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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 5th, 2021.
Boris Johnson put the U.K. back into lockdown amid warnings NHS could fail to cope with soaring infection rates. England’s schools are closed, and people have been ordered to stay home. The goal is to get shots to 13.9 million at highest risk by mid-February. That’s when the restrictions can start easing. The lockdowns risk devastating businesses and another recession.
New York and Florida are getting ready to punish hospitals who aren’t distributing the vaccines they’ve been given. More than two-thirds of the 15 million vaccines shipped within the United States have so far gone unused. Punishments could include a fine and a reduction in future supplies.
A message from BioNTech and Pfizer about their vaccine…they have no evidence it will keep protecting against COVID-19 if the booster shot is given later than what was tested in trials. The booster is to be given three weeks after the prime shot. If it’s given later than that, as some countries like Germany, Denmark, and Britain are considering, the companies have no evidence of effectiveness.
In our podcast, we compare states with states and countries with countries. But Arizona currently not only leads every other state with the highest seven-day average of infections per capita, it alone leads every region in the world. And it’s the second time that’s happened.
There are many ways to distribute a vaccine. But Bulgaria might have one of the more unique among them. Transport by the manufacturers of the first doses wasn’t available and since the vaccine has to stay at a certain temperature, it was delivered by a hot dog truck. With a police escort.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Pershing, NV. Bethel Census Area, AK. Kusilvak Census Area, AK. Bent, CO. Braxton, WV. Montour, PA. Rooks, KS. Pecos, TX. Lassen, CA. And Labette, KS.
There are now 8,254,416 active cases in the United States. The current Top 10 states by number of active cases: California, Florida, New York, Arizona, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Missouri, Maryland, and Colorado.
The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are Arizona, West Virginia, Utah, Kansas, and New Jersey.
The infection reproduction rate is currently highest in Maine, New York, Florida, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. The states with the lowest reproduction rate are Wisconsin, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Wyoming.
There’ve been a total 353,388 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.72%.
The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: California 362. New York 193. Tennessee 143. Florida 103. Texas 99. Illinois and Pennsylvania 90. Michigan 85. Connecticut 69. And Ohio 67.
Globally, there are 23,187,402 active cases.
There were 616,328 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 190,165. The U.K. 58,784. Russia 23,351. Brazil 20,814. And India 16,278.
There have now been 1,852,208 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. Down 3% over 14 days.
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 5th, 2021.
Boris Johnson put the U.K. back into lockdown amid warnings NHS could fail to cope with soaring infection rates. England’s schools are closed, and people have been ordered to stay home. The goal is to get shots to 13.9 million at highest risk by mid-February. That’s when the restrictions can start easing. The lockdowns risk devastating businesses and another recession.
New York and Florida are getting ready to punish hospitals who aren’t distributing the vaccines they’ve been given. More than two-thirds of the 15 million vaccines shipped within the United States have so far gone unused. Punishments could include a fine and a reduction in future supplies.
A message from BioNTech and Pfizer about their vaccine…they have no evidence it will keep protecting against COVID-19 if the booster shot is given later than what was tested in trials. The booster is to be given three weeks after the prime shot. If it’s given later than that, as some countries like Germany, Denmark, and Britain are considering, the companies have no evidence of effectiveness.
In our podcast, we compare states with states and countries with countries. But Arizona currently not only leads every other state with the highest seven-day average of infections per capita, it alone leads every region in the world. And it’s the second time that’s happened.
There are many ways to distribute a vaccine. But Bulgaria might have one of the more unique among them. Transport by the manufacturers of the first doses wasn’t available and since the vaccine has to stay at a certain temperature, it was delivered by a hot dog truck. With a police escort.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Pershing, NV. Bethel Census Area, AK. Kusilvak Census Area, AK. Bent, CO. Braxton, WV. Montour, PA. Rooks, KS. Pecos, TX. Lassen, CA. And Labette, KS.
There are now 8,254,416 active cases in the United States. The current Top 10 states by number of active cases: California, Florida, New York, Arizona, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Missouri, Maryland, and Colorado.
The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are Arizona, West Virginia, Utah, Kansas, and New Jersey.
The infection reproduction rate is currently highest in Maine, New York, Florida, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. The states with the lowest reproduction rate are Wisconsin, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Wyoming.
There’ve been a total 353,388 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.72%.
The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: California 362. New York 193. Tennessee 143. Florida 103. Texas 99. Illinois and Pennsylvania 90. Michigan 85. Connecticut 69. And Ohio 67.
Globally, there are 23,187,402 active cases.
There were 616,328 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 190,165. The U.K. 58,784. Russia 23,351. Brazil 20,814. And India 16,278.
There have now been 1,852,208 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. Down 3% 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.