Ambergris Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) Cumulative number of confirmed cases: 3,768,055 US 2,098,389 Brazil 1,077,781 India 770,311 Russia 364,328 South Africa 353,590 Peru 344,224 Mexico 330,930 Chile 296,358 United Kingdom 273,788 Iran 263,496 Pakistan 260,255 Spain 250,920 Saudi Arabia 244,434 Italy 219,641 Turkey 211,943 France 204,525 Bangladesh 202,735 Germany 190,700 Colombia 126,755 Argentina 112,167 Canada 106,648 Qatar 92,530 Iraq 87,775 Egypt 86,521 Indonesia 85,314 China 77,281 Sweden 74,013 Ecuador 70,339 Kazakhstan 67,456 Philippines 66,661 Oman 66,095 Belarus 63,706 Belgium 60,077 Ukraine 59,204 Kuwait 58,138 Bolivia 56,922 United Arab Emirates 53,468 Panama 52,855 Dominican Republic 51,955 Netherlands 50,289 Israel 48,636 Portugal 47,912 Singapore 40,104 Poland 38,677 Guatemala 37,458 Romania 36,663 Nigeria 36,422 Bahrain 35,475 Afghanistan 34,877 Armenia 33,591 Switzerland 32,793 Honduras 27,667 Ghana 27,521 Azerbaijan 26,532 Kyrgyzstan 25,760 Ireland 25,274 Japan 23,084 Algeria 20,980 Moldova 20,894 Serbia 19,655 Austria 17,658 Nepal 17,236 Morocco 16,607 Uzbekistan 16,157 Cameroon 14,119 Cote d'Ivoire 13,945 Czechia 13,745 Korea, South 13,377 Denmark 13,353 Kenya 12,069 Australia 11,891 Venezuela 11,846 El Salvador 11,114 Costa Rica 10,992 Sudan 9,503 Ethiopia 9,153 North Macedonia 9,028 Norway 8,810 Senegal 8,779 Malaysia 8,733 Bulgaria 8,549 West Bank and Gaza 8,403 Congo (Kinshasa) 8,340 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,335 Finland 7,053 Haiti 7,049 Madagascar 6,878 Tajikistan 6,544 Guinea 6,315 Gabon 5,873 Mauritania 5,735 Kosovo 5,605 Luxembourg 5,011 Djibouti 4,485 Central African Republic 4,345 Croatia 4,333 Hungary 4,090 Albania 4,007 Greece 3,721 Paraguay 3,249 Thailand 3,147 Nicaragua 3,119 Somalia 3,071 Equatorial Guinea 2,980 Zambia 2,966 Maldives 2,907 Malawi 2,859 Lebanon 2,724 Sri Lanka 2,633 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,475 Mali 2,446 Cuba 2,200 South Sudan 2,188 Montenegro 2,045 Cabo Verde 2,021 Estonia 1,979 Slovakia 1,949 Guinea-Bissau 1,946 Slovenia 1,932 Lithuania 1,930 Iceland 1,866 Libya 1,793 Eswatini 1,711 Sierra Leone 1,611 Zimbabwe 1,606 Yemen 1,602 Benin 1,582 Rwanda 1,553 New Zealand 1,491 Mozambique 1,374 Tunisia 1,247 Namibia 1,218 Jordan 1,192 Latvia 1,104 Niger 1,091 Liberia 1,065 Uganda 1,054 Uruguay 1,052 Burkina Faso 1,038 Cyprus 1,029 Suriname 1,028 Georgia 889 Chad 880 Andorra 790 Jamaica 778 Togo 746 Sao Tome and Principe 712 Diamond Princess 705 Angola 699 San Marino 677 Malta 522 Botswana 509 Tanzania 496 Syria 451 Taiwan* 383 Vietnam 359 Lesotho 343 Mauritius 341 Burma 336 Guyana 334 Comoros 310 Burundi 287 Mongolia 251 Eritrea 171 Cambodia 153 Bahamas 141 Brunei 137 Trinidad and Tobago 109 Monaco 108 Seychelles 105 Barbados 93 Gambia 87 Bhutan 86 Liechtenstein 76 Antigua and Barbuda 44 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 40 Belize 26 Fiji 24 Timor-Leste 23 Grenada 23 Saint Lucia 19 Laos 18 Dominica 17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16 Papua New Guinea 12 Holy See 10 Western Sahara States reporting more than 20k cases: 406,807 New York 385,908 California 350,047 Florida 331,141 Texas 176,783 New Jersey 162,750 Illinois 143,624 Arizona 143,129 Georgia 113,534 Massachusetts 105,384 Pennsylvania 99,803 North Carolina 91,706 Louisiana 81,868 Michigan 78,131 Maryland 78,115 Tennessee 77,430 Virginia 74,932 Ohio 69,986 South Carolina 67,011 Alabama 56,571 Indiana 47,893 Connecticut 46,946 Washington 46,204 Minnesota 42,638 Mississippi 42,315 Wisconsin 40,124 Colorado 38,723 Iowa 35,765 Nevada 34,117 Utah 33,521 Missouri 33,228 Arkansas 25,266 Oklahoma 23,161 Kentucky 22,583 Nebraska 21,995 Kansas State/Territory Cases in Last 7 Days Florida 82,217 Texas 67,268 California 63,019 Georgia 25,471 Arizona 21,335 Tennessee 15,330 North Carolina 14,165 Alabama 13,287 South Carolina 12,913 Louisiana 11,787 Ohio 9,608 Nevada 7,827 Illinois 7,691 Washington 6,808 Virginia 6,760 Mississippi 6,352 Wisconsin 6,019 Pennsylvania 5,761 Oklahoma 5,277 Missouri 5,115 Maryland 5,022 Michigan 4,968 Arkansas 4,669 Minnesota 4,633 Indiana 4,575 Utah 4,440 Idaho 3,797 Iowa 3,394 Kansas 3,354 Colorado 3,197 Kentucky 3,063 New York* 2,865 Puerto Rico 2,409 Oregon 2,298 New York City* 2,246 New Mexico 1,963 New Jersey 1,855 Massachusetts 1,840 Nebraska 1,483 Montana 794 North Dakota 776 West Virginia 776 Connecticut 606 Rhode Island 481 Delaware 451 Alaska 410 South Dakota 408 District of Columbia 393 Wyoming 269 New Hampshire 164 Hawaii 148 Maine 107 Virgin Islands 102 Vermont 55 Guam 6 State/Territory Case Rate per 100,000 New York City* 2,652.6 New Jersey 1,984.8 Arizona 1,969.8 Louisiana 1,901.1 Rhode Island 1,682.8 New York* 1,661.8 Massachusetts 1,640.6 District of Columbia 1,593.6 Florida 1,564.4 Mississippi 1,427.7 Delaware 1,388.5 Connecticut 1,340.5 Alabama 1,334.6 South Carolina 1,329.9 Georgia 1,329.6 Maryland 1,293 Illinois 1,269.8 Iowa 1,205.3 Nebraska 1,165.3 Nevada 1,143.2 Tennessee 1,127.6 Texas 1,107 Arkansas 1,079.5 Utah 1,077 California 948.9 North Carolina 943.4 Virginia 909 South Dakota 891.1 Indiana 831.7 Minnesota 823.4 Idaho 815.3 Michigan 814.4 New Mexico 798.7 Pennsylvania 788.8 Wisconsin 775.8 Kansas 754.4 Colorado 698.6 North Dakota 660.3 Oklahoma 635.4 Ohio 631.5 Washington 610.8 Missouri 526.4 Kentucky 496.5 New Hampshire 456.2 Puerto Rico 377.5 Wyoming 364.9 Oregon 337.6 West Virginia 272.6 Maine 272.4 Virgin Islands 270.3 Alaska 243.4 Montana 232.6 Vermont 213.6 Guam 191.8 Hawaii 87.6 140,500 US deaths attributed to corona virus. State/Territory Total Deaths Confirmed Probable New York City* 23,400 18,776 4,624 New Jersey 15,699 13,725 1,974 New York* 8,779 N/A N/A Massachusetts 8,419 8,201 218 California 7,595 N/A N/A Illinois 7,483 7,290 193 Pennsylvania 7,015 N/A N/A Michigan 6,364 6,117 247 Florida 4,895 N/A N/A Connecticut 4,396 3,519 877 Texas 3,865 N/A N/A Louisiana 3,509 3,399 110 Maryland 3,377 3,247 130 Georgia 3,168 N/A N/A Ohio 3,132 2,875 257 Indiana 2,820 2,627 193 Arizona 2,730 2,730 0 Virginia 2,027 1,923 104 Colorado 1,752 1,420 332 North Carolina 1,629 N/A N/A Minnesota 1,581 1,541 40 Washington 1,444 N/A N/A Mississippi 1,357 1,326 31 Alabama 1,286 1,253 33 South Carolina 1,135 1,117 18 Missouri 1,130 N/A N/A Rhode Island 990 N/A N/A Wisconsin 850 843 7 Tennessee 838 807 31 Iowa 787 N/A N/A Nevada 672 N/A N/A Kentucky 667 662 5 District of Columbia 578 N/A N/A New Mexico 569 N/A N/A Delaware 523 465 58 Oklahoma 451 451 0 New Hampshire 396 N/A N/A Arkansas 357 N/A N/A Nebraska 301 N/A N/A Kansas 299 N/A N/A Oregon 257 257 0 Utah 243 243 0 Puerto Rico 178 81 97 Idaho 119 97 22 Maine 117 N/A N/A South Dakota 116 115 1 West Virginia 100 N/A N/A North Dakota 92 N/A N/A Vermont 56 N/A N/A Montana 37 37 0 Hawaii 24 N/A N/A Wyoming 24 24 0 Alaska 18 N/A N/A Virgin Islands 6 N/A N/A Guam 5 N/A N/A Northern Mariana Islands 2 2 0 Tonight's numbers, July 19. 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TheCG Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 We just received the options through our school district for next year. In person or online, with the ability to switch at the end of each 6 weeks. I think...we'll stick with the virtual schooling we'd already looked at. I imagine going through an established system would be better organized than the frantic rush I'm sure is happening in the local school district to figure things out. 3 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) Conditions that qualify as mask exemptions have smaller scope than many realize By: Scripps National Posted at 2:15 PM, Jul 20, 2020 and last updated 4:26 PM, Jul 20, 2020 There's some misunderstanding about medical exemptions to wearing masks. A legal expert tells us the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) makes it so businesses must make reasonable accommodations to everyone. The key word there is reasonable. “The problem with what's going on right now and some of the things that have been going around the internet, is that the advice, kind of spurious advice that's being put forth is to use the provision for reasonable accommodation as a sword rather than as a shield,” said David Tarrien, an associate professor at WMU-Cooley Law School. Tarrien says the conditions that qualify as a mask exemption have a smaller scope than many realize. For example, he says asthma patients likely do not fall under that scope. But later stages of pulmonary respiratory disease, emphysema, or a serious mobility issue can be "legitimate" reasons. Furthermore, you could face repercussions for lying. “If they're claiming that they have a disability and they don't have a disability, if that is found out, then there are criminal and civil penalties for that,” said Tarrien. As for privacy concerns, Tarrien says store employees are allowed to ask customers why they're not wearing a mask. If you refuse to answer, they may refuse entry. Even if you give a legitimate reason to not wear a mask, you may still be refused entry. That's because the ADA does not apply if there's a “direct threat” to someone's health or safety. Tarrien says HIPAA privacy laws also do not apply in this kind of situation. That only protects your information from being shared inappropriately among medical facilities. Copyright 2020 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be Edited July 20, 2020 by Ambergris 1 Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I have an extended family member whose daughter is a school principal. They have decided that it will be a virtual classroom until January when the second semester will start. They will reevaluate then. Another friend said they will have classrooms for middle school through high school. They will do it on a rotation basis. She didn't elaborate on how they would do that. She did say that no one is allowed in the building except for students and school personell. No parents allowed in the building. She said they will test all the students temperature four times a day. Everyone must wear a mask at all times. Those logistics boggle the mind. Both of these parents live in Maryland and are subject to change. 2 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 Cumulative case numbers reported 3,823,369 US 2,118,646 Brazil 1,118,206 India 776,212 Russia 373,628 South Africa 353,590 Peru 349,396 Mexico 330,930 Chile 296,944 United Kingdom 276,202 Iran 265,083 Pakistan 264,836 Spain 253,349 Saudi Arabia 244,624 Italy 220,572 Turkey 214,023 France 207,453 Bangladesh 203,325 Germany 197,278 Colombia 126,755 Argentina 112,936 Canada 107,037 Qatar 94,693 Iraq 88,402 Egypt 88,214 Indonesia 85,314 China 78,048 Sweden 74,620 Ecuador 71,838 Kazakhstan 68,898 Philippines 68,400 Oman 66,213 Belarus 63,893 Belgium 60,767 Ukraine 59,763 Kuwait 59,582 Bolivia 57,193 United Arab Emirates 53,956 Dominican Republic 53,468 Panama 52,142 Netherlands 52,003 Israel 48,771 Portugal 48,035 Singapore 40,383 Poland 39,039 Guatemala 38,139 Romania 37,225 Nigeria 36,936 Bahrain 35,526 Afghanistan 34,981 Armenia 33,835 Honduras 33,634 Switzerland 28,430 Ghana 27,890 Azerbaijan 27,143 Kyrgyzstan 25,766 Ireland 25,694 Japan 23,691 Algeria 21,253 Serbia 21,115 Moldova 19,743 Austria 17,844 Nepal 17,562 Morocco 17,149 Uzbekistan 16,157 Cameroon 14,312 Cote d'Ivoire 14,098 Czechia 13,771 Kenya 13,771 Korea, South 13,466 Denmark 12,207 El Salvador 12,070 Australia 11,891 Venezuela 11,534 Costa Rica 10,992 Sudan 10,207 Ethiopia 9,249 North Macedonia 9,034 Norway 8,948 Senegal 8,929 Bulgaria 8,916 West Bank and Gaza 8,800 Malaysia 8,479 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,443 Congo (Kinshasa) 7,340 Finland 7,153 Madagascar 7,053 Haiti 6,921 Tajikistan 6,590 Guinea 6,433 Gabon 5,923 Mauritania 5,877 Kosovo 5,639 Luxembourg 5,020 Djibouti 4,548 Central African Republic 4,370 Croatia 4,339 Hungary 4,171 Albania 4,012 Greece 3,748 Paraguay 3,326 Zambia 3,250 Thailand 3,147 Nicaragua 3,130 Somalia 3,071 Equatorial Guinea 2,999 Maldives 2,992 Malawi 2,905 Lebanon 2,851 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,730 Sri Lanka 2,475 Mali 2,446 Cuba 2,211 South Sudan 2,188 Montenegro 2,071 Cabo Verde 2,021 Estonia 1,980 Libya 1,980 Slovakia 1,953 Slovenia 1,949 Guinea-Bissau 1,947 Lithuania 1,930 Iceland 1,826 Eswatini 1,713 Zimbabwe 1,711 Sierra Leone 1,629 Rwanda 1,619 Yemen 1,602 Benin 1,554 New Zealand 1,507 Mozambique 1,381 Tunisia 1,344 Namibia 1,223 Jordan 1,192 Latvia 1,107 Liberia 1,104 Niger 1,069 Uganda 1,065 Burkina Faso 1,054 Uruguay 1,039 Georgia 1,038 Cyprus 1,029 Suriname 889 Chad 884 Andorra 790 Jamaica 783 Togo 749 Angola 746 Sao Tome and Principe 699 San Marino 677 Malta 522 Botswana 522 Syria 509 Tanzania 451 Taiwan* 384 Vietnam 359 Lesotho 343 Mauritius 341 Burma 336 Guyana 334 Comoros 310 Burundi 287 Mongolia 251 Eritrea 171 Cambodia 153 Bahamas 141 Brunei 137 Trinidad and Tobago 109 Monaco 108 Seychelles 106 Barbados 93 Gambia 89 Bhutan 86 Liechtenstein 76 Antigua and Barbuda 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 40 Belize 27 Fiji 24 Timor-Leste 23 Grenada 23 Saint Lucia 19 Laos 18 Dominica 17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16 Papua New Guinea 12 Holy See 10 Western Sahara States reporting more than 20k cumulative cases 407,326 New York 394,936 California 360,394 Florida 340,621 Texas 176,963 New Jersey 163,922 Illinois 145,582 Georgia 145,183 Arizona 113,789 Massachusetts 101,738 Pennsylvania 101,231 North Carolina 94,892 Louisiana 82,395 Michigan 79,754 Tennessee 78,685 Maryland 78,375 Virginia 76,168 Ohio 71,445 South Carolina 68,891 Alabama 57,206 Indiana 48,055 Connecticut 47,743 Washington 47,107 Minnesota 43,889 Mississippi 43,018 Wisconsin 40,548 Colorado 39,251 Iowa 36,713 Nevada 34,526 Utah 34,102 Missouri 33,927 Arkansas 25,436 Oklahoma 23,414 Kentucky 22,847 Nebraska 22,604 Kansas State/Territory Cases in Last 7 Days Florida 79,493 Texas 66,372 California 63,888 Georgia 26,197 Arizona 21,157 Tennessee 16,155 North Carolina 14,077 Louisiana 13,584 Alabama 13,424 South Carolina 13,338 Ohio 9,340 Nevada 8,083 Illinois 7,702 Mississippi 7,209 Virginia 6,733 Washington 6,290 Wisconsin 6,071 Pennsylvania 5,996 Missouri 5,651 Oklahoma 5,331 Maryland 5,158 Michigan 5,092 Indiana 4,959 Arkansas 4,861 Utah 4,505 Idaho 3,971 Kentucky 3,772 Iowa 3,552 Minnesota 3,432 Kansas 3,354 Colorado 3,229 New York* 2,733 Puerto Rico 2,451 Oregon 2,409 New York City* 2,288 New Mexico 1,943 Massachusetts 1,937 New Jersey 1,485 Nebraska 1,411 West Virginia 798 North Dakota 792 Montana 692 Delaware 640 Connecticut 606 Rhode Island 481 District of Columbia 414 South Dakota 407 Alaska 395 Wyoming 264 Hawaii 158 Maine 153 New Hampshire 149 Virgin Islands 116 Vermont 54 Guam 7 Northern Mariana Islands 4 140,917 US deaths attributed to corona virus, 32,506 New York 15,715 New Jersey 8,433 Massachusetts 7,746 California 7,494 Illinois 7,018 Pennsylvania 6,373 Michigan 5,072 Florida 4,406 Connecticut 4,042 Texas 3,572 Louisiana 3,382 Maryland 3,189 Ohio 3,177 Georgia 2,825 Indiana 2,784 Arizona 2,031 Virginia 1,758 Colorado 1,677 North Carolina 1,585 Minnesota 1,453 Washington 1,358 Mississippi 1,291 Alabama 1,164 South Carolina 1,138 Missouri 995 deaths, 1,738 recovered Rhode Island US 847 deaths, 45,974 recovered Tennessee US 846 deaths, 33,130 recovered Wisconsin US 797 deaths, 28,024 recovered Iowa US 671 deaths, 6,876 recovered Kentucky 648 Nevada 579 District of Columbia 578 New Mexico 523 Delaware 452 Oklahoma 398 New Hampshire 363 Arkansas 310 Kansas 306 Nebraska 262 Oregon 247 Utah 180 Puerto Rico 121 Idaho 118 South Dakota 117 Maine 100 West Virginia 93 North Dakota 56 Vermont 39 Montana 24 Hawaii 24 Wyoming 18 Alaska 6 Virgin Islands 5 Guam 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Cumulative case numbers reported 3,823,369 US 2,118,646 Brazil 1,118,206 India 776,212 Russia 373,628 South Africa 353,590 Peru 349,396 Mexico 330,930 Chile 296,944 United Kingdom 276,202 Iran 265,083 Pakistan 264,836 Spain 253,349 Saudi Arabia 244,624 Italy 220,572 Turkey 214,023 France 207,453 Bangladesh 203,325 Germany 197,278 Colombia 126,755 Argentina 112,936 Canada 107,037 Qatar 94,693 Iraq 88,402 Egypt 88,214 Indonesia 85,314 China 78,048 Sweden 74,620 Ecuador 71,838 Kazakhstan 68,898 Philippines 68,400 Oman 66,213 Belarus 63,893 Belgium 60,767 Ukraine 59,763 Kuwait 59,582 Bolivia 57,193 United Arab Emirates 53,956 Dominican Republic 53,468 Panama 52,142 Netherlands 52,003 Israel 48,771 Portugal 48,035 Singapore 40,383 Poland 39,039 Guatemala 38,139 Romania 37,225 Nigeria 36,936 Bahrain 35,526 Afghanistan 34,981 Armenia 33,835 Honduras 33,634 Switzerland 28,430 Ghana 27,890 Azerbaijan 27,143 Kyrgyzstan 25,766 Ireland 25,694 Japan 23,691 Algeria 21,253 Serbia 21,115 Moldova 19,743 Austria 17,844 Nepal 17,562 Morocco 17,149 Uzbekistan 16,157 Cameroon 14,312 Cote d'Ivoire 14,098 Czechia 13,771 Kenya 13,771 Korea, South 13,466 Denmark 12,207 El Salvador 12,070 Australia 11,891 Venezuela 11,534 Costa Rica 10,992 Sudan 10,207 Ethiopia 9,249 North Macedonia 9,034 Norway 8,948 Senegal 8,929 Bulgaria 8,916 West Bank and Gaza 8,800 Malaysia 8,479 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,443 Congo (Kinshasa) 7,340 Finland 7,153 Madagascar 7,053 Haiti 6,921 Tajikistan 6,590 Guinea 6,433 Gabon 5,923 Mauritania 5,877 Kosovo 5,639 Luxembourg 5,020 Djibouti 4,548 Central African Republic 4,370 Croatia 4,339 Hungary 4,171 Albania 4,012 Greece 3,748 Paraguay 3,326 Zambia 3,250 Thailand 3,147 Nicaragua 3,130 Somalia 3,071 Equatorial Guinea 2,999 Maldives 2,992 Malawi 2,905 Lebanon 2,851 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,730 Sri Lanka 2,475 Mali 2,446 Cuba 2,211 South Sudan 2,188 Montenegro 2,071 Cabo Verde 2,021 Estonia 1,980 Libya 1,980 Slovakia 1,953 Slovenia 1,949 Guinea-Bissau 1,947 Lithuania 1,930 Iceland 1,826 Eswatini 1,713 Zimbabwe 1,711 Sierra Leone 1,629 Rwanda 1,619 Yemen 1,602 Benin 1,554 New Zealand 1,507 Mozambique 1,381 Tunisia 1,344 Namibia 1,223 Jordan 1,192 Latvia 1,107 Liberia 1,104 Niger 1,069 Uganda 1,065 Burkina Faso 1,054 Uruguay 1,039 Georgia 1,038 Cyprus 1,029 Suriname 889 Chad 884 Andorra 790 Jamaica 783 Togo 749 Angola 746 Sao Tome and Principe 699 San Marino 677 Malta 522 Botswana 522 Syria 509 Tanzania 451 Taiwan* 384 Vietnam 359 Lesotho 343 Mauritius 341 Burma 336 Guyana 334 Comoros 310 Burundi 287 Mongolia 251 Eritrea 171 Cambodia 153 Bahamas 141 Brunei 137 Trinidad and Tobago 109 Monaco 108 Seychelles 106 Barbados 93 Gambia 89 Bhutan 86 Liechtenstein 76 Antigua and Barbuda 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 40 Belize 27 Fiji 24 Timor-Leste 23 Grenada 23 Saint Lucia 19 Laos 18 Dominica 17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16 Papua New Guinea 12 Holy See 10 Western Sahara States reporting more than 20k cumulative cases 407,326 New York 394,936 California 360,394 Florida 340,621 Texas 176,963 New Jersey 163,922 Illinois 145,582 Georgia 145,183 Arizona 113,789 Massachusetts 101,738 Pennsylvania 101,231 North Carolina 94,892 Louisiana 82,395 Michigan 79,754 Tennessee 78,685 Maryland 78,375 Virginia 76,168 Ohio 71,445 South Carolina 68,891 Alabama 57,206 Indiana 48,055 Connecticut 47,743 Washington 47,107 Minnesota 43,889 Mississippi 43,018 Wisconsin 40,548 Colorado 39,251 Iowa 36,713 Nevada 34,526 Utah 34,102 Missouri 33,927 Arkansas 25,436 Oklahoma 23,414 Kentucky 22,847 Nebraska 22,604 Kansas State/Territory Cases in Last 7 Days Florida 79,493 Texas 66,372 California 63,888 Georgia 26,197 Arizona 21,157 Tennessee 16,155 North Carolina 14,077 Louisiana 13,584 Alabama 13,424 South Carolina 13,338 Ohio 9,340 Nevada 8,083 Illinois 7,702 Mississippi 7,209 Virginia 6,733 Washington 6,290 Wisconsin 6,071 Pennsylvania 5,996 Missouri 5,651 Oklahoma 5,331 Maryland 5,158 Michigan 5,092 Indiana 4,959 Arkansas 4,861 Utah 4,505 Idaho 3,971 Kentucky 3,772 Iowa 3,552 Minnesota 3,432 Kansas 3,354 Colorado 3,229 New York* 2,733 Puerto Rico 2,451 Oregon 2,409 New York City* 2,288 New Mexico 1,943 Massachusetts 1,937 New Jersey 1,485 Nebraska 1,411 West Virginia 798 North Dakota 792 Montana 692 Delaware 640 Connecticut 606 Rhode Island 481 District of Columbia 414 South Dakota 407 Alaska 395 Wyoming 264 Hawaii 158 Maine 153 New Hampshire 149 Virgin Islands 116 Vermont 54 Guam 7 Northern Mariana Islands 4 140,917 US deaths attributed to corona virus: 32,506 New York 15,715 New Jersey 8,433 Massachusetts 7,746 California 7,494 Illinois 7,018 Pennsylvania 6,373 Michigan 5,072 Florida 4,406 Connecticut 4,042 Texas 3,572 Louisiana 3,382 Maryland 3,189 Ohio 3,177 Georgia 2,825 Indiana 2,784 Arizona 2,031 Virginia 1,758 Colorado 1,677 North Carolina 1,585 Minnesota 1,453 Washington 1,358 Mississippi 1,291 Alabama 1,164 South Carolina 1,138 Missouri 995 Rhode Island 847 Tennessee 846 Wisconsin 797 Iowa 671 Kentucky 648 Nevada 579 District of Columbia 578 New Mexico 523 Delaware 452 Oklahoma 398 New Hampshire 363 Arkansas 310 Kansas 306 Nebraska 262 Oregon 247 Utah 180 Puerto Rico 121 Idaho 118 South Dakota 117 Maine 100 West Virginia 93 North Dakota 56 Vermont 39 Montana 24 Hawaii 24 Wyoming 18 Alaska 6 Virgin Islands 5 Guam Tonight's numbers, July 20. 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Ambergris Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 The state says that 10,347 new coronavirus cases and 90 deaths occurred on Monday in Florida, and that statewide, there have now been 360,394 infected and 5,072 Florida residents killed. Unauthorized sources say the figures collected by the state are about 18-20% higher, depending on the figure. 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 We had a blackout for several hours last night and on until maybe three or four this morning. No AC until about then, anyway. Storm with 60 mph gusts and some hail, out of nowhere. No significant damage here, though. The well is still down, so no showers--just sponge baths to cool off, just like after a hurricane. As to the following article, Arizona should take heed: Is Florida a coronavirus ‘epicenter?’ How to interpret the numbers amid an outbreak. By Ian Hodgson As Florida’s coronavirus cases and deaths surged to record levels in July, some national media reports labeled the state an “epicenter” for the disease. Experts generally shy from using the word epicenter, but is Florida worse off than other states? Are we the outlier? Delays and varying levels of testing make apples-to-apples comparisons across states and regions challenging. But looking at the raw number of new cases, the number of new cases per capita and the percentage of people testing positive can provide some context for what’s happening in Florida. Several data points are stubbornly high, which means Floridians are increasingly at risk of encountering people carrying the virus. To get a clearer picture, here are some ways experts look at infections, and what the numbers can teach us about the outbreak in Florida. Cases in Florida are growing fast. The daily number of cases is the data point that makes the most headlines, including when Florida broke a national record with 15,300 reported cases in a single day earlier this month. It may seem simplistic, but this number is essential for informing policy and public safety decisions, experts say. “The total amount of cases is important because it speaks to the amount of resources that will be needed to control the epidemic and medical care for the ill,” said Jose Szapocznik, a professor of public health at the University of Miami. However, the new cases reported by the Florida Department of Health can be days or weeks old, and irregular reporting from testing laboratories can lead to dips and bumps in the data. Just such an irregularity may have been behind this month’s record-setting spike. To help account for these random dips and bumps, experts typically use the average of cases over the past seven days. “When you smooth over a seven-day period,” said Tom Hladish, an infectious disease researcher at the University of Florida, “you tend to get rid of those weekly artifacts that have nothing to do with disease transmission and everything to do with test processing.” In Florida, one or two days of newsworthy spikes have given way to daily numbers consistently higher than 10,000 new cases per day. In the past week, 11,000 new cases have been reported each day on average — almost double what the state was seeing at the end of June. In the past month, Florida has seen nearly 208,000 new infections, or about 10,000 per day on average, more than any other state over the same period. But the overall state numbers don’t tell the whole story. Instead, we looked at regions that the U.S. Census Bureau calls “core-based statistical areas.” These areas are large enough to average out random noise, but still small enough to give a better idea of where the most concerning hot spots are located. Looking at the data this way, Florida has three of the 10 fastest-growing hot spots in the country: Miami, Tampa Bay and Orlando. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach area has seen nearly 76,000 new infections since the beginning of the month, or nearly 4,000 infections per day on average. This is the highest number of any U.S. region. The Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater region is the eighth-highest in the country, with more than 21,000 infections, or nearly 1,200 infections per day, since the beginning of July. Orlando follows at ninth, with almost 20,000 infections since the beginning of the month. Just looking at the number of cases can be misleading because places with larger populations will have more cases and 1,000 cases in a large city can look very different from 1,000 cases in a rural town. Cases per capita is more informative when thinking about your personal risk of infection, said Matthew Hitchings, an infectious disease researcher at the University of Florida. “Higher per-capita infection rate means your risk of having contact with an infectious person is higher.” Take the examples of Miami and Los Angeles, the two cities with the greatest increase in cases since July 1. Miami has seen 75,000 cases in that time, 25 percent more than the 60,000 in Los Angeles. However, Los Angeles has nearly double the population of Miami, which means there are more than twice as many new cases per person in Miami than in Los Angeles. Since July 1, Miami has seen more than one new case for every 100 residents, by far the highest of any high-population area in the country. Among regions with more than 1 million residents, four of the 10 with the highest per-capita infections are in Florida. Tampa Bay is the seventh-highest of the large regions, with 66 new infections per 10,000 residents. Experts rely on the number of infections per 10,000 residents when making comparisons across states and countries, said Jeffery Shaman, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University. However, “those numbers can mean very different things depending on the testing capacity, so it all makes for comparisons across geographies a little challenging.” To help control for differences in testing rates, experts also look to the percent positive rate. Even controlling for testing, Florida stands out. Like the number of cases per capita, the percentage of people that test positive for the coronavirus shows how much the virus has infiltrated a population. “Higher than 10 percent for several days is a dangerous sign,” said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metric science at the University of Washington, and “you want to see this coming down as you do more tests.” Testing in Florida has ramped up in the past month, doubling from nearly 30,000 tests per day in mid June to 60,000 in the past week on average. Still, the percentage of tests that returned positive crept up and up, increasing from 10 percent a month ago to nearly 20 percent in the past week. A percent positive rate of 20 percent means that one infection is discovered for every five tests. Only Arizona has seen a higher percentage in the past month. However, tracking the percent positive across time or between locations can be misleading. Changes in reporting or testing strategies can affect the results just as much as developments in infections. “An extreme example would be if a state or county decided to stop testing hospitalized patients and start testing random people on the street,” Hitchings said. “This would drop your percent positive but not in a way that reflects a drop in cases.” The Florida Department of Health, which releases testing and case data, has come under fire after the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported that the state may be underestimating the percent positive. The Sun Sentinel found that the state may have been double counting negative test results and combining two test types into a single statistic. Recent reporting has also highlighted misreporting and delays by the testing labs. Across Florida, the percent positive varies from as high as 30 percent to as low as 10 percent. In both the Miami and Tampa Bay regions, one infection is discovered for about every five tests. Even public health experts like Shaman say it’s frustrating to follow all of these numbers when so much is changing. “It’s not a random sample of everybody and it’s not ideal from a science perspective,” Shaman said. “But from a public health perspective the primary goal is to use resources as best we can to figure out what’s going on.” What we do know is that the number of cases in Florida continues to increase and the percentage of people testing positive remains high. As this trend continues, experts warn that you’re more and more likely to run into someone carrying the coronavirus. That’s when precautions like social distancing and wearing a mask become even more important, said Hitchings. “The idea of masks is to reduce your probability that, upon meeting an infectious person, you actually get transmission.” And that’s another thing experts agree on: When the numbers feel overwhelming, the only thing you have in your control is your behavior. “If we wear our masks, we can open our businesses faster. If we wear our masks, we can delay the onset of the second wave,” said Mokdad. “We do our part to save the economy and save more lives. … I think you get the message.” Link to comment
Ambergris Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 The charts didn't show up in the article above, probably to keep people from cutting and pasting it without permission. You will have to download the attached PDF to see them. Is Florida a coronavirus ‘epicenter_’ How to interpret the numbers amid an outbreak_.pdf 1 Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I have dear friends in Long Beach CA. And family in Tampa, Arizona and Mississippi. 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 July 21, 2020 The New York Times Transmission among the troops As the coronavirus surges across the United States, the military is emerging as a potential source of outbreaks both at home and abroad. Since April, the infection rate among the country’s military services has doubled, and more than 20,000 members have tested positive for the virus. The U.S. is the only country in the world with a military presence in dozens of other countries, and outbreaks have emerged on bases in Japan and South Korea, and in war zones including Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. There is also evidence that the military may be spreading the virus domestically. Officials in Georgia and California have traced outbreaks to local bases, which can be ideal environments for the virus to spread. Barracks are tightly packed, intense elbow-to-elbow training sessions are the norm, and recruits often head off base to socialize at bars and beaches. Our colleague Thomas Gibbons-Neff, a former Marine who covers the military, said that military bases generally followed public health guidelines at higher rates than the communities that surround them. But members of the military skew younger, he said, and as with young people across the country, many are exhausted by lockdowns and want to get back to normal life. “The invincibility complex is there, how could it not be?” he told us. “I think if you’re fine with joining and going into harm’s way, then you’re probably fine with getting the virus.” Exporting the virus to bases abroad may also damage America’s relationships with local populations, he added. “It adds to the quiver of issues of having American troops stationed in your country,” Thomas said. “If you’re in Germany or Okinawa, there’s usually a benefit to having troops there, but this is one more thing for people there to ask, ‘Well, what is the benefit?’” Many U.S. cases aren’t being recorded Epidemiologists have long believed that the actual number of virus cases in the U.S. is much higher than the official count, which is currently more than 3.8 million. Now, a new analysis based on antibody tests, the largest of its kind to date, has proved them right. The study, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that the number of infections in different parts of the country was two to 13 times higher than the reported case count, suggesting that many people who were asymptomatic or did not seek treatment might have helped spread the virus. But the findings also indicated that the virus has touched relatively few people — only 2 to 3 percent — in many regions, including South Florida. New York City showed a rate of 23.3 percent, but even that is far from achieving herd immunity, which experts say could happen once 60 percent of a population has been exposed. A plea for standardization. Dr. Thomas Frieden, a former C.D.C. director, called on state health officials today to adopt uniform data reporting guidelines for the virus, which other public health experts have said were long overdue. A nonprofit health advocacy group that Dr. Frieden now runs concluded that states report only 40 percent of the data needed to fight the pandemic. In an Op-Ed for The Times, he outlined the 15 indicators that his organization recommends should be regularly collected and published. Link to comment
Ambergris Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 Cumulative cases reported 3,955,860 US 2,159,654 Brazil 1,193,078 India 787,846 Russia 394,948 South Africa 366,550 Peru 362,274 Mexico 334,683 Chile 297,952 United Kingdom 281,413 Iran 267,551 Spain 267,428 Pakistan 258,156 Saudi Arabia 245,032 Italy 222,402 Turkey 215,605 France 213,254 Bangladesh 211,038 Colombia 204,276 Germany 136,118 Argentina 113,790 Canada 107,871 Qatar 99,865 Iraq 91,751 Indonesia 89,745 Egypt 85,314 China 78,504 Sweden 77,257 Ecuador 75,153 Kazakhstan 72,269 Philippines 71,547 Oman 66,521 Belarus 64,258 Belgium 62,357 Bolivia 62,295 Ukraine 61,185 Kuwait 57,734 United Arab Emirates 56,085 Israel 56,043 Dominican Republic 55,153 Panama 52,475 Netherlands 49,150 Portugal 48,744 Singapore 41,162 Poland 41,135 Guatemala 40,163 Romania 38,344 Nigeria 37,637 Bahrain 35,727 Afghanistan 35,693 Armenia 35,345 Honduras 33,883 Switzerland 29,672 Ghana 28,980 Kyrgyzstan 28,633 Azerbaijan 27,115 Japan 25,819 Ireland 24,872 Algeria 22,031 Serbia 21,798 Moldova 19,929 Austria 18,379 Uzbekistan 18,094 Nepal 17,962 Morocco 16,522 Cameroon 14,805 Kenya 14,531 Cote d'Ivoire 14,448 Czechia 13,879 Korea, South 13,554 Denmark 12,975 El Salvador 12,896 Australia 12,774 Venezuela 12,361 Costa Rica 11,524 Ethiopia 10,992 Sudan 9,584 Bulgaria 9,547 North Macedonia 9,398 West Bank and Gaza 9,121 Senegal 9,115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,059 Norway 8,831 Malaysia 8,626 Congo (Kinshasa) 8,162 Madagascar 7,362 Finland 7,146 Haiti 7,015 Tajikistan 6,652 Guinea 6,433 Gabon 6,286 Kosovo 5,985 Mauritania 5,854 Luxembourg 5,030 Djibouti 4,561 Central African Republic 4,530 Croatia 4,366 Hungary 4,358 Albania 4,077 Greece 3,817 Paraguay 3,583 Zambia 3,439 Nicaragua 3,261 Thailand 3,149 Malawi 3,135 Somalia 3,104 Lebanon 3,103 Maldives 3,071 Equatorial Guinea 2,851 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,745 Sri Lanka 2,494 Mali 2,462 Cuba 2,381 Montenegro 2,211 South Sudan 2,176 Libya 2,154 Cabo Verde 2,058 Slovakia 2,034 Zimbabwe 2,025 Estonia 2,006 Slovenia 1,954 Guinea-Bissau 1,951 Lithuania 1,938 Eswatini 1,840 Iceland 1,731 Sierra Leone 1,655 Rwanda 1,640 Yemen 1,602 Benin 1,557 Mozambique 1,555 New Zealand 1,402 Namibia 1,394 Tunisia 1,197 Latvia 1,131 Suriname 1,120 Jordan 1,114 Liberia 1,113 Niger 1,096 Uruguay 1,075 Uganda 1,073 Georgia 1,066 Burkina Faso 1,040 Cyprus 889 Andorra 889 Chad 812 Angola 810 Jamaica 790 Togo 746 Sao Tome and Principe 712 Diamond Princess 699 San Marino 679 Malta 561 Syria 522 Botswana 509 Tanzania 451 Taiwan* 408 Vietnam 359 Lesotho 343 Burma 343 Mauritius 339 Guyana 337 Comoros 328 Burundi 287 Mongolia 251 Eritrea 197 Cambodia 194 Bahamas 146 Gambia 141 Brunei 139 Trinidad and Tobago 112 Monaco 108 Seychelles 106 Barbados 92 Bhutan 86 Liechtenstein 76 Antigua and Barbuda 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 43 Belize 27 Fiji 27 Papua New Guinea 24 Timor-Leste 23 Grenada 23 Saint Lucia 19 Laos 18 Dominica 17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 Holy See 10 Western Sahara States reporting over 20k cases 415,004 California 408,886 New York 379,619 Florida 359,722 Texas 177,645 New Jersey 166,475 Illinois 152,302 Georgia 150,609 Arizona 114,320 Massachusetts 108,187 Pennsylvania 105,276 North Carolina 99,354 Louisiana 83,730 Michigan 83,081 Tennessee 80,172 Maryland 79,371 Virginia 78,738 Ohio 75,042 South Carolina 71,802 Alabama 58,673 Indiana 48,575 Washington 48,223 Connecticut 47,961 Minnesota 47,043 Mississippi 44,843 Wisconsin 41,676 Colorado 40,005 Iowa 38,657 Nevada 36,380 Missouri 35,578 Utah 34,655 Arkansas 28,121 Oklahoma 24,547 Kentucky 23,444 Kansas 23,190 Nebraska State/Territory Cases in Last 7 Days Florida 77,455 Texas 66,681 California 64,261 Georgia 25,025 Arizona 20,586 Tennessee 15,156 Louisiana 14,541 North Carolina 13,377 Alabama 13,118 South Carolina 12,948 Mississippi 9,529 Ohio 9,220 Illinois 8,240 Nevada 7,909 Virginia 6,866 Wisconsin 6,487 Washington 6,271 Missouri 5,936 Pennsylvania 5,731 Oklahoma 5,404 Indiana 5,231 Michigan 5,195 Maryland 5,156 Arkansas 4,932 Minnesota 4,791 Utah 4,452 Idaho 4,104 Kentucky 3,837 Iowa 3,623 Colorado 3,373 Kansas 3,276 Puerto Rico 2,659 New York* 2,528 Oregon 2,334 New York City* 2,300 New Mexico 2,003 Massachusetts 1,903 Nebraska 1,473 New Jersey 1,341 North Dakota 802 West Virginia 792 Montana 760 Delaware 742 Connecticut 566 Rhode Island 499 District of Columbia 481 Alaska 462 South Dakota 447 Wyoming 287 New Hampshire 171 Hawaii 152 Maine 144 Virgin Islands 102 Vermont 61 Guam 17 Northern Mariana Islands 2 142,942 US deaths attributed. tate/Territory Total Deaths Confirmed Probable New York City* 23,428 18,803 4,625 New Jersey 15,737 13,763 1,974 New York* 8,794 N/A N/A Massachusetts 8,450 8,231 219 California 7,755 N/A N/A Illinois 7,517 7,324 193 Pennsylvania 7,063 N/A N/A Michigan 6,382 6,135 247 Florida 5,206 N/A N/A Connecticut 4,406 3,527 879 Texas 4,151 N/A N/A Louisiana 3,608 3,498 110 Maryland 3,405 3,276 129 Georgia 3,254 N/A N/A Ohio 3,219 2,959 260 Arizona 2,918 2,918 0 Indiana 2,846 2,652 194 Virginia 2,051 1,948 103 Colorado 1,763 1,430 333 North Carolina 1,668 N/A N/A Minnesota 1,592 1,552 40 Washington 1,465 N/A N/A Mississippi 1,423 1,390 33 Alabama 1,307 1,274 33 South Carolina 1,221 1,203 18 Missouri 1,143 N/A N/A Rhode Island 996 N/A N/A Tennessee 871 840 31 Wisconsin 866 859 7 Iowa 802 N/A N/A Nevada 702 N/A N/A Kentucky 674 670 4 New Mexico 588 N/A N/A District of Columbia 580 N/A N/A Delaware 527 469 58 Oklahoma 461 461 0 New Hampshire 400 N/A N/A Arkansas 374 N/A N/A Nebraska 310 N/A N/A Kansas 307 N/A N/A Oregon 269 265 4 Utah 258 258 0 Puerto Rico 185 84 101 Idaho 126 103 23 South Dakota 118 117 1 Maine 118 N/A N/A West Virginia 101 N/A N/A North Dakota 96 N/A N/A Vermont 56 N/A N/A Montana 40 40 0 Wyoming 25 25 0 Hawaii 24 N/A N/A Alaska 18 N/A N/A Virgin Islands 6 N/A N/A Guam 5 N/A N/A Northern Mariana Islands 2 2 0 Tonight's numbers, July 22. 1 1 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Nothing good will come out from this. It is just getting worse. VA is under mandatory for wearing mask and there are so many that will NOT wear one. It is not because of a medical condition either. They just don't think they should have to wear one. DH has a good medical reason for not wearing one and he just stays home. If I take him anywhere, he still puts on a mask though with his cong. heart failure it is harder for him to breath, he still does it. If he decides to go to a store with me it is only to get out of house. He stays in car with AC unit. So I pack a small cooler with drinks for him and me as well since it is so hot out right now. 4 1 Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I live in the same county as The Cleveland Clinic. Today they mandated that CLOTH masks are not to be worn in any of their buildings. Only paper masks. You may wear cloth masks outside on the campus' but not inside. They said they are finding issues with cloth. I heard it on the news but couldn't find anything online about it. Here is my thought on it. IT'S ONLY MY THOUGHT! In looking for paper masks I kept reading that they were " non-woven". That seemed to be a major marketing plus. I think that might be the key. Cloth is woven so there are tiny holes. You can easily spread the fibers apart. With the paper masks they more solid. It's like the fibers are melded together. Also, the paper masks are three layers with one layer 'usually' water resistant. Just my idea. So, The Cleveland Clinic does not recommend CLOTH masks to the point of banning them in their buildings. Anyone sew here? I wonder if the fusible web fabric would be good mask matreial? It's pretty thick and non-woven. I think. Might be too heavy though? Just thinking out loud. With all of the places requiring masks, they could be hard to get again in the future. 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 A dear gentleman I know has it. He is in a VA facility in Texas due to brain damage from a series of bad falls. Those things feed each other. He usually knows he is in a hospital, but usually thinks he is in another state or country, and recognizes his wife when she calls even though he cannot remember her name. (A few contacts a week is the secret to premium patient care.) Alzheimer's has also kicked in, and he had a condition that caused the falls. So recovery is not necessarily what the prayers are for. Just that whatever is meant to be for him--recovery or release--comes to him without distress. Only his wife is allowed to call him in the Covid Unit. Turns out only she and one of their five children were calling anyway. The nurses are impatient with these calls. "Ma'am, can you even understand him?" "It doesn't matter, I love to hear his voice." Heavy sigh. 2 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Countries reporting at least 20k cumulative cases 4,034,057 US 2,287,475 Brazil 1,238,798 India 793,720 Russia 408,052 South Africa 371,096 Peru 370,712 Mexico 334,683 Chile 298,721 United Kingdom 284,034 Iran 270,166 Spain 269,191 Pakistan 260,394 Saudi Arabia 245,338 Italy 223,315 Turkey 218,428 Colombia 216,667 France 216,110 Bangladesh 204,881 Germany 148,027 Argentina 114,375 Canada 108,244 Qatar 102,226 Iraq 93,657 Indonesia 90,413 Egypt 86,026 China 78,763 Sweden 78,148 Ecuador 76,799 Kazakhstan 74,390 Philippines 72,646 Oman 66,688 Belarus 64,627 Belgium 64,135 Bolivia 63,169 Ukraine 61,872 Kuwait 57,988 United Arab Emirates 57,982 Israel 57,615 Dominican Republic 55,906 Panama 52,640 Netherlands 49,379 Portugal 49,098 Singapore 42,192 Guatemala 41,580 Poland 41,275 Romania 38,948 Nigeria 37,996 Bahrain 36,162 Armenia 36,102 Honduras 35,928 Afghanistan 34,000 Switzerland 30,349 Kyrgyzstan 29,672 Ghana 28,980 Azerbaijan 28,104 Japan 25,826 Ireland 25,484 Algeria 22,443 Serbia 22,105 Moldova 20,099 Austria States reporting at least 20k cumulative cases: 427,261 California 409,697 New York 389,868 Florida 371,929 Texas 177,887 New Jersey 168,096 Illinois 156,607 Georgia 152,944 Arizona 114,320 Massachusetts 109,037 Pennsylvania 107,125 North Carolina 101,650 Louisiana 86,987 Tennessee 84,431 Michigan 81,237 Virginia 80,836 Maryland 80,186 Ohio 76,606 South Carolina 74,212 Alabama 59,602 Indiana 50,009 Washington 48,721 Minnesota 48,232 Connecticut 48,053 Mississippi 45,899 Wisconsin 42,295 Colorado 40,653 Iowa 39,919 Nevada 38,060 Missouri 36,259 Arkansas 36,099 Utah 28,788 Oklahoma 25,147 Kentucky 23,956 Kansas 23,818 Nebraska State/Territory Cases in Last 7 Days Florida 77,044 Texas 69,253 California 65,942 Georgia 24,468 Arizona 19,255 Tennessee 15,356 Louisiana 15,223 North Carolina 13,735 South Carolina 12,797 Alabama 12,773 Ohio 9,431 Illinois 8,651 Mississippi 8,255 Nevada 8,204 Virginia 6,806 Wisconsin 6,386 Missouri 6,349 Washington 6,201 Pennsylvania 5,912 Oklahoma 5,709 Indiana 5,303 Maryland 5,172 Arkansas 4,949 Michigan 4,817 Utah 4,590 Minnesota 4,374 Idaho 3,877 Kentucky 3,863 Iowa 3,706 Colorado 3,543 Kansas 3,171 Puerto Rico 2,899 New York* 2,418 Oregon 2,313 New York City* 2,266 New Mexico 1,987 Massachusetts 1,973 Nebraska 1,507 New Jersey 1,367 West Virginia 904 North Dakota 825 Delaware 810 Montana 691 Connecticut 587 District of Columbia 503 Alaska 501 South Dakota 425 Rhode Island 422 Wyoming 303 New Hampshire 182 Hawaii 149 Maine 139 Virgin Islands 87 Vermont 48 Guam 18 Northern Mariana Islands 2 144,223 US deaths attributed to corona virus State/Territory Total Deaths Confirmed Probable New York City* 23,463 18,839 4,624 New Jersey 15,707 13,787 1,920 New York* 8,800 N/A N/A Massachusetts 8,468 8,249 219 California 7,870 N/A N/A Illinois 7,540 7,347 193 Pennsylvania 7,079 N/A N/A Michigan 6,388 6,141 247 Florida 5,345 N/A N/A Connecticut 4,406 3,527 879 Texas 4,348 N/A N/A Louisiana 3,670 3,558 112 Maryland 3,409 3,281 128 Georgia 3,335 N/A N/A Ohio 3,235 2,976 259 Arizona 2,974 2,974 0 Indiana 2,863 2,666 197 Virginia 2,054 1,951 103 Colorado 1,771 1,435 336 North Carolina 1,698 N/A N/A Minnesota 1,601 1,561 40 Washington 1,468 N/A N/A Mississippi 1,436 1,401 35 Alabama 1,363 1,328 35 South Carolina 1,285 1,242 43 Missouri 1,159 N/A N/A Rhode Island 997 N/A N/A Tennessee 888 855 33 Wisconsin 872 865 7 Iowa 808 N/A N/A Nevada 730 N/A N/A Kentucky 677 673 4 New Mexico 591 N/A N/A District of Columbia 580 N/A N/A Delaware 529 471 58 Oklahoma 473 473 0 New Hampshire 402 N/A N/A Arkansas 380 N/A N/A Nebraska 311 N/A N/A Kansas 308 N/A N/A Oregon 271 267 4 Utah 263 263 0 Puerto Rico 188 87 101 Idaho 135 114 21 South Dakota 119 119 0 Maine 118 N/A N/A West Virginia 102 N/A N/A North Dakota 97 N/A N/A Vermont 56 N/A N/A Montana 42 42 0 Hawaii 25 N/A N/A Wyoming 25 25 0 Alaska 19 N/A N/A Virgin Islands 7 N/A N/A Guam 5 N/A N/A Northern Mariana Islands 2 2 0 It took us until April 28 to hit a million confirmed cases. 1 million cases to 2 million took another 45 days. 2 million to 3 million took 27 days. 3 million to 4 million took 15 days. Tonight's numbers, July 23. 1 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 18 hours ago, Ambergris said: Only his wife is allowed to call him in the Covid Unit. Turns out only she and one of their five children were calling anyway. The nurses are impatient with these calls. "Ma'am, can you even understand him?" "It doesn't matter, I love to hear his voice." Heavy sigh. Oh good grief! That's cruelty....towards patient and family! Of COURSE the immediate family should be allowed calls!!! I tell ya, some of the alleged human race is degrading into some vile life form inimicable to us. I understand an occasional hour....day.....or whatever when life is just overwhelming and anyone can get cranky. But generally, a professional attitude is still required on any job. Gaah! MtRider .... ...yeah, they're probably overworked and he probably can't get the phone himself but....really! 4 1 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 On 7/22/2020 at 6:56 PM, Littlesister said: If I take him anywhere, he still puts on a mask though with his cong. heart failure it is harder for him to breath, he still does it. Sheeeesh......I think you just gave me the reason why my mom is now having so much trouble doing their shopping....she also has congestive heart and living at high altitude and very conscientiously wears the mask. Oye! We've been pushing her to let DH get her groceries again cuz of this severe fatigue she experiences when she shops. She said she "was going to have to let DH do her shopping again...as county numbers of COVID keep going up" Yet DH's going tomorrow and she shopped today. Then my dad has to carry it ALL up their stairs. Doesn't do him much good either with him being on O2 all the time. Thank you for mentioning this. We'll have to consider this! MtRider 3 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) On 7/22/2020 at 9:09 PM, Jeepers said: In looking for paper masks I kept reading that they were " non-woven". That seemed to be a major marketing plus. I think that might be the key. Cloth is woven so there are tiny holes. You can easily spread the fibers apart. With the paper masks they more solid. It's like the fibers are melded together. Also, the paper masks are three layers with one layer 'usually' water resistant. Just my idea. DH and I have been of that opinion too. He wears a cloth mask that's provided at the restaurant. He has to keep changing them out....they get soaked with his respiration. THEN they are not letting air thru well at all and you get O2 deprivation. He had to tell another worker to go change masks when she got a rather sudden, severe headache. And that's only part of the problem. The weave...or 'felting' is key to how much protection vs O2. Some are wearing crochet masks.....most of them know it's a protest. Some think they're pretty and have the brains of a toad, thinking they will provide protection. Some homemade ones are fairly good....if folks have put some thot into the material they use. But...a good, ole bandana hankie works to catch most sneeze/cough exhalations. Certainly better if you hold it tight over your face if you're sneezing/coughing. But this does not address normal exhalations unless something is over your mouth/nose all the time you're indoors ...cuz we're talking airborne. Frankly, at doc appt, I put my large, folded-4-layers, bandana over my surgical mask [the real medical type...we've had a box for years from DH's office] if I'm going to cough/sneeze cuz of the blow-out on each side. Talk about 'exhalation valves'.... But breathing thru even those made me overheated. Masks are not without problems, for sure! MtRider ....but we keep trying to adapt! Edited July 24, 2020 by Mt_Rider 2 Link to comment
Homesteader Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Some think they're pretty and have the brains of a toad, I'm looking for a mask that says "Trump 2020" on the front. If they weren't $20 each, I'd buy a few cases and pass them out to my friends/family. If enough people wore them, the mask requirement from our liberal county seat would be dropped. As more and more stores require masks, I'm shopping less and less. I'm finding the bank account is rewarding me for my anti-mask attitude. 4 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 9 hours ago, Homesteader said: If enough people wore them, the mask requirement from our liberal county seat would be dropped. Well I'm on the not-liberal side ....usually. I don't think mask usage is a strict split with Red/Blue. But like other topics, "crossing the aisle" has become ....touchy. Not that I pay attention much about that. I DO side [with whoever] on masks only in areas where it IS spreading and for activities where distancing isn't possible. We have counties where there has been 0-5 cases in 6 months. No sense there. I hope our Gov will give a variance in those places. But our county is going up right now. It would really help DH, myself, and my fragile folks not to be hiding for the next couple years. If we were all young/healthy.... But if I'm going to die...COVID seems like a particularly gruesome, terrifying way to go. My mom's cousin died of COPD....nasty! [ I was THANKFUL yesterday that the Blow-In-Tube test for that was normal!] And having constant bronchial issues for the past 7 months ANYway..... I've been quite protective of my breathing. [Me and this COUGH, have GOT to part ways sooooooon! Hmph!] MtRider Fully for RIGHTS; Fully for RESPONSIBILITY.....and the balance of those is tricky. 5 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Mt. Rider, Cong. heart failure will zap your energy as well. DH has no energy to do much as he gets very short winded if he tries to do much. He can't walk very far without sitting down to rest. But hoping the heart rehab will help that. We talked with his doctor today by phone and he will be calling again next week. We are now thinking about him having a procedure done called Watchman. It is a quarter size thing that they put in left side of heart to keep you from having a stroke. It is elective surgery. He cannot take the blood thinners as this was part of the problem. His platelet counts were off the charts. Really bad. Medicare pays for it and once this is done he won't need blood thinners anymore. Just the asprin. Mt. Rider, praying that your mom will be able to get through this mess. She needs to be really careful as well as your dad. It will be hard for her to wear a mask. I would love to have a Trump 2020 mask and yes they are expensive. I do have a couple of Trump 2020 signs in my yard. I have libs. living around me. 1 1 Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I'm all for masking up I guess. If it will help anything. At the very least in not going to fight it. Whatever. I'll look like I'm doing my part even though I'm not sure I am. I see people, mostly guys, get out of their car and tie a bandana on. Problem is, the bottom part is hanging loose. They look like the bad guys in a John Wayne western. Then they get back in the car and take it off. You know they are using the same 'mask' in the next store they go in. Probably using the same one for weeks at at time if the truth be known. 2 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 4,106,346 US 2,287,475 Brazil 1,288,108 India 799,499 Russia 421,996 South Africa 378,285 Mexico 375,961 Peru 341,304 Chile 299,500 United Kingdom 286,523 Iran 272,421 Spain 270,400 Pakistan 262,772 Saudi Arabia 245,590 Italy 226,373 Colombia 224,252 Turkey 218,658 Bangladesh 217,797 France 205,623 Germany 153,520 Argentina 115,115 Canada 108,638 Qatar 104,711 Iraq 95,418 Indonesia 91,072 Egypt 86,202 China 79,049 Ecuador 78,997 Sweden 78,486 Kazakhstan 76,444 Philippines 73,791 Oman 66,846 Belarus 65,252 Bolivia 64,847 Belgium 64,173 Ukraine 62,625 Kuwait 59,475 Israel 59,077 Dominican Republic 58,249 United Arab Emirates 57,993 Panama 52,837 Netherlands 49,692 Portugal 49,375 Singapore 43,283 Guatemala 42,394 Romania 42,038 Poland 39,539 Nigeria 38,458 Bahrain 36,902 Honduras 36,613 Armenia 35,981 Afghanistan 34,154 Switzerland 31,247 Kyrgyzstan 31,057 Ghana 29,312 Azerbaijan 28,880 Japan 26,159 Algeria 25,845 Ireland 22,852 Serbia 22,483 Moldova 20,214 Austria 19,360 Uzbekistan 18,834 Morocco 18,374 Nepal 16,708 Cameroon 16,268 Kenya 15,253 Cote d'Ivoire 15,081 Czechia 14,263 Venezuela 14,092 Korea, South 13,792 El Salvador 13,669 Costa Rica 13,642 Denmark 13,609 Australia 12,693 Ethiopia 11,302 Sudan 10,123 Bulgaria 10,093 West Bank and Gaza 9,797 North Macedonia 9,767 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,422 Senegal 9,092 Norway 8,861 Malaysia 8,767 Congo (Kinshasa) 8,741 Madagascar 7,380 Finland 7,197 Haiti 7,104 Tajikistan 6,984 Gabon 6,867 Guinea 6,680 Kosovo 6,116 Mauritania 6,056 Luxembourg 5,039 Djibouti 4,715 Croatia 4,593 Central African Republic 4,570 Albania 4,398 Hungary 4,224 Paraguay 4,135 Greece 3,856 Zambia 3,453 Malawi 3,439 Nicaragua 3,407 Lebanon 3,279 Thailand 3,175 Maldives 3,171 Somalia 3,071 Equatorial Guinea 3,038 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,764 Sri Lanka 2,665 Montenegro 2,503 Mali 2,469 Cuba 2,424 Libya 2,296 Zimbabwe 2,258 South Sudan 2,220 Cabo Verde 2,118 Slovakia 2,073 Eswatini 2,052 Slovenia 2,028 Estonia 1,986 Lithuania 1,954 Guinea-Bissau 1,843 Iceland 1,765 Sierra Leone 1,729 Rwanda 1,694 Benin 1,674 Yemen 1,618 Namibia 1,590 Mozambique 1,556 New Zealand 1,425 Tunisia 1,305 Suriname 1,205 Latvia 1,166 Uruguay 1,146 Jordan 1,135 Liberia 1,124 Niger 1,104 Georgia 1,089 Uganda 1,075 Burkina Faso 1,047 Cyprus 915 Chad 897 Andorra 880 Angola 860 Sao Tome and Principe 839 Togo 831 Jamaica 712 Diamond Princess 699 San Marino 686 Botswana 686 Malta 608 Syria 509 Tanzania 458 Taiwan* 413 Vietnam 359 Lesotho 352 Guyana 346 Burma 345 Burundi 344 Mauritius 340 Comoros 316 Bahamas 288 Mongolia 261 Eritrea 216 Gambia 202 Cambodia 142 Trinidad and Tobago 141 Brunei 116 Monaco 108 Barbados 108 Seychelles 92 Bhutan 86 Liechtenstein 82 Antigua and Barbuda 52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 47 Belize 32 Papua New Guinea 27 Fiji 24 Saint Lucia 24 Timor-Leste 23 Grenada 20 Laos 18 Dominica 17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 Holy See 10 Western Sahara State/Territory Total Cases Confirmed Probable California 425,616 N/A N/A Florida 385,091 N/A N/A Texas 361,125 N/A N/A New York City* 224,275 219,641 4,634 New York* 186,865 N/A N/A New Jersey 177,887 N/A N/A Illinois 168,100 166,925 1,175 Georgia 156,588 N/A N/A Arizona 152,944 152,944 0 Massachusetts 114,647 107,683 6,964 North Carolina 106,893 N/A N/A Pennsylvania 105,571 102,602 2,969 Louisiana 101,650 N/A N/A Tennessee 86,987 86,117 870 Michigan 84,431 75,947 8,484 Virginia 82,364 79,253 3,111 Maryland 81,766 N/A N/A Ohio 80,186 75,819 4,367 South Carolina 76,606 76,315 291 Alabama 74,344 72,827 1,517 Indiana 59,602 N/A N/A Washington 50,009 N/A N/A Wisconsin 49,669 45,899 3,770 Mississippi 49,663 49,050 613 Minnesota 49,490 N/A N/A Connecticut 48,232 46,213 2,019 Colorado 42,314 39,163 3,151 Iowa 40,635 N/A N/A Nevada 40,140 N/A N/A Missouri 37,700 N/A N/A Utah 36,889 36,598 291 Arkansas 36,259 N/A N/A Oklahoma 28,221 27,979 242 Kentucky 25,147 23,882 1,265 Kansas 24,104 23,586 518 Nebraska 23,818 N/A N/A State/Territory Cases in Last 7 Days Florida 73,451 California 69,438 Texas 68,469 Georgia 25,313 Arizona 18,331 Tennessee 15,447 Louisiana 15,239 North Carolina 13,467 Alabama 13,201 South Carolina 12,523 Ohio 9,585 Illinois 9,018 Mississippi 8,835 Nevada 8,020 Missouri 7,278 Virginia 6,931 Wisconsin 6,530 Pennsylvania 6,093 Washington 5,696 Indiana 5,522 Maryland 5,395 Oklahoma 5,314 Arkansas 5,145 Michigan 4,592 Minnesota 4,477 Utah 4,302 Kentucky 4,064 Idaho 3,603 Colorado 3,588 Iowa 3,503 Kansas 3,171 Puerto Rico 2,847 New York* 2,457 Oregon 2,204 New York City* 2,089 Massachusetts 2,066 New Mexico 2,025 Nebraska 1,684 New Jersey 1,386 West Virginia 893 North Dakota 822 Montana 695 Delaware 587 Alaska 499 District of Columbia 495 Connecticut 482 South Dakota 449 Rhode Island 437 Wyoming 321 Hawaii 180 New Hampshire 179 Maine 122 Virgin Islands 79 Vermont 52 Guam 23 Northern Mariana Islands 1 145,333 US deaths attributed to the corona virus: 32,596 New York 15,765 New Jersey 8,498 Massachusetts 8,280 California 7,577 Illinois 7,116 Pennsylvania 6,400 Michigan 5,653 Florida 4,754 Texas 4,413 Connecticut 3,603 Louisiana 3,443 Georgia 3,422 Maryland 3,297 Ohio 3,143 Arizona 2,884 Indiana 2,067 Virginia 1,790 Colorado 1,789 North Carolina 1,606 Minnesota 1,495 Washington 1,463 Mississippi 1,438 Alabama 1,385 South Carolina 1,195 Missouri 1,002 Rhode Island 938 Tennessee 878 Wisconsin 824 Iowa 722 Nevada 691 Kentucky 601 New Mexico 581 District of Columbia 578 Delaware 484 Oklahoma 407 New Hampshire 394 Arkansas 330 Kansas 316 Nebraska 282 Oregon 273 Utah 191 Puerto Rico 138 Idaho 122 South Dakota 118 Maine 103 West Virginia 99 North Dakota 56 Vermont 46 Montana 26 Hawaii 25 Wyoming 19 Alaska 7 Virgin Islands 5 Guam 2 Northern Mariana Islands State/Territory Death Rate per 100,000 New York City* 279.4 New Jersey 176.6 Connecticut 123.4 Massachusetts 122.9 Rhode Island 94.7 District of Columbia 82.7 Louisiana 79.1 New York* 79 Michigan 64 Illinois 59.3 Maryland 56.6 Pennsylvania 55.4 Delaware 54.7 Mississippi 49 Indiana 43 Arizona 42.7 Georgia 31.9 Colorado 31.4 New Hampshire 29.9 Alabama 28.6 Minnesota 28.6 New Mexico 28.4 Ohio 27.9 South Carolina 26.2 Florida 25.9 Iowa 25.9 Virginia 24.3 Nevada 24.2 California 20.3 Washington 19.7 Missouri 19.2 North Carolina 16.6 Nebraska 16.4 Texas 15.8 Kentucky 15.3 Wisconsin 15.2 South Dakota 13.7 Tennessee 13.7 North Dakota 13 Arkansas 12.8 Oklahoma 12.1 Kansas 10.6 Vermont 8.9 Maine 8.8 Utah 8.4 Idaho 7.9 Virgin Islands 6.7 Oregon 6.5 Puerto Rico 6 West Virginia 5.7 Wyoming 4.3 Montana 4.2 Northern Mariana Islands 3.5 Guam 3 Alaska 2.6 Hawaii 1.8 Tonight's numbers, July 24. 4 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Yemen is nearly 1700 by now. Was at 1 for so long.....if makes you wonder what happened? Was watching Papua New Guinea at the bottom for a while and then........ "merely" 32 but that's what happened to Yemen too. Hawaii still 1.8 per 100,000 people. We'll see what happens when the extra $600 for unemployment stops. Most families have several jobs among those of an age to work. Many have multi-generational homes too. All that helps.....except if they all work in the tourist industry. MtRider ....for ALL of us! 5 Link to comment
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