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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for December 8th, 2020.
Britain begins its vaccine program this week and now the job is reassuring people it’s safe and effective. Not easy, because a sizable minority don’t believe it is. And the World Health Organization estimates it’ll take 65-70% vaccine coverage to reach population immunity.
South Korea’s health minister is using the harshest wording he can think of to communicate the gravity of the situation there. He said the Seoul metropolitan area is now a “COVID-19 war zone.” They’ve recorded more than 5,300 new infections in 10 days and most of that has come from Seoul.
New data released by Health and Human Services gives a detailed picture of how individual hospitals in the United States are holding up. In 126 counties, the average hospital is at least 90% occupied. The states with the most counties above this threshold are Kentucky, Georgia, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The vaccine is already creating jobs. If you need one, CVS Health is looking for thousands of pharmacists, nurses, pharmacy technicians and more. The problem for CVS is…so is everybody else. The Department of Defense said CVS and Walgreens will be the ones to give vaccines to people in long-term care facilities nationwide.
Pathetic but very 2020 advice for Americans this holiday season from the World Health Organization. Don't hug. Dr. Michael Ryan said, “It’s a horrible thing to think we’d be here as the World Health Organization saying to people, ‘Don’t hug each other.’ It’s terrible. But that’s the brutal reality.” At the moment, the U.S. accounts for a third of all cases in the world.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Lincoln, CO. Dewey, SD. Bent, CO. Montour, PA. Ziebach, SD. Lassen, CA. Jackson, AR. Prairie, MT. Deaf Smith, TX. And Hall, TX.
There are now 6,096,357 active cases in the United States. The current Top 10 states by number of active cases: California, Florida, Illinois, Arizona, New York, Texas, Missouri, Virginia, Michigan, and Maryland.
The five states with the most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are Alaska, Minnesota, South Dakota, New Mexico, and Indiana.
The reproduction rate is currently highest in California, Georgia, Delaware, New York, and Massachusetts. The states with the lowest reproduction rate are Iowa, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
There’ve been a total 283,650 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.93%.
The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: California 115. New York 112. Florida 105. Michigan 101. Illinois 100. Texas 83. Connecticut 78. Kansas 70. Tennessee 66. And Ohio 61.
Globally, there are now 19,377,609 active cases.
There are 534,049 new cases around the world in the last 24 hours against a high of 656,099 on November 12.
The five countries with the most new cases: the United States 198,792. Turkey 32,137. Russia 28,412. India 27,107. And Brazil 24,525.
There have now been 1,543,280 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. Up 12% over 14 days.
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for December 8th, 2020.
Britain begins its vaccine program this week and now the job is reassuring people it’s safe and effective. Not easy, because a sizable minority don’t believe it is. And the World Health Organization estimates it’ll take 65-70% vaccine coverage to reach population immunity.
South Korea’s health minister is using the harshest wording he can think of to communicate the gravity of the situation there. He said the Seoul metropolitan area is now a “COVID-19 war zone.” They’ve recorded more than 5,300 new infections in 10 days and most of that has come from Seoul.
New data released by Health and Human Services gives a detailed picture of how individual hospitals in the United States are holding up. In 126 counties, the average hospital is at least 90% occupied. The states with the most counties above this threshold are Kentucky, Georgia, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The vaccine is already creating jobs. If you need one, CVS Health is looking for thousands of pharmacists, nurses, pharmacy technicians and more. The problem for CVS is…so is everybody else. The Department of Defense said CVS and Walgreens will be the ones to give vaccines to people in long-term care facilities nationwide.
Pathetic but very 2020 advice for Americans this holiday season from the World Health Organization. Don't hug. Dr. Michael Ryan said, “It’s a horrible thing to think we’d be here as the World Health Organization saying to people, ‘Don’t hug each other.’ It’s terrible. But that’s the brutal reality.” At the moment, the U.S. accounts for a third of all cases in the world.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Lincoln, CO. Dewey, SD. Bent, CO. Montour, PA. Ziebach, SD. Lassen, CA. Jackson, AR. Prairie, MT. Deaf Smith, TX. And Hall, TX.
There are now 6,096,357 active cases in the United States. The current Top 10 states by number of active cases: California, Florida, Illinois, Arizona, New York, Texas, Missouri, Virginia, Michigan, and Maryland.
The five states with the most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are Alaska, Minnesota, South Dakota, New Mexico, and Indiana.
The reproduction rate is currently highest in California, Georgia, Delaware, New York, and Massachusetts. The states with the lowest reproduction rate are Iowa, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
There’ve been a total 283,650 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.93%.
The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: California 115. New York 112. Florida 105. Michigan 101. Illinois 100. Texas 83. Connecticut 78. Kansas 70. Tennessee 66. And Ohio 61.
Globally, there are now 19,377,609 active cases.
There are 534,049 new cases around the world in the last 24 hours against a high of 656,099 on November 12.
The five countries with the most new cases: the United States 198,792. Turkey 32,137. Russia 28,412. India 27,107. And Brazil 24,525.
There have now been 1,543,280 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. Up 12% 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.