This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for November 3rd, 2020. 

The American Academy of Pediatrics reports more than 61,000 children in the U.S. were diagnosed with Covid-19 last week — more than any other week during the pandemic. 853,635 children have been diagnosed this year, representing 11.1% of all U.S. cases. 

One struggling world hot spot is Belgium. Strict new lockdowns are in place, and many hospitals are overwhelmed. In one city between one-fifth and one-quarter of medical staff were sick or quarantining, and even those who are positive but asymptomatic are being told to show up for work.

Germany began a month-long partial shutdown yesterday. Restaurants, bars, theaters, and other leisure facilities have been shut down. It’s considered lockdown light because, schools, non-essential shops and hairdressers are allowed to stay open. The government said last week authorities currently cannot trace the source of three-quarters of infections.

A non-peer-reviewed study by the UK coronavirus immunology consortium suggests T-cell immunity against the virus is likely to stay in most adults six months after primary infection. Plus, levels of T-cell immunity are higher in patients with symptoms.

Want job security? Become a nurse. Medical administrators are having trouble finding them and it’s gotten very competitive between hospitals. We’re talking signing bonuses of $15,000 and pay in some places going up to $5,000/week. Contract nurses willing to travel are in particularly hot demand. 

The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Bon Homme, SD. Norton, KS. San Saba, TX. Buffalo, SD. Wells, ND. Wallace, KS. Ellsworth, KS. Carter, MT. Sheridan, KS. And Bennett, SD. 

There are now 3,159,144 active cases in the United States. The current Top 10 states by number of active cases: California, Florida, Arizona, Virginia, Texas overtakes Georgia, Missouri, Illinois overtakes Maryland, and Alabama. 

The five states with the most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Montana, and Wyoming.

The retransmission rate is currently highest in Wyoming, Rhode Island, Vermont, Iowa, and Connecticut. There are two states with a retransmission rate below 1 and they are Mississippi and Florida.  

There’ve been a total 231,510 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 2.53%.

The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: Texas 48. Florida 41. Ohio 37. Iowa and Arkansas 27. Tennessee and Indiana 26. California 22. And Illinois and Georgia 18. 

Globally, there are now over 12 million active cases, at 12,073,379.

There are 477,107 new cases around the world in the last 24 hours, against a high of 550,012 on October 30.  

The five countries with the most new cases: United States 88,905. France 52,518. India 37,592. Italy 22,253. And Switzerland 21,926.  

There have now been 1,205,221 deaths worldwide. Up 26% over 14 days.  

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