Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said https://t.co/RkilR59Z8w pic.twitter.com/dpUSmotXAD
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 21, 2022
DR. PETER HOTEZ, VIROLOGIST AND DEAN OF BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE, ON TWITTER:
“We all knew this would happen, it was just a matter of time. Given the hectic schedule of the POTUS and the super high transmissibility of BA.5.”
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… Biden’s late 2021 physical showed him to be relatively healthy. He is not obese, a risk factor with COVID, and he does not have common health risks of elderly people, such as heart failure.
The one exception is that he has a common condition known as atrial fibrillation, or AFib, an irregular heartbeat that increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes…
The president takes the anticoagulant drug Eliquis, known generically as apixaban, to treat his AFib, as well as the cholesterol-lowering statin drug Crestor.
Because both drugs interact negatively with Paxlovid, the White House said the president has temporarily stopped taking them.
Yale cardiologist Dr. Harlan Krumholz said that short periods without anticoagulant added minimal risk. Neither was AFib a major concern because of the current variant…
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Canada –
Amidst an ever-growing death toll and continued societal disruption due to covid, Dr. Lysyshyn, a practicing public health official, said they've "shifted from a collective responsibility to protect the population to an individual responsibility for people to protect themselves." pic.twitter.com/Rf4hYwHXih
— Tom Jackman (@frozen) July 19, 2022
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… An experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the form of an oral tablet has shown promising immune responses in a small preliminary trial designed mainly to evaluate its safety, according to drug manufacturer Vaxart Inc. The South San Francisco, California-based company had earlier said the tablet was well tolerated, with no one dropping out of the study because of adverse effects. On Tuesday, they reported on immune responses in the 35 healthy volunteers who received the tablet.
While the currently approved vaccines induce antibodies in the blood, the tablet induced antibodies in the mucosa – the tissues lining the nose and airways that are the first line of defense against the virus, according to a report posted on the medical website medRxiv ahead of peer review. Nearly half of volunteers showed an increase in long-lasting antibodies capable of binding to multiple sites on the Delta and Omicron variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. Nasal and saliva samples showed that half of study participants had higher antibody levels than similar people whose antibodies were the result of previous COVID-19 infections. The enhanced neutralizing capacity lasted for six months, the researchers said.
Going forward, larger studies designed specifically to test the tablet’s effectiveness are needed, as are studies to test whether this so-called adenovirus-vector vaccine would work well in people who already have received the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer Inc/BioNTech or Moderna Inc.
Hypertension boosts risk of serious Omicron illness
High blood pressure more than doubles the risk of hospitalization during COVID-19 infections with the coronavirus Omicron variant, even in people who are fully vaccinated and boosted, a U.S. study showed…“We were surprised to learn that many people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 had hypertension and no other risk factors,” study leader Dr. Susan Cheng said in a statement. “This is concerning when you consider that almost half of American adults have high blood pressure.”…
That's "lightning speed" not lightened.
There are now 12 nasal vaccines in clinical trials and 4 are far along, in Phase 3.
But no plans for manufacturing at scale, distribution, accelerating. No government support. Yet a major unmet need— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 21, 2022
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New Deal democrat
Nationwide cases declined slightly to 123,000. Hospitalizations continued to rise, ro 45,200. Deaths rose slightly to 429. Cases are flat in the Northeast, including NY and NJ, Midwest, and South, and down in the West due to a decrease in CA.
Dr. Eric Topol highlighted a study out of Denmark that found worldwide higher hospital admissions due to BA.5, indicating it has more pathogenicity. In the US, this may also reflect that most seniors have failed to get their second booster shot, so their protection has been fading even as the evidence has accumulated of the effectiveness of a second booster against this variant.
Globally the BA.4&5 wave appears to have peaked in the large majority of big countries. In South Africa, where they first appeared, cases remain below their pre-Omicron levels.
BA.2.75 continues to appear in more countries on an isolated basis, with no evidence of any waves outside India. If it proves to be a damp squid, the US could get another respite.
ETA: the most recent Biobot data is over a week old, and so cannot be counted on to confirm or refute whether the BA.5 wavette in the US has peaked or not.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
NYSDOH says 111 new cases for 7/20/22
118 new cases for 7/21/22
(PCR tests only).
RobertDSC-Mac Mini
I tested positive Wednesday morning. So far, all I have is a runny nose and a really sore throat. My HR rep told me to take the rest of the week off, so I won’t be eligible to return until Monday of next week at the earliest.
It was a real blow to test positive because I’ve stayed careful all the way through until this week. Now I isolate in my room at home and I’m just down in general.
Soprano2
I guess Andrew Lover doesn’t have any memory of the huge Delta wave of Covid that happened last summer. Covid doesn’t seem to be seasonal like the flu.
Soprano2
@New Deal democrat: Glad we got our second boosters a couple of weeks ago. I think if it weren’t for me scheduling it, hubby wouldn’t have gotten either of his.
Soprano2
@RobertDSC-Mac Mini: What I’d say is that if Biden could get Covid, anyone can get it no matter how careful they’ve been. At this point I think the only way to keep from getting it is to literally stay away from all other people, whether you wear a mask or not.
Matt McIrvin
@Soprano2: Massachusetts didn’t have a major summertime wave, though. It hit the South hardest.
Just from the pattern of infections I’m seeing around me, I think this is going to be more drawn-out with a lower, blunter peak than the previous big waves that hit us.
gvg
My sister the doctor currently has her 2nd Covid. Probably Omni both times and probably not from work. First time from middle school son this spring and the school was not being carful although she had him wearing a mask and he was probably following directions. This time she was on vacation and because she tested positive she has to drive rather than fly all the way back from Colorado or Nevada back to Florida while trying to isolate in hotels. Says symptoms so far are mild cold and son is still testing negative. She is supposed to be back at work by Monday. They are currently going by days of isolation because they find people test positive for a month on their tests when they are over it…I imagine this drive is stressing her so I haven’t pestered her for details but my goodness what an ending. She was supposed to fly home Wednesday.
Yellowstone floods had already messed up some of her plans. Reservations were 2 years ago. She did get to go in at least 1 day I heard.
I had a front tooth break and need an implant. Periodontists surgeons around here are backed up for months so now I am on wait lists and need to avoid covid myself (this just happened) because I need to be able to go in with no notice if an opening occurs. I was going to venture out for some shopping with the less dangerous varients here to stay but now I have to stay hermit. bah.
Matt McIrvin
I count myself and my immediate family among the super-dodgers so far, and we have not been all that careful, particularly not in recent months. (We revived our gym memberships and have been working out there, now that it’s too damn hot to exercise outside–it’s been great for my general health, but that’s obviously COVID roulette.) As I’ve said before, my best guess is that I’ve actually had asymptomatic or mild COVID one or more times and didn’t notice against my background of perennial allergy symptoms. But I fully expect we’ll get hit by BA.5. Multiple people I know have it right now. So far it seems to make vaxxed/boosted people miserable for a few days and then they get better.
p.a.
Nanotubes?! Borg!
Matt McIrvin
@New Deal democrat: The MWRA has been publishing Biobot data for the Boston area with less of a delay than what’s on Biobot’s site, and looking at that, it looks as if the BA.5 wave may have already peaked–but is so close to flat that the tail could be very long. It’s more like an endemic simmer than the short sharp shock of last winter’s Omicron wave. But it’s easy to be fooled by temporary fluctuations.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 4,587 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,640,235 cases. It also reported 10 deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 35,888 deaths – 0.77% of the cumulative reported total, 0.78% of resolved cases.
56,094 Covid-19 tests were conducted on 19th July, with a positivity rate of 8.2%.
There were 47,409 active cases yesterday, 1,925 more than the day before. 1,451 were in hospital. 63 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 32 confirmed cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 2,652 more patients recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,556,938 patients recovered – 98.2% of the cumulative reported total.
4,576 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. 11 new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 19,367 doses of vaccine on 21st July: 420 first doses, 5,259 second doses, 1,865 first booster doses, and 11,823 second booster doses. The cumulative total is 71,867,005 doses administered: 28,060,980 first doses, 27,397,973 second doses, 16,171,394 first booster doses and 257,271 second booster doses. 85.9% of the population have received their first dose, 83.9% their second dose, 49.5% their first booster dose, and 0.8% their second booster dose.
YY_Sima Qian
On 7/21 Mainland China reported 106 new domestic confirmed (21 previously asymptomatic), 774 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 10 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 13 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 13 domestic confirmed cases & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 168 active domestic confirmed & 127 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 21 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 132 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 9 domestic confirmed & 14 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 286 active domestic confirmed & 1,020 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Hainan Province 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 31 active domestic confirmed (30 at Haikou & 1 at Ding’an County) & 9 active domestic asymptomatic (all at Haikou) cases in the province. 3 sites at Ding’an County are currently at High Risk. 10 site at Haikou & 4 at Ding’an County are currently at Medium Risk.
At Zhijiang County in Huaihua, Hunan Province, there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed (8 at Bayan Bur & 1 at Hohhot) cases remaining. 2 sites at Urad Middle Banner are currently at Medium Risk.
At Xi’an in Shaanxi Province the last domestic confirmed case recovered. All areas in the city are now at Low Risk.
Gansu Province reported 52 new domestic confirmed (13 previously asymptomatic) & 517 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 6 domestic confirmed & 19 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 360 active domestic confirmed & 1,789 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
At Shandong Province 2 domestic confirmed & 96 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed (all at Linyi) & 165 domestic asymptomatic (all at Linyi) cases. 2 sites at Linyi are currently at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 20 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 18 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 15 active domestic confirmed & 507 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Liaoning Province there currently are 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. 1 site at Dandong is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Yushu in Changchun, Jilin Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 43 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 7 sites are currently at High Risk, & 12 at Medium Risk.
At Jiamusi in Heilongjiang Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city.
Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 1 site is currently at High Risk, & 4 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 10 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all from persons under quarantine or lock down. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed & 45 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 9 sites are currently at High Risk, & 8 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 15 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 10 domestic confirmed & 70 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 52 active domestic confirmed (none serious) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 7 sites are currently at High Risk & 59 at Medium Risk.
Anhui Province reported 8 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 44 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 6 domestic confirmed & 61 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 81 active domestic confirmed & 667 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Jiangsu Province 2 domestic confirmed & 33 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 24 active domestic & 177 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Fujian Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed & 83 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 3 sites at Pingtan are currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangxi Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Nanchang, all traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine. 3 domestic confirmed & 5 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 16 active domestic confirmed (all at Nanchang) & 63 active domestic asymptomatic (62 at Nanchang & 1 at Ji’an) cases in the city. 11 sites at Nanchang are currently at High Risk, & 41 at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 4 at Chengdu & 2 at Meishan) & 13 new domestic asymptomatic (9 at Meishan, 3 at Chengdu & 1 at Suining) cases. 1 of the cases at Chengdu was previously asymptomatic, the rest are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. The cases at Meishan & Suining are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 30 sites at Chengdu & 2 at Meishan are currently at High Risk. 35 sites at Chengdu & 1 at Meishan are currently at Medium Risk.
Chongqing Municipality reported 5 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all new domestic positive cases are traced close contacts of domestic positive cases elsewhere & under centralized quarantine. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 site is currently at High Risk, & 7 are currently at Medium Risk.
At Guiyang in Guizhou Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city.
At Xining in Qinghai Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
Jinping County in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 6 active domestic asymptomatic cases there.
Imported Cases
On 7/21, Mainland China reported 69 new imported confirmed cases (10 previously asymptomatic), 62 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 106 confirmed cases recovered (49 imported), 367 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (42 imported) & 31 were reclassified as confirmed cases (10 imported), & 12,453 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,684 active confirmed cases in the country (530 imported), 8 in serious/critical condition (domestic), 5,481 active asymptomatic cases (428 imported), 0 suspect cases. 107,393 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 7/21, 3,415.934M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 788K doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 7/21 Macau reported 5 new positive cases, all domestic. all of the domestic cases are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There were 0 new deaths.
On 7/21 Hong Kong added 4,270 new positive cases, 180 imported & 4,090 domestic (1,522 via RT-PCR & 2,568 from rapid antigen tests), 6 deaths (72 – 97 y.o., 4 fully vaccinated, including 2 boosted).
On 7/21, Taiwan added 24,093 new positive cases, 280 imported & 23,813 domestic (including 178 moderate or serious). There were 86 new deaths (ages ranging from < 5 y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 5/17 – 7/19, 83 w/ underlying conditions, 24 fully vaccinated & boosted).
Kineslaw
@Soprano2: Covid doesn’t seem to follow the flu in terms of seasonal patterns, but it does seem to follow a pattern of emerging when people spend a lot of time indoors. Summer waves in the South match that, as it’s too hot to spend time outdoors right now.
Fair Economist
@Soprano2: COVID is seasonal! It’s in the winter season, the spring season, the summer season, and the fall season.
StringOnAStick
Our friend the paving crew supervisor got it late last week, mostly gastro symptoms. His wife caught it from him and has upper respiratory symptoms; their vaccinated 11 yo has continued to test negative.
His company wanted him to come back to work well before he was over his symptoms because “you work outside so you won’t infect anyone”; he caught it while working (anti-vax idiot RW coworkers) plus it’s in the high 90’s and next week will be over 100. But sure, send a recovering sick guy out into high temperatures because workers are just cogs.
YY_Sima Qian
On 7/22 Mainland China reported 128 new domestic confirmed (31 previously asymptomatic), 594 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 23 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 10 domestic confirmed cases & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 181 active domestic confirmed & 132 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 35 new domestic confirmed (10 previously asymptomatic) & 174 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 26 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 210 active domestic confirmed & 1,158 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Hainan Province 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 29 active domestic confirmed (30 at Haikou & 1 at Ding’an County) & 9 active domestic asymptomatic (all at Haikou) cases in the province. 2 sites at Ding’an County are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
At Zhijiang County in Huaihua, Hunan Province, there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
At Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed (7 at Bayan Bur & 1 at Hohhot) cases remaining. 2 sites at Urad Middle Banner are currently at Medium Risk.
Gansu Province reported 42 new domestic confirmed (18 previously asymptomatic) & 329 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 14 domestic confirmed & 26 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 388 active domestic confirmed & 2,074 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
At Linyi in Shandong Province 5 domestic confirmed & 43 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed & 122 domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. 2 sites at Linyi are currently at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 19 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 5 domestic confirmed & 14 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed & 512 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Liaoning Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 3 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. 1 site at Dandong is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Yushu in Changchun, Jilin Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 43 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
At Jiamusi in Heilongjiang Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city.
Beijing Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, via community screening. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 4 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all from persons under quarantine or lock down. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed & 54 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 11 sites are currently at High Risk, & 8 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 16 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 9 domestic confirmed & 44 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 45 active domestic confirmed (none serious) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 7 sites are currently at High Risk & 49 at Medium Risk.
Anhui Province reported 7 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 16 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 8 domestic confirmed & 48 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 80 active domestic confirmed & 634 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Jiangsu Province 6 domestic confirmed & 57 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 18 active domestic & 120 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Fujian Province 2 domestic confirmed & 10 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 12 active domestic confirmed & 73 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 3 sites at Pingtan are currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangxi Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Nanchang, 3 traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine, 1 via regular screening of persons in high risk occupations, & 2 via community screening. 1 domestic confirmed & 4 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 17 active domestic confirmed (all at Nanchang) & 63 active domestic asymptomatic (62 at Nanchang & 1 at Ji’an) cases in the city. 11 sites at Nanchang are currently at High Risk, & 39 at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 11 new domestic confirmed (all at Chengdu) & 10 new domestic asymptomatic (6 at Meishan, 3 at Chengdu & 1 at Suining) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. The cases at Meishan & Suining are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 34 sites at Chengdu & 2 at Meishan are currently at High Risk. 39 sites at Chengdu & 1 at Meishan are currently at Medium Risk.
Chongqing Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 10 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 site is currently at High Risk, & 7 are currently at Medium Risk.
At Guiyang in Guizhou Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining.
At Xining in Qinghai Province there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
Jinping County in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 12 active domestic asymptomatic cases there.
Imported Cases
On 7/22, Mainland China reported 36 new imported confirmed cases (6 previously asymptomatic), 59 imported asymptomatic cases, 3 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 97 confirmed cases recovered (32 imported), 314 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (37 imported) & 37 were reclassified as confirmed cases (6 imported), & 19,731 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,751 active confirmed cases in the country (534 imported), 14 in serious/critical condition (domestic), 5,783 active asymptomatic cases (444 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 103,056 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 7/22, 3,416.727M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 793K doses in the past 24 hrs. As of 7/22, 1,298.636M individuals have taken at least 1 shot (or 92.1% of the total population), 1,264.901M individuals are fully vaccinated (89.7% of the total population), 797.985M individuals are boosted (71.7% of the total population). For the > 60 y.o. cohort (including > 80 y.o.), 89.6% have taken at least 1 shot, 84.7% are fully vaccinated, & 67.3% boosted.For the > 80 y.o. cohort specifically, 73.5% have taken at least 1 shot, 61% are fully vaccinated, & 38.4% boosted. The problem remains the > 80 y.o. cohort, there has been some progress in vaccinating that demographic in the past couple of months, but still not fast enough.
On 7/22 Macau reported 5 new positive cases, all domestic, 4 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 1 via community screening. There were 0 new deaths.
On 7/22 Hong Kong added 4,265 new positive cases, 231 imported & 4,034 domestic (1,387 via RT-PCR & 2,647 from rapid antigen tests), 7 deaths (63 – 96 y.o.).
On 7/22, Taiwan added 22,595 new positive cases, 248 imported & 22,347 domestic (including 115 moderate & 56 serious). There were 53 new deaths (ages ranging from 30+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 5/19 – 7/20, 49 w/ underlying conditions, 19 fully vaccinated & boosted).
YY_Sima Qian
On 7/23 Mainland China reported 87 new domestic confirmed (30 previously asymptomatic), 782 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 11 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 10 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 24 domestic confirmed cases & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 168 active domestic confirmed & 135 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 23 new domestic confirmed (9 previously asymptomatic) & 325 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 11 domestic confirmed & 55 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 332 active domestic confirmed & 1,419 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Hainan Province 2 domestic confirmed & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 27 active domestic confirmed (26 at Haikou & 1 at Ding’an County) & 5 active domestic asymptomatic (all at Haikou) cases in the province. 2 sites at Ding’an County remain at Medium Risk.
At Zhijiang County in Huaihua, Hunan Province, there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
At Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed (5 at Bayan Bur & 1 at Hohhot) cases remaining. 2 sites at Urad Middle Banner remain at Medium Risk.
Gansu Province reported 26 new domestic confirmed (17 previously asymptomatic) & 325 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 10 domestic confirmed & 34 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 404 active domestic confirmed & 2,358 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic (all at New High Tech Zone) cases, 1 logistics worker at the airport found via regular screening, & 2 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
At Linyi in Shandong Province 3 domestic confirmed & 36 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed & 86 domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. 2 sites at Linyi remain at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 17 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 26 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 10 active domestic confirmed & 503 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Liaoning Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Shenyang) case, a pandemic response worker living in “closed loop”, found via daily screening. There currently are 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. 1 site at Dandong is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
At Yushu in Changchun, Jilin Province there currently are 43 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
At Jiamusi in Heilongjiang Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city.
Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 4 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all from persons under quarantine or lock down. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 57 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 11 sites are currently at High Risk, & 9 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 21 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 4 domestic confirmed & 44 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 44 active domestic confirmed (none serious) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 7 sites are currently at High Risk & 50 at Medium Risk.
Anhui Province reported 11 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 6 domestic confirmed & 27 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 74 active domestic confirmed & 618 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Jiangsu Province 2 domestic confirmed & 24 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 16 active domestic & 96 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Fujian Province 4 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 66 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 3 sites at Pingtan are currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangxi Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Nanchang, all traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine. 6 domestic confirmed & 5 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed (all at Nanchang) & 65 active domestic asymptomatic (64 at Nanchang & 1 at Ji’an) cases in the city. 13 sites at Nanchang are currently at High Risk, & 34 at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 18 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic, 16 at Chengdu & 2 at Meishan) & 33 new domestic asymptomatic (5 at Meishan & 28 at Chengdu) cases, all new domestic positive cases are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 44 sites at Chengdu & 2 at Meishan are currently at High Risk. 57 sites at Chengdu & 1 at Meishan are currently at Medium Risk.
Chongqing Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed (2 at Jiangjin District & 1 at Changshou District) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Jiangjin District) cases, 3 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 1 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure (having traveled to Jiangjin District). There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 site is currently at High Risk, & 10 are currently at Medium Risk.
At Guiyang in Guizhou Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining.
At Xining in Qinghai Province there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
Honghe Prefecture in Yunnan Province reported 15 new domestic asymptomatic cases (14 in Jinping County & 1 in Hekou District). There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 27 active domestic asymptomatic cases there.
Imported Cases
On 7/23, Mainland China reported 42 new imported confirmed cases (7 previously asymptomatic), 71 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 123 confirmed cases recovered (47 imported), 311 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (43 imported) & 37 were reclassified as confirmed cases (7 imported), & 10,132 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,757 active confirmed cases in the country (529 imported), 20 in serious/critical condition (domestic), 6,288 active asymptomatic cases (465 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 108,958 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 7/23, 3,4167.357M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 630K doses in the past 24 hrs. As of 7/22, 1,298.636M individuals have taken at least 1 shot (or 92.1% of the total population), 1,264.901M individuals are fully vaccinated (89.7% of the total population), 797.985M individuals are boosted (71.7% of the total population). For the > 60 y.o. cohort (including > 80 y.o.), 89.6% have taken at least 1 shot, 84.7% are fully vaccinated, & 67.3% boosted.For the > 80 y.o. cohort specifically, 73.5% have taken at least 1 shot, 61% are fully vaccinated, & 38.4% boosted. The problem remains the > 80 y.o. cohort, there has been some progress in vaccinating that demographic in the past couple of months, but still not fast enough.
On 7/23 Macau reported 5 new positive cases, all domestic, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There were 0 new deaths.
On 7/23 Hong Kong added 4,250 new positive cases, 186 imported & 4,064 domestic (1,564 via RT-PCR & 2,500 from rapid antigen tests), 8 deaths (75 – 103 y.o., 2 fully vaccinated, including 1 boosted).
On 7/23, Taiwan added 22,595 new positive cases, 277 imported & 21,640 domestic (including 136 moderate or serious). There were 65 new deaths (ages ranging from 50+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 5/28 – 7/21, 63 w/ underlying conditions, 18 fully vaccinated & boosted).