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Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 1-29-2021
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 29th, 2021.
New York’s Attorney General reported, and the Governor’s administration confirmed, thousands more nursing home residents died of COVID-19 than official tallies previously acknowledged. This after the state refused to divulge its true numbers for months. The Attorney General said long term care resident deaths weren’t counted as such if they happened in a hospital instead of on property.
Novavax said its vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings, and it also seems to work — though not as well — against mutated strains of the virus. It performs well with the U.K. strain but not as well against the one from South Africa.
New federal data shows a dozen states are reporting drops of 25% or more in new cases. Since there remain complaints about vaccine not being available, that can’t be the reason for this sudden trend. So what is? Experts say it’s because people are more afraid of the virus and are following preventative guidelines more.
But is there a vaccine shortage? CDC data shows 16 states have actually used less than half of the vaccines that were distributed to them. Those states are Alabama, Wisconsin, Kansas, Hawaii, Arizona, Pennsylvania, California, Maryland, Minnesota, Idaho, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and Ohio.
You don’t hear much about it, but work is still being done to roll out better coronavirus testing. In England, they’re using the LampORE test, which only requires a sample of saliva. Trials show it’s good at finding cases, even if the person being tested has no symptoms.
In the United States cases were down 34%, deaths are down 1%, and hospitalizations down 14% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending down since January 25th.
There are now 9,824,711 active cases in the United States. The current top 5 states by number of active cases: California, New York, Florida, Arizona, and Georgia.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Forest, PA. Chattahoochee, GA. Hitchcock, NE. Hemphill, TX. Winchester, VA. Presidio, TX. San Miguel, CO. Dimmit, TX. Culberson, TX. And Zavala, TX.
The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are Arizona, South Carolina, Rhode Island, New York, and Texas.
There’ve been a total 432,971 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.68%.
The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: California 614. Texas 413. New York 237. South Carolina 230. Pennsylvania 220. Florida 200. Georgia 184. Arizona 176. Alabama 168. And North Carolina 131.
The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that’s had at least one dose are Alaska at 11.4%, West Virginia at 9.5%, and Connecticut at 8.5%. The bottom 3 are Missouri and Idaho at 4.5%, and Alabama at 4.7%
Globally, cases were down 22%, and deaths up 4% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending down since January 11.
Globally, there are 25,966,260 active cases.
The five countries with the most new cases: the United States 162,574. Brazil 60,301. Spain 34,899. The U.K. 28,680. And France 23,770.
There have now been 2,188,745 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide.
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.
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New York’s Attorney General reported, and the Governor’s administration confirmed, thousands more nursing home residents died of COVID-19 than official tallies previously acknowledged. This after the state refused to divulge its true numbers for months. The Attorney General said long term care resident deaths weren’t counted as such if they happened in a hospital instead of on property.
Novavax said its vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings, and it also seems to work — though not as well — against mutated strains of the virus. It performs well with the U.K. strain but not as well against the one from South Africa.
New federal data shows a dozen states are reporting drops of 25% or more in new cases. Since there remain complaints about vaccine not being available, that can’t be the reason for this sudden trend. So what is? Experts say it’s because people are more afraid of the virus and are following preventative guidelines more.
But is there a vaccine shortage? CDC data shows 16 states have actually used less than half of the vaccines that were distributed to them. Those states are Alabama, Wisconsin, Kansas, Hawaii, Arizona, Pennsylvania, California, Maryland, Minnesota, Idaho, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and Ohio.
You don’t hear much about it, but work is still being done to roll out better coronavirus testing. In England, they’re using the LampORE test, which only requires a sample of saliva. Trials show it’s good at finding cases, even if the person being tested has no symptoms.
In the United States cases were down 34%, deaths are down 1%, and hospitalizations down 14% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending down since January 25th.
There are now 9,824,711 active cases in the United States. The current top 5 states by number of active cases: California, New York, Florida, Arizona, and Georgia.
The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Forest, PA. Chattahoochee, GA. Hitchcock, NE. Hemphill, TX. Winchester, VA. Presidio, TX. San Miguel, CO. Dimmit, TX. Culberson, TX. And Zavala, TX.
The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are Arizona, South Carolina, Rhode Island, New York, and Texas.
There’ve been a total 432,971 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.68%.
The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: California 614. Texas 413. New York 237. South Carolina 230. Pennsylvania 220. Florida 200. Georgia 184. Arizona 176. Alabama 168. And North Carolina 131.
The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that’s had at least one dose are Alaska at 11.4%, West Virginia at 9.5%, and Connecticut at 8.5%. The bottom 3 are Missouri and Idaho at 4.5%, and Alabama at 4.7%
Globally, cases were down 22%, and deaths up 4% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending down since January 11.
Globally, there are 25,966,260 active cases.
The five countries with the most new cases: the United States 162,574. Brazil 60,301. Spain 34,899. The U.K. 28,680. And France 23,770.
There have now been 2,188,745 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide.
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.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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