COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Thursday / Friday, Nov. 17-18

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   Amir Khalid

   November 18, 2022 at 7:08 am

   Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 3,457 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,960,179 cases. It also reported nine deaths, for an adjusted cumulative total of 36,583 deaths – 0.74% of the cumulative reported total, 0.74% of resolved cases.

   44,985 Covid-19 tests were conducted yesterday, with a positivity rate of 8.8%.

   There were 27,877 active cases yesterday, 288 fewer than the day before. 1,970 were in hospital. 89 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 46 confirmed cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 3,736 more patients recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,895,719 patients recovered – 98.7% of the cumulative reported total.

   3,455 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Two new cases were imported.

   The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 5,255 doses of vaccine on 17th November: 156 first doses, 173 second doses, 756 first booster doses, and 4,170 second booster doses. The cumulative total is 72,457,921 doses administered: 28,112,767 first doses, 27,523,310 second doses, 16,260,064 first booster doses, and 561,780 second booster doses. 86.1% of the population have received their first dose, 84.3% their second dose, 49.8% their first booster dose, and 1.7% their second booster dose.

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   NeenerNeener

   November 18, 2022 at 7:11 am

   Monroe County, NY:

   38 new cases on 11/15/22.
   87 new cases on 11/16/22.
   82 new cases on 11/17/22.

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   New Deal democrat

   November 18, 2022 at 7:12 am

   Biobot updated yesterday, showing another small decrease nationwide to a new 6 month low, primarily driven by a further big decline in the Northeast, and a smaller one in the Midwest. The South was flat, but there was a further sharp increase in the West.

   While the Biobot data suggests a “real” level of 200,000 COVID cases daily, confirmed cases amounted to 37,400, only slightly above their 7 month low of 34,300. Regionally confirmed cases continue to decline in the Northeast (with the exception of NY, which is flat), and South (where cases show mainly flat, except for an increase in AL), are flat in the Midwest (except for small increases in IN, MO, NE, SD, and KS), and are continuing to rise in the West (now including CA as well as the entire interior Mountain and Southwestern States, and only excluding AK, OR, WA, and HI).

   Hospitalizations have declined to 23,900, only slightly above their 6 month low of 23,900 one month ago. Deaths declined to 268, only two above their 6 month low. Deaths have only been lower for 2 months during the entire pandemic.

   Later this morning the CDC will update its variant data, and it will likely show that BA.5 progeny BF.7, BQ.1 & 1.1 make up about 2/3’s of all new cases, BA.5 declining to about 20%, and the remainder of the Alphabet soup variants the remaining 10%-15%.

   My guess is that the outbreak in the West is the beginning of this year’s winter wave. I continue to think its peak will be more like BA.2.12.1 and BA.5 than Delta or Omicron. It is particularly encouraging that deaths remain so low. Deaths remain focused on the elderly and the older unvaccinated. That is probably due to the most vulnerable persons already having died, improved resistance by those previously infected, plus vaccinations and improved treatments. The disease is becoming endemic.

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   Matt McIrvin

   November 18, 2022 at 7:24 am

   @New Deal democrat: You can tell from the Massachusetts demographics that cases are being severely undercounted. If you look at the age distribution of cases over the whole pandemic, it peaks with young adults in their 20s. But if you look at the age distribution of recent cases, it’s heavily skewed toward old people. That says to me that the cases that are being counted now are to a large degree the serious ones that land people in the hospital–other people are not being tested, or they’re home tests that don’t get recorded.

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   Matt McIrvin

   November 18, 2022 at 7:48 am

   Back when I was just about to become eligible for the COVID shot, my doctor mentioned the supposed COVID vaccine-shingles link as a reason for me to finish my Shingrix vaccination before getting the COVID shot (I was inclined to do this anyway because the clock was ticking; I’d held off on getting the second Shingrix shot while I was recovering from surgery and the window was closing). It’s interesting to see it apparently doesn’t hold up.

   That actually was the reason I ended up getting the Moderna vaccine instead of J&J/Janssen. Right after I got the second Shingrix shot, an opportunity came up for me to get a spare J&J dose, but I declined because the government was still telling people to wait for some interval after getting another vaccination. By the time that interval was done, the J&J shot had been pulled over the clotting issues and I got Moderna at a city clinic.

   (When the definitive history of the pandemic in the US is written, I think a lot of deaths in this country are going to be attributable to the J&J clotting panic happening at the precise moment that vaccination was opened up to nearly all adults, resulting in “Clot Shot” scaremongering and vaccination hesitancy. The J&J was also specifically going to be the one distributed to a lot of populations that might have been marginal on vaccination otherwise.)

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   Ohio Mom

   November 18, 2022 at 8:07 am

   A report from the trenches, or more accurately, my bed.

   I tested positive on Sunday, November 6 and almost immediately started Paxlovid. I had about a day of chills, fever, headache, fatigue and then the Paxlovid kicked in. After that, I felt weak and tired but not too awful.

   By Friday I was testing negative and feeling peppy enough to get some (doubled-masked) grocery shopping done, as well as some housework. I was ecstatic.

   Then on Sunday, I was knocked over by rebound. I was not quite as sick as I was before the Paxlovid kicked in (that first 24 hours was definitely the worst) but I have spent the better part of the last five days in bed feeling like I have the flu.

   I might be almost better today, I finally don’t have a fever but then again, I just woke up, the day hasn’t really started for me.

   Meanwhile, Ohio Dad’s version was more like a bad head cold than the flu, he didn’t take Paxlovid and he is testing negative. Ohio Son had a very mild illness and is also testing negative (oh to be young with a robust immune system).

   What does all of this mean, not much. Ohio Dad suspects we caught it at a small art gallery opening — it was in a downtown storefront and crowded — and I am swearing to myself to never leave the house ever again, except for absolute necessary outings, to live my own private lockdown.

   I will add that throughout this ordeal, I faithfully continued to take my hydroxychloroquine for my RA. The crank in me fully expects to read one day that this med actually makes Covid worse because it is after all something that tamps down part of your immune functioning.

   Finally, is any aspect of Ohio Family’s bout with Covid being added into the larger data collection on the pandemic, doesn’t appear to be. There are a couple of notes of phone calls to our PCPs buried in our charts and of course the Paxlovid script.

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   Elizabelle

   November 18, 2022 at 8:18 am

   @Ohio Mom:   My sympathies that you have had such a hard case of Covid and rebound.  Good to hear your husband and son have had lighter cases.

   Keep resting, and hope you feel better soonest.

   May turkey turn out to be a superfood in helping people recover from covid and whatever else ails them.  Cranberry sauce is probably a special weapon, too.

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   artem1s

   November 18, 2022 at 8:18 am

   Let ‘em investigate Biden and Fauci. Great opportunity for Democrats to tell the world how they worked to keep TFG’s insane policies from killing Meemaw and Papaw.  No reason to limit their response to what the Dems were doing after 2020. Highlight the ways Dems and civil servants worked to keep the country together despite the fact that TFG was busy with ‘Executive Time’, rallies and planning insurrections. And then they can talk about the Biden COVID and stimulus bills.

   Fauci will do 10-12 hours of testimony and pwn their asses just like Hillary.

   The only positive thing I can point to from TFG was the checks. Let them spend the next 2 years reminding the country how Jared and the Traitor Tots tried to make money off selling medical supplies to the highest bidders.

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   Suzanne

   November 18, 2022 at 8:20 am

   @Matt McIrvin: You know what cracked me up about that “clot shot” freakout? One of the most common side effects of birth control pills — which are, as we know, one of the most commonly used drugs in the country and probably the world — are blood clots. And no one considers that risk a reason to take the pill off the market (nor should they). It always seems, though, that it’s “okay” to expose certain populations to higher risk than others.

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    lowtechcyclist

    November 18, 2022 at 8:31 am

    @Suzanne:  I think this is really more a matter of once a risk becomes routine, people don’t think about it much anymore.  40,000 people get killed in the U.S. each year due to motor vehicle accidents, but who thinks about it more than every once in a while?

    But with something new and different, all it takes is a death or two to send millions of people into a tizzy.  I remember back in the 1980s when a couple of kids committed suicide, and it seemed to have something to do with their D&D game. People went nuts.

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    Matt McIrvin

    November 18, 2022 at 9:01 am

    @lowtechcyclist: And if I recall correctly, decades later it turned out the famous “D&D suicide” case, that led to the absurd TV movie with young Tom Hanks, was a gay kid suffering under the burden of homophobia…

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    Matt McIrvin

    November 18, 2022 at 9:04 am

    @Suzanne: I just found it frustrating that antivaxxers would emphasize that there was something sinister about mRNA vaccines and point to the clot danger, when the one with the elevated clot risk was not an mRNA vaccine… It just didn’t matter.

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    Matt McIrvin

    November 18, 2022 at 9:08 am

    @Ohio Mom:

    I will add that throughout this ordeal, I faithfully continued to take my hydroxychloroquine for my RA.

    Oh, that is priceless. You can cite yourself as a test case for the old wonder drug!

    Hope you’re feeling better soon.

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    Anne Laurie

    November 18, 2022 at 9:40 am

    @Matt McIrvin: And if I recall correctly, decades later it turned out the famous “D&D suicide” case, that led to the absurd TV movie with young Tom Hanks, was a gay kid suffering under the burden of homophobia…

    That was Dallas Egbert (III). It didn’t take ‘decades’ — everyone in the general vicinity of MSU knew, even before the disgusting book on which the movie was based could be rushed into publication, that Egbert had not (yet) committed suicide.  But the only people in his college life who weren’t involved in potential felonies were the D&D gamers, who made the mistake of assuming that William Dear, Rona Jaffe, and the other media-hungry parasites were interested in finding the truth and not just making a quick buck.

    Egbert *did* succeed in killing himself, poor kid, but not until after his parents had dragged him back to Ohio and confined him ‘for his own good’.

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    Matt McIrvin

    November 18, 2022 at 10:11 am

    A year ago our local sewage COVID RNA counts were almost identical to where they are now… but then they were clearly trending up after a relatively quiet summer and fall, whereas now they’re pretty much flat, after coming down from a modest wave in the early fall.

    So I don’t think it’s easy to guess what this portends for the winter COVID season, if there is one.

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    Another Scott

    November 18, 2022 at 10:22 am

    @Matt McIrvin: Yeah, I have nagging doubts about all kinds of numbers that are being reported in the USA (wastewater (huge lags, not uniform coverage); infections (people not reporting home tests, people not getting tested because they figure it’s not horrible whatever it is); etc.).  But I take a little bit of comfort that someone said very early on that “most” pandemics only last 2-3 years.  So if that is accurate, and if it holds for this “novel corona virus”, then we should be having less severe waves about now.

    But only time will tell…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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    Ohio Mom

    November 18, 2022 at 11:37 am

    @Another Scott: It seems to me that the only hard data that exists is how many people have gone to the hospital with Covid (or went in for something else and were tested and found positive). And that’s because I assume the bean counters at hospitals are very concerned with those numbers and demand they be collected.

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    YY_Sima Qian

    November 18, 2022 at 11:57 am

    On 11/17 Mainland China reported 2,276 new domestic confirmed (1,101 previously asymptomatic), 22,853 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.

    Guangdong Province reported 1,338 new domestic confirmed (1,017 previously asymptomatic, 1,241 at Guangzhou, 23 at Zhaoqing, 19 each at Dongguan & Zhanjiang, 7 each at Foshan & Shenzhen, 5 each at Maoming & Yangjiang, 4 at Huizhou, 3 at Shaoguan, 1 each at Jiangmen, Qingyuan, Shantou, Yunfu & Zhongshan) & 9,110 new domestic asymptomatic (8,989 at Guangzhou, 32 at Dongguan, 26 at Foshan, 16 at Jieyang, 13 at Zhaoqing, 10 at Zhuhai, 9 at Zhanjiang, 8 at Zhongshan, 5 at Shenzhen, 2 each at Jiangmen, Meizhou, Qingyuan & Yangjiang, & 1 each at Chaozhou & Shaoguan) cases. 2 of the new domestic positive cases was found via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure (1 each at Yunfu & Zhongshan), 50 in the community (16 each at Guangzhou & Zhanjiang, 10 at Zhaoqing, 3 at Zhongshan, 2 at Shenzhen, 1 each at Dongguan, Foshan, Yangjiang & Shaoguan), the rest are persons under quarantine or lockdown, or came from elsewhere. 528 domestic confirmed & 715 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 7,596 active domestic confirmed & 47,735 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 132 sites at Guangzhou, 37 at Zhaoqing, 30 at Dongguan, 18 at Yangjiang, 14 at Zhanjiang, 12 at Jiangmen, 11 at Zhongshan, 10 at Zhuhai, 8 at Shenzhen, 7 at Maoming, 5 each at Huizhou & Jieyang, 4 at Qingyuan, 2 each at Chaozhou & Shaoguan, & 1 at Meizhou  are currently at High Risk.

    Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 55 new domestic asymptomatic (37 at Guilin, 12 at Beihai, 2 each at Hechi & Nanning, & 1 each at Guigang & Wuzhou) cases, none from the community. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3 domestic confirmed & 223 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.

    Hainan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Haikou) & 7 new domestic asymptomatic (4 at Haikou & 3 at Sanya) cases, all coming from out of province. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. The province is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases. 3 sites each at Chengmai & Tunchang Counties, 2 each at Haikou & Sanya, & 1 each at Ding’an County & Qionghai are currently at High Risk.

    Hunan Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic, 2 at Changde & 1 at Chenzhou) & 129 new domestic asymptomatic (64 at Zhuzhou, 25 at Xiangxi Prefecture, 16 at Shaoyang, 15 at Changde, 3 at Huaihua, 2 each at Changsha & Yueyang, & 1 at Yongzhou) cases. 16 were found in the community (13 at Xiangxi Prefecture & 1 each at Changsha, Yiyang & Yongzhou), the rest are persons under quarantine or lockdown, or came from out of province. 23 domestic confirmed & 18 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 163 active domestic confirmed & 3,615 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 83 sites at Xiangxi Prefecture, 60 at Changde, 24 each at Huaihua & Zhuzhou, 12 at Shaoyang, & 5 at Yongzhou are currently at High Risk.

    Hubei Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Wuhan) & 145 new domestic asymptomatic (93 at Wuhan, 11 each at Jingzhou & Xiangyang, 9 at Enshi Prefecture, 7 at Huanggang, 4 at Xianning, 3 at Jingmen, 2 each at Ezhou, Huangshi & Suizhou, & 1 at Yichang) cases. 32 were found via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure (30 at Wuhan & 2 at Huanggang), 14 in the community (10 at Wuhan, 2 at Xiangyang, & 1 each at Huangshi & Jingmen), the rest are persons under quarantine or lockdown, or came from out of province. 1 domestic confirmed & 70 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 17 active domestic confirmed & 1,234 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 22 sites at Huanggang & 3 at Wuhan are currently at High Risk.

    Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 112 new domestic confirmed (6 previously asymptomatic, 81 at Hohhot, 30 at Ordos, & 1 at Ordos) & 1,287 new domestic asymptomatic (1,111 at Hohhot, 118 at Tongliao, 22 at Ulanqab, 19 at Baotou, 7 at Hinggan League, 5 at Chifeng, 2 at Bayan Nur, & 1 at Xilingol League) cases. 150 domestic confirmed & 1,547 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1,130 active domestic confirmed & 11,021 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. 1,386 sites at Hohhot, 102 at Baotou, 97 at Tongliao, 56 at Ulanqab, 56 at Chifeng, 13 at Ordos, 3 each at Bayan Nur & Wuhai, 2 at Hinggan League, & 1 at Xilingol League are currently at High Risk.

    Gansu Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (all at Lanzhou) & 1,563 new domestic asymptomatic (1,516 at Lanzhou, 19 at Longnan, 11 at Tianshui, 6 at Baiyin, 4 at Linxia Prefecture, 2 each at Jiayuguan & Qingyang, & 1 each at Dingxi, Pingliang & Wuwei) cases. 2 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 82 active domestic confirmed & 9,180 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 445 sites at Lanzhou, 21 at Linxia Prefecture, 10 at Qingyang, 4 at Jiayuguan, 3 at Longnan, & 1 at Wuwei are currently at High Risk.

    Shanxi Province reported 63 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic, 19 each at Datong & Taiyuan, 10 at Shuozhou, 6 at Lüliang, 4 at Xinzhou, 2 at Linfen, & 1 each at Jincheng, Yangquan & Yuncheng) & 348 new domestic asymptomatic (217 at Xinzhou, 47 at Taiyuan, 37 at Shuozhou, 14 at Datong, 12 at Jinzhong, 9 at Lüliang, 8 at Yuncheng, 2 each at Jincheng & Linfen) cases. 99 domestic confirmed & 165 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1,005 active domestic confirmed & 3,092 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 111 sites at Taiyuan, 108 at Shuozhou, 102 at Xinzhou, 26 at Datong, 22 at Yuncheng, 17 at Jinzhong, 10 at Jincheng, 9 each at Changzhi & Linfen, 6 at Lüliang, & 4 at Yangquan are currently at High Risk.

    Shaanxi Province reported 74 domestic confirmed (66 at Yulin, 3 at Xi’an, 2 each at Ankang & Weinan, & 1 at Hanzhong) & 584 new domestic asymptomatic (372 at Yulin, 173 at Xi’an, 24 at Xianyang, 6 at Ankang, 5 at Yangling, 2 at Shangluo, & 1 each at Baoji & Weinan) cases. 8 were found via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure (3 at Ankang, 2 each at Xi’an & Yulin, & 1 at Baoji), 12 in the community (10 at Yulin & 1 each at Xianyang & Yangling), the rest are persons under quarantine or lockdown. 9 domestic confirmed & 28 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 396 active domestic confirmed & 1,409 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 177 sites at Xi’an, 112 at Yulin, 20 at Xianyang, 8 at Weinan, 4 at Yangling, 2 at Ankang, & 1 at Yan’an are currently at High Risk.

    Ningxia “Autonomous” Region reported 28 new domestic asymptomatic (14 at Yinchuan, 7 at Wuzhong, 5 at Zhongwei, & 2 at Shizuishan) cases. 1 was found in the community (at Yinchuan), the rest are persons under quarantine or movement control, or coming from out of region. 14 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 84 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 12 sites at Zhongwei, 6 each at Wuzhong & Yinchuan, & 1 at Guyuan are currently at High Risk.

    Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 27 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic) & 938 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 8 domestic confirmed & 399 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The region is not publishing the counts of active domestic positive cases. 864 sites at Ürümqi, 158 at Hotan, 85 at Kashgar Prefecture, 58 at Aksu Prefecture, 35 at Bayingol Prefecture, 32 at Hami, & 9 at Kizilsu Prefecture are currently at High Risk.

    Shandong Province reported 10 new domestic confirmed (6 at Qingdao, 3 at Jining, & 1 at Linyi) & 138 new domestic asymptomatic (36 at Jinan, 20 at Heze, 18 at Zaozhuang, 15 at Jining, 14 at Linyi, 7 at Dezhou, 5 each at Liaocheng, Qingdao & Zibo, 4 at Rizhao, 2 each at Dongying, Tai’an, Weifang & Weihai, & 1 at Yantai) cases. 30 were found via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure (9 at Jinan, 6 each at Dezhou & Linyi, 4 at Liaocheng, 2 at Zibo, & 1 each at Heze, Weifang & Yantai), 4 in the community (3 at Jining & 1 each at Jinan), the rest are persons under quarantine or lockdown, or coming from out of province. 3 domestic confirmed & 101 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 117 active domestic confirmed & 1,778 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 58 sites at Jining, 36 at, 34 at Zaozhuang, 33 at Linyi, 26 at Jinan, 8 each at Heze & Qingdao, 6 at Liaocheng, & 2 each at Tai’an & Weihai are currently at High Risk.

    Hebei Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Shijiazhuang) & 326 new domestic asymptomatic (253 at Shijiazhuang, 22 at Qinhuangdao, 20 at Langfang, 8 at Handan, 6 at Zhangjiakou, 4 each at Baoding, Cangzhou & Hengshui, 3 at Tangshan, & 2 at Chengde) cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 223 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 20 domestic confirmed & 3,168 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 353 sites at Shijiazhuang, 117 at Langfang, 108 at Cangzhou, 71 at Qinhuangdao, 66 at Xingtai, 47 at Handan, 44 at Zhangjiakou, 24 at Baoding, 9 each at Chengde & Tangshan, 3 at Hengshui, & 2 at Xiong’an New Area are currently at High Risk.

    Henan Province reported 108 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic, 107 at Zhengzhou & 1 at Luohe) & 1,579 new domestic asymptomatic (1,556 at Zhengzhou, 9 at Jiaozuo, 4 at Luohe, 3 each at Anyang & Xinyang, & 1 each at Hebi, Luoyang, Xinxiang & Xuchang) cases. 72 were found via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure (69 at Zhengzhou & 1 each at Anyang, Jiaozuo & Xinyang), 389 from the community (388 at Zhengzhou & 1 at Xinxiang), the rest are persons under quarantine or lockdown. 6 domestic confirmed & 100 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1,946 active domestic confirmed & 20,480 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 1,577 sites at Zhengzhou are currently at High Risk.

    Liaoning Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Shenyang) & 23 new domestic asymptomatic (8 at Shenyang, 4 at Jinzhou, 3 each at Liaoyang & Yingkou, 2 each at Dandong & Huludao, & 1 at Fushun) cases. 4 domestic confirmed & 16 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 33 active domestic confirmed & 248 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 31 sites at Dandong, 14 at Liaoyang, & 1 at Yingkou are currently at High Risk.

    Jilin Province reported 72 new domestic asymptomatic (45 at Changchun, 20 at Songyuan, 4 at Siping, 2 at Baicheng, & 1 at Jilin City) cases. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is not publishing the counts of active domestic positive cases. 1 site at Changchun is currently at High Risk.

    Heilongjiang Province reported 10 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic, 6 at Harbin & 4 at Suihua) & 312 new domestic asymptomatic (265 at Suihua, 17 at Qiqihar, 14 at Harbin, 8 at Heihe, 6 at Daqing, & 2 at Yichun) cases. 3 of the new domestic positive cases was found via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure (2 at Heihe & 1 at Suihua), 5 in the community (3 at Suihua & 1 each at Harbin & Yichun), the rest are persons under quarantine or lockdown. 4 domestic confirmed & 297 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 135 active domestic confirmed & 4,883 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 394 sites at Suihua, 57 at Harbin, 23 at Daqing, 14 at Heihe, & 9 each at Qiqihar & Yichun are currently at High Risk.

    Beijing Municipality reported 100 new domestic confirmed (8 previously asymptomatic) & 366 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 45 of the new domestic positive cases were found in the community, the rest are persons under quarantine. 32 domestic confirmed & 14 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 376 sites are currently at High Risk.

    Tianjin Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 94 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 9 were found in the community, the rest are persons under quarantine or movement control. 1 domestic confirmed & 24 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 139 sites are currently at High Risk.

    Shanghai Municipality reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 25 new domestic asymptomatic cases, none from the community. 11 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed case in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 14 sites are currently at Medium Risk.

    Anhui Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Hefei) & 51 new domestic asymptomatic (14 at Huaibei, 9 at Fuyang, 8 at Wuhu, 6 at Bengbu, 3 at Bozhou, 2 each at Anqing, Huainan, Huangshan & Suzhou, & 1 each at Hefei, Liu’an & Ma’anshan) cases, none from the community. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 28 active domestic confirmed & 641 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 14 sites at Huaibei are currently at High Risk.

    Jiangsu Province reported 21 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic, 8 each at Lianyungang & Yancheng, 4 at Nanjing, & 1 at Taizhou) & 121 new domestic asymptomatic (34 at Suzhou, 32 at Lianyungang, 14 at Xuzhou, 12 at Yancheng, 9 at Nantong, 8 at Yangzhou, 4 at Nanjing, 2 each at Suqian, Wuxi & Zhenjiang, & 1 at Huai’an & Taizhou) cases, none from the community. 4 domestic confirmed & 11 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 132 active domestic confirmed & 566 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 134 sites at Lianyungang, 17 at Nanjing, & 8 at Yancheng are currently at High Risk.

    Zhejiang Province reported 16 new domestic confirmed (5 previously asymptomatic, 4 at Zhoushan, 3 each at Hangzhou & Wenzhou, 2 at Huzhou, & 1 each at Jinhua, Ningbo, Quzhou & Taizhou) & 34 new domestic asymptomatic (8 at Hangzhou, 5 each at Ningbo & Wenzhou, 4 each at Jinhua & Taizhou, 3 each at Jiaxing & Zhoushan, & 2 at Quzhou) cases, 1 was found in the community, the rest are persons under quarantine or lockdown, or coming from out of province. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is not publishing the counts of active domestic positive cases.

    Fujian Province reported 10 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 5 at Xiamen, 3 at Longyan, & 2 at Quanzhou) & 13 new domestic asymptomatic (9 at Fuzhou, 3 at Quanzhou, 2 at Ningde, & 1 at Longyan) cases. 31 domestic confirmed & 78 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 145 active domestic confirmed & 563 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 9 sites at Fuzhou are currently at High Risk.

    Jiangxi Province reported 15 new domestic asymptomatic (6 each at Fuzhou & Yingtan, 2 at Jiujiang, & 1 at Nanchang) cases, 7 coming from out of province. 2 domestic confirmed & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 128 active domestic asymptomatic cases there. 17 sites at Pingxiang are currently at High Risk.

    Sichuan Province reported 109 new domestic confirmed (9 previously asymptomatic, 75 at Chengdu, 8 at Deyang, 3 at Liangshan, 1 each at Leshan & Meishan, & 20 persons transferred from out of province to unspecified location) & 280 new domestic asymptomatic (88 at Deyang, 82 at Chengdu, 9 at Liangshan, 7 at Neijiang, 4 each at Dazhou & Nanchong, 3 each at Bazhong & Leshan, 1 each at Guang’an, Luzhou & Meishan, & 77 persons transferred from out of province to unspecified location) cases. 38 domestic confirmed & 60 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is not publishing the counts of active domestic positive cases. 143 sites at Chengdu, 91 at Deyang, 11 at Liangshan, 5 at, 4 each at Bazhong & Yibin, 3 at Leshan, & 2 each at Nanchong & Neijiang are currently at High Risk.

    Chongqing Municipality reported 193 new domestic confirmed (35 previously asymptomatic) & 4,473 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 141 of the new domestic positive cases were found via screening of persons deemed ar risk of exposure, 1,159 were found in the community, the rest are persons under quarantine or lock down. 53 domestic confirmed & 97 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1,631 active domestic confirmed & 20,512 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 3,325 sites are currently at High Risk.

    Guizhou Province reported 18 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic, 10 at Zunyi, 4 at Bijie, 2 at Guiyang, & 1 each at Qiandongnan & Qiannan Prefectures) & 21 new domestic asymptomatic (11 at Zunyi, 6 at Bijie, & 1 each at Guiyang, Qiandongnan & Qianxinan Prefectures, & Tongren) cases. 2 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 87 active domestic confirmed & 174 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 12 sites at Zunyi & 2 at Bijie are currently at High Risk.

    Qinghai Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic, all at Xining) & 569 new domestic asymptomatic (545 at Xining, 22 at Haidong, & 2 at Hainan Prefecture) cases. 4 of the new domestic positive cases were found via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure (3 at Haidong & 1 at Xining), 29 in the community (all at Xining), & the rest are persons under quarantine or lock down, or coming from out of province. 3 domestic confirmed & 82 domestic asymptomatic cases. recovered. There currently are 58 active domestic confirmed & 4,172 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 249 sites at Xining, 5 at each Haibei & Hainan Prefectures, & 1 at Haidong currently at High Risk. 388 sites at Xining, 5 at Haidong, 3 at Haibei Prefecture, & 1 at Huangnan Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.

    Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 4 new domestic confirmed (all at Chamdo) & 12 new domestic asymptomatic (4 each at Lhasa & Shigatse, 2 at Ngari Prefecture, & 1 each at Chamdo & Nyingchi) cases. 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The region is no longer publishing the count of active domestic positive cases. 4 sites at Chamdo, 2 at Shigatse, & 1 at Ngari Prefecture are currently at High Risk.

    Yunnan Province reported 33 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 23 at Kunming, 4 at Zhaotong, 2 each at Dehong & Honghe Prefectures, & 1 each at Pu’er & Qujing) & 135 new domestic asymptomatic (68 at Qujing, 26 at Dehong Prefecture, 24 at Honghe Prefecture, 11 at Kunming, 4 at Zhaotong, 2 at Wenshan Prefecture) cases. 17 of the new domestic positive cases were found via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure (14 at Kunming & 1 each at Pu’er, Qujing & Zhaotong), 16 in the community (8 at Qujing, 5 at Kunming, 2 at Wenshan Prefecture, & 1 at Qujing), the rest are persons under quarantine or lockdown, or came from out of province. 1 domestic confirmed & 31 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is not publishing the counts of active domestic positive cases. 46 sites at Qujing, 14 at Honghe Prefecture, 13 at Dehong Prefecture, 6 at Zhaotong, 4 at Lincang, 3 at Yuxi, & 2 at Wenshan Prefecture are currently at High Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 11/17, Mainland China reported 86 new imported confirmed cases (6 previously asymptomatic), 138 imported asymptomatic cases, & 0 imported suspect cases:

    Fujian Province – 52 confirmed & 4 asymptomatic cases
    Guangdong Province – 20 confirmed (4 previously asymptomatic) & 28 asymptomatic cases
    Sichuan Province – 3 confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 15 asymptomatic cases
    Shanghai Municipality – 3 confirmed & 30 asymptomatic cases
    Chongqing Municipality – 2 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases
    Jiangsu Province – 2 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases
    Shaanxi Province – 1 confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 5 asymptomatic cases
    Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed & 5 asymptomatic cases
    Beijing Municipality – 1 confirmed & 3 asymptomatic cases
    Hubei Province – 1 confirmed & 3 asymptomatic cases
    Zhejiang Province – 12 asymptomatic cases
    Liaoning Province – 11 asymptomatic cases
    Hunan Province – 6 asymptomatic cases
    Shandong Province – 6 asymptomatic cases
    Guangxi “Autonomous” Region – 2 asymptomatic cases
    Jilin Province – 2 asymptomatic cases
    Heilongjiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case
    Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region – 1 asymptomatic case
    Yunnan Province – 1 asymptomatic case

    Overall in Mainland China, 1,057 confirmed cases recovered (51 imported), 4,077 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (94 imported) & 1,107 were reclassified as confirmed cases (6 imported), & 103,437 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 18,477 active confirmed cases in the country (576 imported), 61 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 155,397 active asymptomatic cases (985 imported), 0 suspect cases. 1,007,834 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine. There have been 5,226 total COVID-19 deaths to date.

    As of 11/17, 3,441.859M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 179K doses in the past 24 hrs. 

    As of 11/17, Hong Kong reported 8,008 new positive cases, 507 imported & 7,501 domestic, & 8 new deaths. There have been 10,577 total COVID-19 deaths to date.

    On 11/17, Taiwan added 18,003 new positive cases, 51 imported & 17,952 domestic (including 44 moderate & 47 serious). There were 58 new deaths (from 40+ to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 10/14 – 11/12, 54 have chronic underlying conditions, 17 fully vaccinated & boosted). There have been 13,849 total COVID-19 deaths to date.

19. 19.

    Lady WereBear

    November 18, 2022 at 12:11 pm

    Apparently people learned things from the Jan 6 hearings. Maybe they will learn things with hearings on the Pandemic. During both administrations.

    In court, this is known as “opening the door” and you just don’t want to do it.

20. 20.

    LarryB

    November 18, 2022 at 9:59 pm

    Hoping for some help.

    I’ve been tracking Covid info daily since March of 2020, and I came to rely on Twitter as the best place to stay not only current, but cutting edge, on developments in research and with trends in the US and internationally.  It’s clear from these posts that Twitter has been a great resource here.  I’m trying to find another platform that offers even a small portion of the value that Twitter has provided in tracking the pandemic and medical research.  I’m up on Mastodon and looking for resources, and am considering Tribel.  Any thoughts would be deeply appreciated.

    LarryB

21. 21.

    Mousebumples

    November 20, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    @LarryB: late to the thread, but if you’re still following, I’ve seen a few health resources make the jump to Mastodon.

    • @[email protected] (milwaukee, WI MD)
    • @[email protected] (more aimed at supporting vaccines for young children)
    • @[email protected] (again, kid/covid information)
    • @[email protected]

    There are likely more, but I’m still expanding my list of follows, so that’s incomplete.