U.S. logs one million new COVID-19 cases last week, deaths up 12%

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U.S. logs one million new COVID-19 cases last week, deaths up 12%

 

FILE PHOTO: Dr. Saulo Castellano looks at nasal swab samples at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site inside the Alliant Energy Center complex, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The United States recorded more than 1 million new COVID-19 cases last week as new infections rose in every state except for Hawaii, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports.

 

Deaths increased 12% in the week ended Nov. 15 and averaged more than 1,100 people per day.

 

Several states, including Michigan, North Dakota and Washington, imposed new restrictions on public gatherings and indoor dining to try to slow the spread of the virus.

 

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer warned that without aggressive action, the state could soon suffer over 1,000 COVID-19 deaths per week, which would be more than double its 431 deaths in the past seven days.

 

"We are in the worst moment of this pandemic to date," Whitmer told a news conference on Sunday. "The situation has never been more dire. We are at the precipice and we need to take some action."

 

Some of the states that saw the sharpest percentage increases in infections last week, such as Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York, were places that appeared to have had the virus under control over the summer.

 

(Open https://tmsnrt.rs/2WTOZDR in an external browser for state-by-state details)

 

More than 69,000 people were hospitalized as of Nov. 15, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to track the outbreak.

 

About 10% of COVID-19 tests came back positive, the data showed. To put it another way, one out of every 315 Americans tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past week.

 

Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota all had positive test rates over 50%. The World Health Organization considers rates above 5% concerning because it suggests there are more cases in the community that have not yet been uncovered.

 

(Graphic by Chris Canipe, editing by Tiffany Wu)

 

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[FritsSikkink]

MAGA, breaking one record after the other, 180K new cases in one day:

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coronavirus-updates-north-dakota-is-now-requiring-face-masks-us-daily-cases-exceed-180k-24-deaths-at-ky-veterans-home/ar-BB1b0PBE?ocid=spartanntp

 

[Tug]

Trumps mismanaged reaction to covid is on track to kill more Americans than we lost in ww2 all services all theaters of operations truly a staggering failure of leadership 

[Hamus Yaigh]

COVID knew it would be easy when Trump put Pence in charge of it. Now we see Trump playing golf on weekends whilst the transition is in limbo. Great optics. A legacy indeed.

[PatOngo]

17 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

COVID knew it would be easy when Trump put Pence in charge of it. Now we see Trump playing golf on weekends whilst the transition is in limbo. Great optics. A legacy indeed.

.....and 70 million Americans support him! What a mess!

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota all had positive test rates over 50%. The World Health Organization considers rates above 5% concerning because it suggests there are more cases in the community that have not yet been uncovered.

Besides the unflattering datum of being the states with the high positive rates over 50%, these 3 states shared the commonality of having 3 Republican governors who are staunch Trump supporters. Kristy Noem (SD) conservative star, cheered for freedom against lockdown and was proud to host Sturgis fame. Kim Reynolds (Kansas) maskless at Trump's indoor election campaigns and Laura Kelly who has finally woke up and realized the seriousness of the corona virus continuous climb; now relent and push for mask mandate albeit late. These are fools that followed Trump blindly and they have done a disservice to their people. 

[onthedarkside]

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If you're going to present data, please provide a weblink to the original source/sources.

 

[onthedarkside]

A misinformation post regarding the coronavirus has been removed along with a reply. Continuing to post CV misinformation will earn suspensions.

 

[joecoolfrog]

Thank goodness Trump has got covid under control and it will go away next Tuesday!

[spidermike007]

And Trump remains totally unengaged, unconcerned and unbothered by any of this. As if it was not even happening. And I spoke to a Trump supporter yesterday who is convinced this is all made up. I am not convinced the Covid narrative is entirely as it appears, however to deny the extent of it is playing a bit fast and loose with reality and truth. And the refusal to wear masks in public? 

 

Trump went on and on and on about America being number one. They sure are with regards to Covid. 

[Traubert]

I can't see how their situation is going improve. Problem is, neither can they.

[jaiyen]

It seems the American public just don't care about the virus and even deny its existence. Half the population firmly believe what Trump tells them !  And all he cares about is playing golf.

Edited November 17, 2020 by Scott

[J Town]

Seems to me I heard somewhere that, after 4 November, Covid would magically disappear.

 

Why is it that countries who encourage/insist on mask wearing have significantly fewer cases. It's almost as if Americans were dissuaded from wearing them by some ignorant source. Damn shame it's resulting in dead people that didn't HAVE to die.