U.S. COVID update: Daily cases at highest level since February, up 22% from last week
– New cases: 76,040
– Average: 61,694 (+1,985)
– States reporting: 29/50
– In hospital: 16,453 (+147)
– In ICU: 1,930 (-1)
– New deaths: 324
– Average: 352 (+10)More: https://t.co/YDZSbYO7l7 pic.twitter.com/UJCVyGByae
— BNO|Medriva Newsroom (@medriva) May 3, 2022
#Covid case numbers aren’t as reliable these days. But there are 3 metrics that could reveal what’s next. The 1st is hospital data, indicator of severe illness in a given area. The 2nd is the circulating strain & 3rd is the growing number #LongCovid cases https://t.co/RR1a9286kR
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 2, 2022
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China reports 6,015 new local cases and 20 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 474.
Shanghai had 5,669 (94% of total cases), including 274 symptomatic cases.
Cases lower, while Beijing and Shanghai Expect Tough Road Aheadhttps://t.co/uYaplSupGm
— BNO|Medriva Newsroom (@medriva) May 3, 2022
Beijing is preparing new hospital facilities to deal with a spike in COVID-19 cases, even though the numbers of new cases remain low. State media reported a 1,000-bed hospital built in the northeastern suburbs in 2003 has been refurbished. https://t.co/jStYkZDQS0
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 3, 2022
Some in Shanghai come out for air as Beijing resumes mass COVID tests https://t.co/jfOKwFHOph pic.twitter.com/XfZ7yIMS7y
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 3, 2022
Hong Kong recorded 290 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday. The city also added seven deaths, including one backlogged case.
Full, trusted coverage on HKFP: https://t.co/w8LTgNxKZy pic.twitter.com/q3q5vKPQYO
— Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) May 3, 2022
Covid-19: Hong Kong will reopen beaches and pools, masks will no longer be required during outdoor exercise, and restaurants will be allowed to sit eight people to a table from Thursday: https://t.co/20qGSF77tI pic.twitter.com/BLN3jIsA7j
— Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) May 3, 2022
“We can’t afford as many vaccine doses as we contracted, because we’ve got all these Ukrainian refugees here now… “
Poland has no "coherent rationale" to invoke force majeure in an existing contract in order to stop paying for more COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer , a European Commission official told Reuters. https://t.co/gMugqsk6Zc
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) May 2, 2022
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U.S. health officials are seeking ‘urgent’ data on Covid relapses after patients took Pfizer's drug, Paxlovid. Instead of some patients getting better, Covid bounced back. Exactly how common viral rebound is after a full Paxlovid course remains unclear https://t.co/gWEt3xeLsc
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 2, 2022
Reports are rising of boomerang #COVID19 (or reinfection, unclear) among people treated with #Paxlovid . In this thread @michaelmina_lab explains why this is worthy of significant worry. https://t.co/Prd0x3itSQ
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 2, 2022
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On The Road – way2blue – Massi Mara, Kenya in July 3 of 6
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 1,352 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,450,859 cases. It also reported five deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 35,555 deaths – 0.80% of the cumulative reported total, 0.81% of resolved cases.
66 confirmed cases are in ICU; of these patients, 44 confirmed cases cases are on ventilators. Meanwhile, 6,074 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,378,864 patients recovered – 98.4% of the cumulative reported total.
1,348 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Four new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 2,197 of vaccine on 2nd May: 278 first doses, 1,585 second doses, and 334 booster doses. The cumulative total is 70,328,056 doses administered: 27,772,755 first doses, 26,732,766 second doses, and 16,035,896 booster doses. 85.1% of the population have received their first dose, 81.9% their second dose, and 49.1% their booster dose.
New Deal democrat
Nationwide, cases increased to 61,200, a 20%+ increase from one week ago. Hospital admissions increased to 15,307, a 50%+ increase from their recent bottom, but still historically low for the pandemic. Deaths increased slightly to 337.
All four US Census regions show increases. The only States not increasing are AK and CO. CT shows only a slight increase. The re-acceleration of cases in NY and NJ in the past week continues, as cases have increased 15% in NY and over 20% in NJ. Of note, in NY the increase is being driven by the NYC area; the original epicenter of BA.2.12.1 in Central NYS continues to decline. I wonder if the re-acceleration is being driven by BA.4 or BA.5 showing up in NYC?
The CDC has not updated its variants nowcast yet. I’ll update once it is reported today.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
492 new cases yesterday.
Deaths now at 1839, up 9 from last week.
Vaccinations now at 72.1%
narya
Heading for booster #2 today, in prep for an event this weekend (yeah, I know I won’t be fully protected, but I’ll be N95-masked nearly at all times, regardless of what others do), as well as upcoming running series events, the 500, etc. The first running series event was this past weekend, and oh my was there a lack of masks. I took one of my N95s and cut it so it’s ear loops instead of around-the-head, and I have it on a band around my neck so I can put it on and off quickly. I didn’t wear it while running, but indoors? Yes. I got my beer, found my two friends and an unpopulated corner, and we stood there, pulling our masks down only long enough to take a sip.
Jinchi
If only 29 out of 50 states are reporting aren’t these numbers significant underestimates?
Ohio Mom
We are committed to going to New Jersey and New York in two weeks for the last of the bar mitzvahs in either of our extended families.
Not happy to see the spike there or to read that the correct Paxlovid dose has not yet been identified. Oh well. We will mask when we can.
YY_Sima Qian
On 5/2 Mainland China reported 368 new domestic confirmed (164 previously asymptomatic), 5,647 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 domestic suspect cases, & 20 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 7 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic, all at Guangzhou) & 5 new domestic asymptomatic (4 at Guangzhou & 1 at Jiangmen) cases. 5 of the new positive cases at Guangzhou are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 4 via screening of residents under movement control. The case at Jiangmen is a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 19 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 152 active domestic confirmed & 58 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region did not report any new domestic positive cases. 13 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Beihai) & 120 active domestic asymptomatic cases (99 at Fangchenggang & 21 at Baise) in the province.
Hunan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 26 active domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 5 sites at Shaoyang are currently at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, at Manzhouli in Hulun Buir. There currently are 50 active domestic confirmed (46 at Hulun Buir, 3 at Baotou, & 1 at Chifeng) cases in the province. 4 sub-districts in Manzhouli are currently at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.
Shandong Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 11 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 34 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 66 active domestic confirmed cases & 624 active asymptomatic cases in the province. As not all of the administrative divisions in the province provide data on recoveries, I cannot track the count of active cases in all of the administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Shanxi Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 1 each at Taiyuan & Yuncheng). The case at Taiyuan was previously asymptomatic, & the case at Yuncheng returned from Shanghai on 4/30 & under centralized quarantine since. 4 domestic confirmed & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 27 active domestic confirmed (24 at Taiyuan, 2 at Shuozhou, & 1 at Yuncheng) & 101 active domestic asymptomatic (99 at Taiyuan & 2 at Shuozhou) cases remaining.
Hebei Province reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 97 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 577 active asymptomatic case in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Liaoning Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 79 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 39 active domestic confirmed & 638 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Heilongjiang Province reported 13 new domestic confirmed & 10 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 30 domestic confirmed & 19 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 228 active domestic confirmed & 175 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Jilin Province reported 21 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 151 domestic confirmed & 459 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not consistently break down recoveries by confirmed & asymptomatic cases or by jurisdictions, I can no longer track the count of active case counts in the different jurisdictions.
Beijing Municipality reported 51 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic, 47 mild & 4 moderate) & 11 new domestic asymptomatic cases. As the city does not break down recoveries by imported vs. domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 10 sites are currently at High Risk. 26 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 274 new domestic confirmed (155 previously asymptomatic) & 5,395 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 5,441 of the new domestic positive cases were already under quarantine & 73 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. There were 20 deaths (avg. 83,95 y.o., youngest at 49 y.o. & oldest at 101 y.o., all w/ a range of underlying conditions, 4 partially or fully vaccinated). 3,981 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 27,121 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 13,395 active domestic confirmed (488 serious & 88 critical) & 99,601 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 13 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
At Shaanxi Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining.
At Hubei Province 12 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed (all mild, 3 at Wuhan & 1 at Huanggang) & 67 active domestic asymptomatic (33 at Wuhan, 16 at Ezhou, 2 each at Enshi Prefecture & Yichang, 6 each at Huanggang & Xiangyang, & 1 each at Xiaogan & Xianning) cases in the province.
Jiangsu Province reported 13 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 12 domestic confirmed & 93 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The currently are 27 active domestic confirmed & 473 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in each administrative division, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Anhui Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case. 28 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 7 active confirmed & 238 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Zhejiang Province reported 34 new domestic asymptomatic case. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported versus domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
Fujian Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed cases, all at Xiamen, all persons coming from elsewhere & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 5 domestic confirmed case recovered & 12 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed & 61 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 2 sites at Ningde remain at Medium Risk.
Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 26 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 165 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
At Guizhou Province there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Tongren) case remaining.
Jiangxi Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (both mild) & 29 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 18 domestic confirmed & 21 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 217 active domestic confirmed & 604 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Henan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Zhengzhou) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Zhoukou & 1 at Shangqiu) cases. 1 of the cases at Zhengzhou is a traced close contact under centralized quarantine & the other was found at fever clinic. The cases at Zhoukou are persons returning from Shanghai & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 5 domestic confirmed & 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 34 active domestic confirmed & 131 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 2 sites at Xinyang are currently at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Chengdu) case, a construction worker returning from building temporary hospitals in Shanghai & under centralized quarantine since arrival. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported vs. domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Yinchuan in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the region.
Chongqing Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, the new positive case is a person under quarantine. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining in the city.
At Qinghai Province 5 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 20 active domestic confirmed & 15 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Yunnan Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases (1 each at Jinping County in Honghe Prefecture & Xiangyun County in Dali), a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed & 18 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed & 119 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Imported Cases
On 5/2, Mainland China reported 16 new imported confirmed cases (2 previously asymptomatic), 43 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:
Overall in Mainland China, 4,271 confirmed cases recovered (8 imported), 28,045 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (67 imported) & 166 were reclassified as confirmed cases (2 imported), & 40,523 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 16,266 active confirmed cases in the country (168 imported), 615 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 133,610 active asymptomatic cases (516 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 469,104 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 5/2, 3,346.607M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 1.079M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 5/3 Hong Kong reported 290 new positive cases, 21 imported & 269 domestic (111 via RT-PCR & 158 from rapid antigen tests), 6 deaths (2 fully vaccinated, including 1 boosted) + 1 backlogged deaths.
On 5/3, Taiwan reported 23,139 new positive cases, 37 imported & 23,102 domestic (18 moderate & 7 serious). There were 5 new deaths (actual dates of death between 4/29 & 4/30, all having a range of underlying conditions, none vaccinated).
Soprano2
Hey, Delthia Ricks, the 4th indicator is wastewater monitoring for Covid, and it’s more reliable than case counts!!!!!!!!! AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH……….
rikyrah
Got KN-95’s in different colors. Got Peanut to wear them
Soprano2
@New Deal democrat: Our area is still low, and no updating of vaccine info since March 31st. The best metric is only two deaths in March and two in April, which is the lowest since they began counting.
Jeff Del Papa
Disturbing to read about the rebound post paxlovid. I may be able to provide more anecdotal evidence to add to the suspicion. Both my SO and I were exposed at the same time, and both received early treatment with paxlovid. We both completed the treatment, and tested clear (antigen) a few days after completing the course. Two weeks later and fever, cough, etc return. I got a faint positive on an antigen test, and a solid positive on PCR.
no treatment beyond strong cough medicine. Fever did break, and antigen test is again clear.
SO’s relapse was a week later (now). Her Dr decided it was just a cold.
common wisdom among the medical staff we interacted with is that PCR will show positive for 90 or more days after antigen shows clear.
New Deal democrat
OK this is more distressing.
The CDC variant nowcast through April 30 is out, and they’ve knocked back last week’s number on BA.2.12.1 to about 25%, and this week is only36.5%, about a 7% increase from what was first reported one week ago.
NJ and NY are also only up about 10% w/w, to 62%.
BA.2.12.1 is apparently causing havoc, and is only taking over slowly (and I still wonder if BA.4 and BA.5 have been introduced under the radar so far).