Don’t get Covid fatigue!
“We need to prevent infections,” says @AbraarKaran, “because otherwise, you’re in a big experiment and people don’t know what they’re signing up for.” pic.twitter.com/Py2IwZxP8x
— Zerlina on Peacock (@ZerlinaShow) June 4, 2022
U.S. COVID update:
– New cases: 58,082
– Average: 104,804 (+1,332)
– States reporting: 15/50
– In hospital: 28,444
– In ICU: 3,110 (+25)
– New deaths: 179
– Average: 270 (-18)More data: https://t.co/ohnVKtNdM3 pic.twitter.com/167dMFkzu7
— BNN|Medriva Newsroom (@medrivaUS) June 5, 2022
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Reporting home Covid test results can be confusing. In many places, there's no system for sharing home test results with health officials, but the information may still be beneficial for public health. Here’s how to report your results https://t.co/llyspSkWSD
— delthia ricks (@DelthiaRicks) June 5, 2022
#LongCovid in older adults: Scientists are investigating an elusive geriatric syndrome. Some experts say it's time to redefine the condition for better diagnosis and management https://t.co/du5NWWo1Sm
— delthia ricks (@DelthiaRicks) June 4, 2022
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Trigger warning – This is hard to read, but… I’m afraid there might be yet another long-tail consequence of the current anti-vaxxer movement:
Opinion by Thomas Gross: I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the baby I examined as I hear that childhood vaccinations have dropped substantially because of anti-vaccine sentiments. https://t.co/6XOt8EMgZq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 1, 2022
Late Night Open Thread: Anniversary for A Social-Media Chewtoy
Ohio Mom
I don’t remember where I found this:
what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious month between covid waves?
I might have posted that once before, every time I think this joke is now outdated, nope.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
145 new cases according to the NYSDOH. This is only PCR tests.
I may venture into the grocery store with that month between waves instead of doing curbside pickup, and maybe have lunch outdoors with friends.
bjacques
It’s been 3 weeks since I got my Rona card punched. Still feeling “Flemish” with occasional coughing. Technically in the clear and no danger to anyone, but the missus and I wear masks on public transport and I’ve gone back to wearing one during my Saturday morning flea market scrums. September’s a long way off for my second booster, and I could still get it again and pass it to her.
Corona weekly numbers come out Tuesday evenings here in NL, 7056 down from 7483 previously. Feels like easing down to a floor of 6000-7000 weekly, and now it’s summer pop festival and travel season, and chaos at the airport.
ETA: blech
satby
The UU church was cancelled today (yay, no making coffee for me!) because this county in IN went yellow. Thing is, how do they know because IN seems to have stopped reporting cases to the national databases.
FlyingToaster
@satby: Well, it’s complicated…
Several states (cough, Florida, cough) stopped releasing statewide stats, and discouraged counties/municipalities from releasing covid stats because “privacy”.
However…
Most county or municipal health departments are still gathering those stats. If your local administrative division has sane executives (who are not necessarily Democrats, though it helps), they’re coordinating with the health department.
In larger areas, like Greater Boston, we’ve got wastewater reporting which gives local health departments a heads-up on upticks (which correlate strongly to new variants). That lets mayors / council presidents / town managers know when to do frequent checkins with their local DPH. Everytime BioBot shows an uprise, our town manager publicizes it, and the “please wear a mask” advisory goes back up on the business doors that took them down.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 1,591 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,513,631 cases. It also reported five deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 35,686 deaths – 0.79% of the cumulative reported total, 0.79% of resolved cases.
There were 22,447 active cases yesterday, 599 fewer than the day before. 922 were in hospital. 27 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 17 confirmed cases cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 2,185 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,455,498 patients recovered – 98.7% of the cumulative reported total.
1,586 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Five new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 7,512 doses of vaccine on 4th June: 1,124 first doses, 5,585 second doses, and 803 booster doses. The cumulative total is 70,981,503 doses administered: 27,998,860 first doses, 27,091,939 second doses, and 16,105,039 booster doses. 85.8% of the population have received their first dose, 83.0% their second dose, and 49.3% their booster dose.
YY_Sima Qian
On 6/4 Mainland China reported 33 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic), 55 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
At Guangdong Province 1 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed & 4 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 reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Dongxing in Fangchenggang. 2 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 26 active domestic asymptomatic (23 at Fangchenggang, 2 at Baise, & 1 at Chongzuo) cases remaining.
At Tianjin Municipality 13 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 33 active domestic confirmed & 32 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.
Shandong Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed cases & 21 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.
At Xi’an in Shaanxi Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently is 1 active confirmed case remaining.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 11 new domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 25 active domestic confirmed & 16 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Hebei Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 66 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. 1 industrial park at Langfang is currently at Medium Risk.
Liaoning Province reported 25 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Dandong. 3 asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 122 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.
Jilin Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case. 14 domestic confirmed & 28 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 16 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic, 11 mild & 5 moderate) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all of the new positive cases are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. As the city does not break down recoveries by imported vs. domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 1 sites are currently at High Risk. 8 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 6 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 16 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all of the new positive cases were already under quarantine. There were 0 new deaths. 157 domestic confirmed & 832 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 692 active domestic confirmed (36 serious & 19 critical) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 11 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
At Hubei Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (mild, at Wuhan) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Ezhou) cases remaining.
At Jiangsu Province there currently are 4 active domestic confirmed & 9 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.
At Anhui Province the last domestic asymptomatic case recovered.
Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive case. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported versus domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Fujian Province there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
At Jiangxi Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 15 active domestic asymptomatic cases (13 at Yichun & 1 each at Shangrao & Jiujiang) remaining.
Henan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 9 domestic confirmed & 16 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 39 active domestic confirmed & 161 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.
Sichuan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported vs. domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 12 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. 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 6/4, Mainland China reported 23 new imported confirmed cases (0 previously asymptomatic), 51 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 265 confirmed cases recovered (20 imported), 1,002 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (48 imported) & 3 were reclassified as confirmed cases (all domestic), & 12,434 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,405 active confirmed cases in the country (221 imported), 65 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 6,419 active asymptomatic cases (485 imported), 0 suspect cases. 134,451 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 6/4, 3,383.918M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 502K doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 6/5 Hong Kong reported 515 new positive cases, 42 imported & 473 domestic (94 via RT-PCR & 379 from rapid antigen tests), 4 deaths (3 fully vaccinated).
On 6/5, Taiwan reported 62,110 new positive cases, 30 imported & 62,080 domestic (including 143 moderate & 109 serious). There were 124 new deaths (ages ranging from < 10 y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death between 5/21 – 6/2, 116 having a range of underlying conditions, 67 partially/fully vaccinated).
J R in WV
@YY_Sima Qian:
Just wanted to say thanks for your exhaustive reporting from Asia on this plague! So much work, so consistently here for us, thanks again!!