that, due to so many being vaccinated, deaths would not rise at anywhere near the rate of cases. I disagreed, and one month ago today, I wrote the following on this thread:
https://balloon-juice.com/2021/07/28/covid-19-coronavirus-updates-tuesday-wednesday-july-27-28/#comment-8238530
“Take cases, project 28 days forward, and that’s what deaths will look like in a month. One month from now, the US will be reporting about 1,000 deaths per day.”
In response to the counter-argument that the fatality rate would be lower than that, because since last winter so many people, especially senior citizens, had been vaccinated, I followed up with:
https://balloon-juice.com/2021/07/28/covid-19-coronavirus-updates-tuesday-wednesday-july-27-28/#comment-8238581
“Four weeks ago 47% of the US population was fully vaccinated. As of yesterday, 49.5% were. Not much a change.
“Four weeks ago at their nadir, cases averaged 11,300/day.
“Again, *nothing much has changed* vaccination-wise in the last 4 weeks. Almost the same percent of seniors are vaccinated now as then. In that time, cases have nearly quintupled. . . .
“At their nadir, about 3 weeks ago, deaths were 218 per day. *Nothing much has changed* about transmissibility or susceptibility in the last 4 weeks.
“Cases -> 2 weeks hospitalizations -> 2 weeks deaths. . . .
“Deaths will nearly quintuple over the next 4 weeks. QED.
“Bookmark this comment, and we will revisit at the end of August.”
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It is now one month later, at the end of August, so having bookmarked the comments, was my forecast on target or way off base?
As of today, the 7 day average of deaths is 1268, having surpassed 1000 6 days ago, or 25 days after the comment. One month ago, the average was 305, meaning that deaths now are 4.2x that rate, I.e., they nearly quintupled.
As the data has been revised, one month ago cases had risen 5.5x from their low. Deaths have now risen 5.7x from their low.
In short, expect deaths in the Delta wave in the US to keep pace with the increase in cases, or close thereto (vaccinations have increased slightly from 8 weeks ago), with a 3 to 4 week lag.
The only silver lining is that, if the US continues to follow the pattern of India, the U.K., and the Netherlands, cases may peak in a week or so. As of today, their w/w rate of increase has slowed to 8%.
rikyrah
All the States but two that have 50% of all adults vaccinated all but 2 were won by Biden??
Baud
The Covid dealth rate hit the sweet spot — high enough to be horrible, but not high enough to scare the bejeezus out of the dead enders.
New Deal democrat
@OzarkHillbilly: That their water supplies were limited, and they were ordered to conserve or boil water due to poor government planning is the type of thing that voters tend to remember on Election Day (ask former Chicago mayor Jane Byrne).
Oh, and endangering their children too.
Starfish
@Matt McIrvin: A lot of people not taking the vaccine are saying they are not taking the vaccine because they had a prior infection, so they are protected.
Studies like this are to convince them that they are better off taking the vaccine. What Rand Paul is doing is helping the unvaccinated dig in their heels.
Note that South Dakota was near herd immunity due to most of their people being infected. It is unclear to me how well that stood up to Sturgis.
Cermet
@New Deal democrat: Since Delta is far more contagious (and even for vaccinated who can spread it), and they say in the tweet in this thread, is twice as deadly, no surprise that now with almost half the US population vaccinated, the death rate is still rather high – however, far below our first wave peak but MD’s and Nurse’s have learned a great deal in treatment.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 22,597 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 1,685,510 cases. He also reports 252 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 15,802 deaths — 0.94% of the cumulative reported total, 1.12% of resolved cases.
There are currently 268,548 active and contagious cases; 986 are in ICU, 451 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 19,492 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 1,401,160 patients recovered – 83.13% of the cumulative reported total.
36 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 4,647 clusters. 1,468 clusters are currently active; 3,179 clusters are now inactive.
22,585 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 5,811 local cases: 415 in clusters, 2,744 close-contact screenings, and 2,652 other screenings.
Sabah reports 2,834 cases: 52 in clusters, 1,750 close-contact screenings, and 1,032 other screenings. Sarawak reports 2,425 local cases: 300 in clusters, 1,804 close-contact screenings, and 321 other screenings. Kedah reports 2,162 cases: 62 in clusters, 1,344 close-contact screenings, and 756 other screenings.
Penang reports 1,920 cases: 244 in clusters, 572 close-contact screenings, and 1,104 other screenings. Johor reports 1,895 local cases: 551 in clusters, 735 close-contact screenings, and 609 other screenings.
Kelantan reports 1,289 cases: 68 in clusters, 837 close-contact screenings, and 384 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 1,105 local cases: 119 in clusters, 469 close-contact screenings, and 517 other screenings. Perak reports 1,061 cases: 129 in clusters, 427 close-contact screenings, and 505 other screenings.
Terengganu reports 739 cases: 43 in clusters, 548 close-contact screenings, and 148 other screenings.
Pahang reports 579 cases: 63 in clusters, 427 close-contact screenings, and 89 other screenings.
Negeri Sembilan reports 345 cases: 56 in clusters, 156 close-contact screenings, and 133 other screenings.
Melaka reports 269 cases: 38 in clusters, 91 close-contact screenings, and 140 other screenings.
Perlis reports 98 cases: 21 in clusters, 30 close-contact screenings, and 47 other screenings. Putrajaya reports 48 cases: 32 close-contact screenings and 16 other screenings. Labuan reports five cases: four close-contact screenings and one other screening.
12 new cases today are imported: six in Kuala Lumpur, three in Selangor, two in Sarawak, and one Johor.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 343,900 doses of vaccine on 27h August: 141,492 first doses and 202,408 second doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 33,388,102 doses administered: 19,090,140 first doses and 14,297,962 second doses. 58.5% of the population have received their first dose, while 43.8% are now fully vaccinated.
raven
UGA professor resigns mid-class after student refuses to wear mask
OzarkHillbilly
From More COVID-19 shots, studies offer hope for US schools
Starfish
Hurricane Ida is going to hit Louisiana soon. Because the hospitals in the surrounding states are full of COVID patients, New Orleans can’t evacuate its hospitals. Are we going to end up like last time with patients dying due to heat, lack of water or electricity, or medical professionals deciding that it is time to kill the patients?
I am here for what @OzarkHillbilly said. I grew up in this area and still know a lot of people there. I was not even down there for Katrina and was traumatized by the whole thing.
Steeplejack (phone)
Shawn Fleek on Twitter:
Phylllis
We had as many positive cases in my little district this past week as we had in six months last school year. We are scrambling to hire two more school nurses, one to serve as the COVID case manager. In the past when we advertised for a school nurse, we were buried in applications, almost all of whom could be seriously considered for employment. This time, we’ve had three total, one of whom is closer to a ‘C’ candidate (not a chance in hell) than a ‘B’ candidate (maybe an overlooked gem). Our nurses are exhausted & we’ve only been in school two weeks.
raven
@Starfish: So what is the question?
Starfish
@raven: My mom, who has been sitting in New York for months with my younger sister who has cancer, wants to return to her home near the Mississippi gulf coast. How many trees will have fallen on her house when she returns in a few weeks after my sister has gotten her third Pfizer vaccine dose? ?
raven
@Starfish: I sure hope she stays put but I imagine she will for now. I have friends who have a place on Burgundy and, as Katrina approached, I told them not to worry. I’ll never make that mistake again.
New Deal democrat
@Starfish:
We are now at the time where hospital ER’s need to practice triage. And as far as I am concerned, that means unvaccinated adults who contracted COVID get put on a waiting list while those who need ER care due to no fault of their own get admitted.
This isn’t snark. I am deadly serious.
Matt McIrvin
@New Deal democrat: Sadly, in a lot of the Southern and Western red counties where the current wave is raging hardest, vaccination of the elderly is not actually all that high–yeah, they might have a bare majority of the over-65s, but not far beyond that. Averaging over the whole country makes the picture look better than it is. (The NYT maps are good for exploring that. I suspect that those maps are better than CovidActNow’s for actual vax percentages because they incorporate state data on top of the CDC’s, though there are some states that just get grayed out for insufficient data.)
I also suspect that people are far less likely to get tested for COVID once they’re vaccinated, which means that we’re not seeing the drop in case fatality rate one might expect because a lot of mild breakthrough cases are being missed entirely.
OzarkHillbilly
5 minute video telling of how he died.
Last words to the Doc: “I promised myself that after Afghanistan I’d never get in another helicopter again.”
Starfish
@New Deal democrat: How many people got infected at their jobs where they were unmasked due to their COVID-denying boss?
How many people are unvaccinated because they are rural, and the state health department did not have the funds to get out to them?
Someone I know has a father with cancer in Mississippi. His medical oncologist is a COVID-denier whose entire family is unvaccinated. ??♀️
How is triage going to work for Black folks when the majority of nurses are white?
debbie
@OzarkHillbilly:
We need a vaccine mandate, even if it’s at gunpoint.
Cermet
@OzarkHillbilly: Let me try and understand this situation; dis-regarding whether the patients did or didn’t get vaccinated (some. of course, did), we are evacuating thousands of amerikans, who willingly stayed in Kabul despite knowing the taliban were coming fast, via military transports – and, might I add – putting soldiers lives in extreme danger but can’t evacuate sick people from a major city IN THE FUCKING US of A that is about to get hit with a Cat III or even IV hurricane. Am I missing something here?
OzarkHillbilly
Nope, that pretty much sums it up.
debbie
@raven:
I hope that student is outed and made a symbol of the selfishness that perpetuates this pandemic. ?
New Deal democrat
@Matt McIrvin: All of what you say may be true, but in each of the three prior waves there were also a lot of mild cases missed due to people not getting tested – as is obvious from the historical % test positivity numbers.
New Deal democrat
@Starfish: In response, see comment number 24 right above yours.
FlyingToaster
@Cermet:
A) yes
B) because the nearest hospital that has remaining capacity for new patients, let alone COVID patients, is upwards of 1000 miles away. Multiply that by, say, 30 hospitals in southern Louisiana and Mississippi, and you’d be trying to evacuate patients to New England.
C) so the logistics of moving plague patients out of plague zones are functionally impossible, let alone all the other patients, which are being accepted if they can be stabilized enough to make the flight.
Raoul Paste
Cases are continuing to go down in Spain? Because of high vaccine acceptance?
That’s the story that got my attention
Not that the other ones aren’t infuriating or heartbreaking…
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — There were 5,858 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday (Friday) with eight new reported deaths of someone who had tested positive. Test positivity rate remains 14.2%. ICU bed occupancy numbers are 49, two up from yesterday while hospitalisations have increased by 15 to 494.
There were 14,000 vaccinations carried out in Scotland yesterday (Friday) with about 20% of them first-doses. This brings the total in the adult (18+) population to 91% first-dose and 81.8% fully vaccinated. The vaccination rate for 16 and 17-year-olds is now 45.5%. This younger group should be generally eligible for second doses in a few weeks time while any young people who qualified for a vaccination due to illness, infirmity or living with someone who was at-risk have all had both doses of vaccine already.
WaterGirl
@OzarkHillbilly: It’s not just thirsty. It will be the inability to keep the water supply safe.
sab
@NeenerNeener: I just gave my dogs their monthly dose of ivermectin yesterday. Brandname Heartguard, for preventing heartworm.
WaterGirl
@Cermet: I think you’re missing the point here – the likelihood that patients can not be evacuated because there are no fucking hospital beds open in the surrounding covid-denying states.
WaterGirl
@debbie: I think that student also needs to be un-enrolled from that school. Immediately.
Sloane Ranger
Friday in the UK we had 38,046 new cases. This is an increase of 9.1% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,
England – 27,545 (down 1872)
Northern Ireland – 1875 (up 325)
Scotland – 6835 (up 1910, but see Robert Sneddon’s more recent update above)
Wales – 1791 (down 598).
Deaths – There were 100 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is an increase of 9.9% in the rolling 7-day average. 86 deaths were in England, 5 in Northern Ireland, 4 in Scotland and 5 in Wales.
Testing – 948,488 tests were conducted on Thursday, 26 August. This has led to an increase in the rolling 7-day average of 4.6%. The PCR testing capacity reported by labs on this date was 747,435.
Hospitalisations – There were 6942 people in hospital on Thursday, 26 August and 982 on ventilators. As of 23 August, the rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions was up by 7.7%.
Vaccinations – As of Thursday, 26 August, 47,915,768 people had received the 1st shot of a vaccine and 42,379,353 were fully vaccinated. This means that 88.2% of all UK residents aged 16+ had had 1 shot as of that date and 78% were fully vaccinated. Vaccination rates are pretty even across the nations with Wales being slightly ahead with administering both 1st and 2nd shots.
WhatsMyNym
@Cermet: How many Covid-19 ICU patients would survive a move to the next city, let alone a flight to another state?
dc
@raven: How awful of a person do you have to be to stand before an 88 yo man with even more underlying conditions than his age and refuse to protect him? Not to mention your peers. Bravo for him, he could have canceled for the day and waited to see what support he got from the university administration, but he did the right thing. Georgia is not protecting its people, they deserve nothing in return.
dc
@Raoul Paste:
Spain does not have an anti-vax problem. Even their fascists wear masks and get the shot.
Snarki, child of Loki
Is Georgia one of those ungovernable tribal states that allow open-carry in university classrooms?
Gotta stand yer ground against the virus, amirite?
Another Scott
@New Deal democrat: Yeah, we’re not close to having enough people vaccinated.
330M/2 = 165M that are not vaccinated.
The virus is everywhere, and has been for a year or more.
Of course we’re going to keep having waves of 1000+/day dying until many more people get serious about wearing masks, distancing, staying out of indoor gatherings, and getting vaccinated. If we keep up the 500k+/day getting their first shots, then things could look very much better in 90-100 days or so. But, …
(sigh)
Relatedly, Brad DeLong tries to get a rapid COVID-19 test in Montana.
:-/
Cheers,
Scott.
Matt McIrvin
@Another Scott: His statement about the UK is already obsolete–cases in the UK were dropping rapidly until they went ahead with lifting a lot of COVID restrictions, and now they’re rising again.
Ken
You have to admire someone who works the Ring of Gyges into a post.
MontyTheClipArtMongoose
@dc: the
alianzapartido popular did nothing wrongAnother Scott
@Ken: Made me look.
Hah!
DeLong is an incredible polymath and often has “dialogs” with various Greek and Roman folks, etc., etc.
Cheers,
Scott.
J R in WV
@Baud:
At this point with vaccines available everywhere just with a walk-in, anyone not vaccinated is willfully unvaccinated.
We got our #3 Moderna shot yesterday, walk-in at the Kanwha Co health Dept. They also had Pfizer available. Looked up our first 2 shots on the DB.
Very quick, professional, many people moving through. I think they had doses about to expire, our neighbor who is an inspector tipped us off the day before. IN West Virginia, looks like we’re ahead of the nation with vaccine administration, but woefully behind on acceptance among the general population of idiot Republicans.
Richard
@J R in WV:
Good for you. In my red county in Utah about 50 % + are still wilfully unvaccinated even as the LDS Church, majority around here, has received a revelation that members should get vaccinated.
I always wear a mask in public but most people don’t. So far i haven’t been threatened or abused because of my mask. Any day now, probably.