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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 1st, 2021.
An error at a West Virginia clinic led to 42 people being given Covid-19 antibodies instead of the vaccine. State health officials do not think there’s a risk of harm. They said it was an isolated incident but could not explain how the mix-up happened. Distribution is being run by the National Guard.
A suburban Milwaukee pharmacist was arrested suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of vaccine by leaving them out of refrigeration for two nights. The pharmacist has been fired and is in jail awaiting formal charges. The destroyed doses were worth between $8,000 and $11,000.
A consensus is growing that the vaccination effort in America is slower and messier than anticipated. Overworked, underfunded state health departments are scrambling to patch together plans for administering vaccines. And differences in how counties and hospitals do that are generating long lines, confusion, and jammed phone lines.
Healthcare workers in Ohio are prioritized to get a vaccine but some don’t want anything to do with it. About 60% of nursing home staff have elected not to take it. Ohio’s governor said, “We’re not going to make them, but we wish we had a higher compliance. The train may not be coming back for a while.”
84-year-old Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. tested positive for Covid and was taken to a Georgia-area hospital when he could no longer stand. He was put in an area with other Covid patients, stayed two days, then left after being freaked out by the number of deaths around him. Staff begged him to stay, given his age and underlying conditions including cancer, but he’s now recovering at home. It’s said he’s not out of the woods yet by a long shot.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Pershing, NV. Pleasants, WV. Glasscock, TX. Montour, PA. Bent, CO. Oldham, TX. Pecos, TX. Montgomery, IL. Audrain, MO. And Lassen, CA.
There are now 7,965,633 active cases in the United States. The current Top 10 states by number of active cases: California, Florida, New York, Arizona, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Maryland, and Colorado.
The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are South Dakota, New Jersey, Arizona, California, and Wisconsin.
The infection reproduction rate is currently highest in Maine, New York, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. The states with the lowest reproduction rate are Alaska, Wisconsin, Oregon, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
There’ve been a total 345,736 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.75%.
The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: California 580. Texas 329. Pennsylvania 293. Illinois 167. Arizona 146. New York 139. Florida 125. Ohio 108. Indiana 103. And Tennessee 97.
Globally, there are 22,659,240 active cases.
There were 738,477 new cases around the world in the last 24 hours against a high of 748,974 reported on December 11.
The five countries with the most new cases: the United States 228,413. Brazil 56,003. The U.K. 55,892. Russia 27,747. And Italy 23,477.
There have now been 1,817,531 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. Down 6% over 14 days.
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 1st, 2021.
An error at a West Virginia clinic led to 42 people being given Covid-19 antibodies instead of the vaccine. State health officials do not think there’s a risk of harm. They said it was an isolated incident but could not explain how the mix-up happened. Distribution is being run by the National Guard.
A suburban Milwaukee pharmacist was arrested suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of vaccine by leaving them out of refrigeration for two nights. The pharmacist has been fired and is in jail awaiting formal charges. The destroyed doses were worth between $8,000 and $11,000.
A consensus is growing that the vaccination effort in America is slower and messier than anticipated. Overworked, underfunded state health departments are scrambling to patch together plans for administering vaccines. And differences in how counties and hospitals do that are generating long lines, confusion, and jammed phone lines.
Healthcare workers in Ohio are prioritized to get a vaccine but some don’t want anything to do with it. About 60% of nursing home staff have elected not to take it. Ohio’s governor said, “We’re not going to make them, but we wish we had a higher compliance. The train may not be coming back for a while.”
84-year-old Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. tested positive for Covid and was taken to a Georgia-area hospital when he could no longer stand. He was put in an area with other Covid patients, stayed two days, then left after being freaked out by the number of deaths around him. Staff begged him to stay, given his age and underlying conditions including cancer, but he’s now recovering at home. It’s said he’s not out of the woods yet by a long shot.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Pershing, NV. Pleasants, WV. Glasscock, TX. Montour, PA. Bent, CO. Oldham, TX. Pecos, TX. Montgomery, IL. Audrain, MO. And Lassen, CA.
There are now 7,965,633 active cases in the United States. The current Top 10 states by number of active cases: California, Florida, New York, Arizona, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Maryland, and Colorado.
The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are South Dakota, New Jersey, Arizona, California, and Wisconsin.
The infection reproduction rate is currently highest in Maine, New York, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. The states with the lowest reproduction rate are Alaska, Wisconsin, Oregon, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
There’ve been a total 345,736 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.75%.
The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: California 580. Texas 329. Pennsylvania 293. Illinois 167. Arizona 146. New York 139. Florida 125. Ohio 108. Indiana 103. And Tennessee 97.
Globally, there are 22,659,240 active cases.
There were 738,477 new cases around the world in the last 24 hours against a high of 748,974 reported on December 11.
The five countries with the most new cases: the United States 228,413. Brazil 56,003. The U.K. 55,892. Russia 27,747. And Italy 23,477.
There have now been 1,817,531 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. Down 6% over 14 days.
For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Coronavirus 411 podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.