U.S. records over 1,000 new coronavirus deaths for a second day in a row

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U.S. records over 1,000 new coronavirus deaths for a second day in a row

By Lisa Shumaker

 

FILE PHOTO: An ambulance is seen backed up to a temporary morgue outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

(Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus rose by more than 1,000 for a second day in a row on Wednesday, including a record one-day rise in fatalities in Alabama, Nevada and Texas, according to a Reuters tally.

 

The United States has not seen back-to-back days with over 1,000 lives lost since June 5-6. Weeks after cases began to surge, 23 states are now seeing fatalities also rise, according to a Reuters analysis of deaths for the past two weeks compared with the prior two weeks.

 

While deaths are rising in the United States for a second week in a row, they remain well below levels seen in April, when on average 2,000 people a day died from the virus.

 

One hard-hit Texas county is storing bodies in refrigerated trucks after COVID-19 deaths doubled in the span of a week.

 

Hidalgo County, at the southern tip of the state on the U.S. border with Mexico, has seen cases rise 60 percent in the last week, according to a Reuters tally, with deaths doubling to more than 360.

 

Crematoriums in the Hidalgo County area have a wait list of two weeks, a local official said, forcing the county to use five refrigerated trucks that can hold 50 bodies each.

 

Over 142,000 lives have been lost to the virus in the United States over the last five months, the highest in the world. Among the 20 countries with the largest outbreaks, the United States ranks sixth highest globally for deaths per capita, according to a Reuters analysis.

 

(Writing by Lisa Shumaker, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)

 

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[J Town]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Over 142,000 lives have been lost to the virus in the United States over the last five months, the highest in the world. Among the 20 countries with the largest outbreaks, the United States ranks sixth highest globally for deaths per capita, according to a Reuters analysis.

So what is the US doing or not doing that is killing its people and having it lose this battle? What's different about the US?

[Kadilo]

“Crematoriums in the Hidalgo County area have a wait list of two weeks, a local official said, forcing the county to use five refrigerated trucks that can hold 50 bodies each.”

 

What a sad an undignified end to a persons life. 

 

Must be heartbreaking for the families.  
 

[fredwiggy]

10 minutes ago, J Town said:

So what is the US doing or not doing that is killing its people and having it lose this battle? What's different about the US?

Listening to idiots like trump who thought from the beginning, "We have this under control", when he had a chance to lock down, like Vietnam did, and it would have been controlled. Instead, his ego , thinking he "Knows everything about Covid", when he knew nothing, let the disease flourish and kill thousands of people. Governors listening to the White House, opened the door to the disease's spread, and it won't stop until the country is actually locked down, for at least 2 weeks, instead of letting morons protest (burning buildings, beating and shooting others), go to parties (where one will infect everyone), and close bars (Where people talk loud and breathe on everyone else) and restaurants besides take out. Pay businesses and people money to get by for a few weeks, and things will improve. The worst leadership ever in our country had led to a disaster that could have been nipped in the bud.

[Matzzon]

35 minutes ago, J Town said:

What's different about the US?

Trump!

[natway09]

It is only the Whu flu & will go away soon (I hope) The Gooses own words

He turned his back on his own people for 6 weeks just  to make a buck.

Sad, dangerous man

[Rimmer]

A troll post citing an imaginary medical condition has been removed

[american2]

What is different is the   I can do what I want   attitude.  No real shelter in place   no masks   no social distancing.  They were hit with an intense strain of covid19 and wanted to continue life as it was.  Sadly many who wanted/tried to follow the precautions are infecteed by those who don't

[ThaiFelix]

Trump, making america great again lol!

[Tug]

2 hours ago, blazes said:

 

This is your second post (see also post #11) where you mention "trailer-parks".

While this says a lot about the capacity of the mind behind those remarks, at least you refrained from using the word "deplorables". 

 

(You forget, incidentally, that Trump is at the end of a long line of presidents who failed utterly to improve the way of life for millions of Americans.  And there was no way the vile Clinton was going to improve the life of the trailer-parks  or even have their inhabitants on her political radar.)

 

Good luck with a Biden administration!!!!

 

 

Hey thanks blazes I’m sure the Biden administration will be a vast improvement bear in mind there’s a lot of damage done so it will take time to achieve a budget surplus the last time that happened was the Clinton administration lol I know Hillary’s lifetime of experience in government would have been ??? Compared to what trump has done vile indeed

[torturedsole]

It's a big population so 1000 deaths per day is average and no evidence that C19 killed every last one of the 1000.  

[Starmocihc]

14 hours ago, J Town said:

So what is the US doing or not doing that is killing its people and having it lose this battle? What's different about the US?

Count every single death, no matter the cause, as a covid death. There's a huge financial incentive to do so and these medical corps are wildly desperate for funding. 

[daveAustin]

14 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Listening to idiots like trump who thought from the beginning, "We have this under control", when he had a chance to lock down, like Vietnam did, and it would have been controlled. Instead, his ego , thinking he "Knows everything about Covid", when he knew nothing, let the disease flourish and kill thousands of people. Governors listening to the White House, opened the door to the disease's spread, and it won't stop until the country is actually locked down, for at least 2 weeks, instead of letting morons protest (burning buildings, beating and shooting others), go to parties (where one will infect everyone), and close bars (Where people talk loud and breathe on everyone else) and restaurants besides take out. Pay businesses and people money to get by for a few weeks, and things will improve. The worst leadership ever in our country had led to a disaster that could have been nipped in the bud.

You can't compare countries on this without looking at its travel/business status. The US, along with UK, was doomed way before Feb/Mar for being globalist places of mass transit. Vietnam is, well, Vietnam. 

[nattaya09]

Millions transit from China through the US each year. Trump should have put the EU/UK travel ban into effect at the same time he put the China ban in.  Ultimately, the NY/NJ outbreak that accounted for over a third of all US cases and deaths was fed by Chinese transiting in via the EU

[metisdead]

Offensive posts, off topic trolling posts about the election system in the USA and the replies have been removed. 

[galenflagler]

3 hours ago, torturedsole said:

It's a big population so 1000 deaths per day is average and no evidence that C19 killed every last one of the 1000.  

 

2 hours ago, Starmocihc said:

Count every single death, no matter the cause, as a covid death. There's a huge financial incentive to do so and these medical corps are wildly desperate for funding. 

And this explains why the ICU units of hospitals in states like Florida, Texas and Arizona are being overwhelmed?

[steelepulse]

With 75% of the US population being classified as overweight or obese, this is the major contributing factor.  Diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, heart disease and many other health issues are due to being over weight or obese.  

 

Watch any US TV and the majority of ads are either for food, or pharma products.  Almost as if the two go hand in hand!

 

You would have thought that those in at risk category and with underlying conditions would have perhaps done something to get in better physical shape and have their immunity system bolstered up.  Instead, it's sodas, sugar, carbs and junk food for the majority.

 

 

[stevenl]

3 hours ago, Starmocihc said:

Count every single death, no matter the cause, as a covid death. There's a huge financial incentive to do so and these medical corps are wildly desperate for funding. 

Not true.

[galenflagler]

9 minutes ago, steelepulse said:

With 75% of the US population being classified as overweight or obese, this is the major contributing factor.  Diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, heart disease and many other health issues are due to being over weight or obese.  

 

Watch any US TV and the majority of ads are either for food, or pharma products.  Almost as if the two go hand in hand!

 

You would have thought that those in at risk category and with underlying conditions would have perhaps done something to get in better physical shape and have their immunity system bolstered up.  Instead, it's sodas, sugar, carbs and junk food for the majority.

 

 

USA has an obesity rate of 36.2%. Canada has an obesity rate of 29.4%

Does Canada have 5/6 the mortality rate of the USA in respect to Covid? Are the ICU units of their  hospitals being overwhelmed with Coronavirus cases?

The same goes for Australia which has a 29% obesity rate.

[steelepulse]

4 minutes ago, galenflagler said:

USA has an obesity rate of 36.2%. Canada has an obesity rate of 29.4%

Does Canada have 5/6 the mortality rate of the USA in respect to Covid? Are the ICU units of their  hospitals being overwhelmed with Coronavirus cases?

The same goes for Australia which has a 29% obesity rate.

Add up medically categorized obesity and overweight combined, the US is at 75%.  Do the people in AU and Canada eat and drink the same amount of <deleted>?  I'd dare say no they do not, and I would also dare say the population density and amount of protesting and rioting is not the same either.

[fredwiggy]

Just now, galenflagler said:

USA has an obesity rate of 36.2%. Canada has an obesity rate of 29.4%

Does Canada have 5/6 the mortality rate of the USA in respect to Covid? Are the ICU units of their  hospitals being overwhelmed with Coronavirus cases?

The same goes for Australia which has a 29% obesity rate.

The US has and has had a total obesity percentage of 60% and more. Children are included in that total. That's is just obesity. Many more are overweight and yes, this is why there are a lot of fatalities in not only the US but everywhere else. Australia has a higher percentage at 67%.

[spiekerjozef]

It's all part of make America great again.

[galenflagler]

9 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

The US has and has had a total obesity percentage of 60% and more. Children are included in that total. That's is just obesity. Many more are overweight and yes, this is why there are a lot of fatalities in not only the US but everywhere else. Australia has a higher percentage at 67%.

Different sources give different figures. I guess it depends on how you define obesity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate

If you go by average BMI then USA has a 28.8 rate vs Australia and Canada at 27.2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass_index

 

Edited July 24, 2020 by galenflagler

[spiekerjozef]

16 minutes ago, galenflagler said:

USA has an obesity rate of 36.2%. Canada has an obesity rate of 29.4%

Does Canada have 5/6 the mortality rate of the USA in respect to Covid? Are the ICU units of their  hospitals being overwhelmed with Coronavirus cases?

The same goes for Australia which has a 29% obesity rate.

But they have proper healthcare systems.

[J Town]

3 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

But they have proper healthcare systems.

Only if you can afford it.

[galenflagler]

4 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

But they have proper healthcare systems.

Including much better public health systems.

[fredwiggy]

2 minutes ago, galenflagler said:

Different sources give different figures. I guess it depends on how you define obesity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate

If you go by average BMI then USA has a 28.8 rate vs Australia and Canada at 27.2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass_index

 

A BMI at 30 is obese, at 25 is overweight. I lived in the US for 62 years, and was in the health industry for 45, and saw first hand how many people there are overweight and obese. True that different sources giving different figures, but from what I've always read, it has been around 60% or more for a long time.

Edited July 24, 2020 by fredwiggy

[galenflagler]

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

A BMI at 30 is obese, at 25 is overweight. I lived in the US for 62 years, and was in the health industry for 45, and saw first hand how many people there are overweight and obese.

Right. But some are claiming that the differential in the US mortality rate is basically or mostly due to widespread obesity. I don't think the actual obesity or overweight rates support that.

[HighPriority]

18 hours ago, J Town said:

So what is the US doing or not doing that is killing its people and having it lose this battle? What's different about the US?

One word...

TRUMP

[scammed]

18 hours ago, J Town said:

So what is the US doing or not doing that is killing its people and having it lose this battle? What's different about the US?

instead of quarantine the risk group (i.e over 80 farts),

they shut down the entire country and sent infected to the 80 year ole farts in nursing homes to infect them