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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 2nd, 2021.
There are some signs vaccinations in the US are going up now that the Delta variant surge has become undeniable. 816,203 doses were administered Saturday, the 5th straight day the CDC recorded more than 700,000 shots in arms. Saturday was also the third day in a row the 7-day average of people getting their first shots topped 400,000.
Which is not to say there isn’t still resistance around the world. Thousands protested Germany’s anti-coronavirus measures in Berlin yesterday, leading to clashes with police and the detention of some 600 people. In France, thousands protested mandatory coronavirus health passes for entry to public venues for the third weekend in a row.
More businesses are also turning to vaccine mandates. Disney and Walmart announced Friday mandates for some of their employees. For Disney it’s all salaried and nonunion hourly employees, for Walmart its all corporate staff members and regional managers. They join companies like Google, Facebook, Uber, and The Washington Post.
Not sure how this is going to help get vaccinations up, but Pfizer and Moderna have raised the prices of their vaccines in their latest contracts to the European Union. And not a little bit. It’s a 25% increase for Pfizer and 13% for Moderna. But apparently, these increases still leave the price lower than what was previously agreed upon.
How come what is said in the United States is so frequently at odds with what other countries are finding? Israel's director of public health services said on Face the Nation that Israel, which vaccinated its population early and often, found that about 50% of the people testing positive right now are fully immunized. Not only that, there's evidence the vaccinated are not spreading the virus frequently or widely, which runs counter to what the CDC just said about why the vaccinated should stay masked. In Israel, 80% of vaccinated individuals who’ve been infected have "zero contacts" confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 from the connection. To be clear, this means vaccinated people can and do infect other people, but Israel has found their ability to do so is 50% lower than the unvaccinated.
In the United States cases were up 149%, deaths are up 14%, and hospitalizations are up 86% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5.
There are now 5,466,254 active cases in the United States.
Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 3,707. Texas 3,623. New York 2,657. Arizona 2,306. And Arkansas 1,984.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Stone, MS. East Feliciana, LA. Ascension, LA. Gulf, FL. Livingston, LA. Lafourche, LA. Nassau, FL. And St. Charles, LA.
There have been at least 613,223 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.
The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that’s been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.4%, Massachusetts unchanged at 63.7%, and Maine at 63.4%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.2%, Mississippi unchanged at 34.4%, and Arkansas at 36.2%. The percentage of the U.S. that’s been fully vaccinated is 49.4%.
The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam and Zambia up 7%. Kosovo 6%. Brunei 5%. And Pakistan 4%.
Globally, cases were up 14% and deaths were up 12% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21.
There are once again over 15 million active cases around the world, at 15,152,168
The five countries with the most new cases: India 40,784....
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 2nd, 2021.
There are some signs vaccinations in the US are going up now that the Delta variant surge has become undeniable. 816,203 doses were administered Saturday, the 5th straight day the CDC recorded more than 700,000 shots in arms. Saturday was also the third day in a row the 7-day average of people getting their first shots topped 400,000.
Which is not to say there isn’t still resistance around the world. Thousands protested Germany’s anti-coronavirus measures in Berlin yesterday, leading to clashes with police and the detention of some 600 people. In France, thousands protested mandatory coronavirus health passes for entry to public venues for the third weekend in a row.
More businesses are also turning to vaccine mandates. Disney and Walmart announced Friday mandates for some of their employees. For Disney it’s all salaried and nonunion hourly employees, for Walmart its all corporate staff members and regional managers. They join companies like Google, Facebook, Uber, and The Washington Post.
Not sure how this is going to help get vaccinations up, but Pfizer and Moderna have raised the prices of their vaccines in their latest contracts to the European Union. And not a little bit. It’s a 25% increase for Pfizer and 13% for Moderna. But apparently, these increases still leave the price lower than what was previously agreed upon.
How come what is said in the United States is so frequently at odds with what other countries are finding? Israel's director of public health services said on Face the Nation that Israel, which vaccinated its population early and often, found that about 50% of the people testing positive right now are fully immunized. Not only that, there's evidence the vaccinated are not spreading the virus frequently or widely, which runs counter to what the CDC just said about why the vaccinated should stay masked. In Israel, 80% of vaccinated individuals who’ve been infected have "zero contacts" confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 from the connection. To be clear, this means vaccinated people can and do infect other people, but Israel has found their ability to do so is 50% lower than the unvaccinated.
In the United States cases were up 149%, deaths are up 14%, and hospitalizations are up 86% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5.
There are now 5,466,254 active cases in the United States.
Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 3,707. Texas 3,623. New York 2,657. Arizona 2,306. And Arkansas 1,984.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Stone, MS. East Feliciana, LA. Ascension, LA. Gulf, FL. Livingston, LA. Lafourche, LA. Nassau, FL. And St. Charles, LA.
There have been at least 613,223 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.
The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that’s been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.4%, Massachusetts unchanged at 63.7%, and Maine at 63.4%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.2%, Mississippi unchanged at 34.4%, and Arkansas at 36.2%. The percentage of the U.S. that’s been fully vaccinated is 49.4%.
The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam and Zambia up 7%. Kosovo 6%. Brunei 5%. And Pakistan 4%.
Globally, cases were up 14% and deaths were up 12% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21.
There are once again over 15 million active cases around the world, at 15,152,168
The five countries with the most new cases: India 40,784....
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.