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Grim Milestone: U.S. surpasses infection total from 2020; Fauci says packing football stadiums isn't 'smart'
Jorge L. OrtizJohn BaconChristal Hayes
USA TODAY
Tue 7 Sep 2021 21.56 BST
On the same day the U.S. reached 650,000 COVID-19 deaths -- the world's highest reported total -- the country also registered more cases in 2021 than the previous year.
The U.S. had logged nearly 20,146,000 coronavirus cases this year by 7:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, surpassing the 2020 total of 20,100,249, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
The latter figure comes with a couple of caveats: No major outbreaks were detected in the U.S. until March 2020, and testing for the virus was quite limited at that time and for the first several weeks of the pandemic. Therefore, the true number of infections in 2020 will never be known.
Regardless, the emergence of the delta variant has turbocharged a pandemic that appeared to be waning in the U.S. by early summer, and now threatens to continue raging for months, especially now that students are back in school for in-person learning.
One clear example of the failure to contain the virus can be found in Kentucky, which has already reported more than three times as many COVID-19 deaths this year as in 2020. Through Tuesday, the state has had 7,905 fatalities in 2021, compared with 2,623 last year.
Children accounted for 26.8% of reported weekly COVID-19 cases in the U.S. the week ending Sept. 2, a substantially higher figure than the 15.1% they've represented since the beginning of the pandemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics said. The increase of 252,000 infections that week was the largest on record.
Nearly 300% more Covid patients in US hospitals at weekend than a year ago
Average number of deaths was over 86% higher than same period last year as Delta variant continues to spread
Tue 7 Sep 2021 21.56 BST
The number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals across the US this Labor Day weekend was nearly 300% higher than this time last year, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The average number of deaths was over 86% higher than the same period last year.
The surge in patients comes as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread across the US, and coincided with a weekend that saw a spike in travel. According to the Transportation Security Administration, more than 3.5 million people travelled across the country on Friday and Saturday for the Labor Day holiday, despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation for unvaccinated people to refrain from traveling.
Hospitalizations and deaths are a lagging indicator of Covid spread, so the impact of people’s travels this week will not be clear right away, but the agency is continuing to advise caution.
“We have actually articulated that people who are fully vaccinated and who are wearing masks can travel,” said Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, last week. “Although given where we are with disease transmission right now, we would say that people need to take their own – these risks – into their own consideration as they think about traveling,” she added.
This past weekend saw 1.146m weekly cases, compared with 287,235 last year. Despite the decline in cases in certain states including Florida, other states such as Idaho are seeing hospitals begin to ration healthcare amid patient surges.
Idaho’s state health agency cited a “severe shortage of staffing and available beds”, warning residents that they may not get the care they would normally expect if they required hospitalization. On Tuesday, the state’s public health leaders also announced that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing healthcare rationing for the state’s northern hospitals due to the overwhelming amount of Covid-19 patients. The move allows hospitals to distribute scant resources such as intensive care unit rooms to patients most likely to survive.
Other states are preparing for similar measures. Last week, Hawaii’s governor, David Ige, signed an order releasing hospitals and healthcare workers from liability if they have to ration healthcare in the future.
According to the CDC, the entire US continues to remain at a “high” level of community transmission as healthcare officials monitor the emerging Mu variant, a strain that the World Health Organization says could have the potential to evade the immune defenses of vaccinated or previously infected people.
www.theguardian.com
Jorge L. OrtizJohn BaconChristal Hayes
USA TODAY
Tue 7 Sep 2021 21.56 BST
On the same day the U.S. reached 650,000 COVID-19 deaths -- the world's highest reported total -- the country also registered more cases in 2021 than the previous year.
The U.S. had logged nearly 20,146,000 coronavirus cases this year by 7:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, surpassing the 2020 total of 20,100,249, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
The latter figure comes with a couple of caveats: No major outbreaks were detected in the U.S. until March 2020, and testing for the virus was quite limited at that time and for the first several weeks of the pandemic. Therefore, the true number of infections in 2020 will never be known.
Regardless, the emergence of the delta variant has turbocharged a pandemic that appeared to be waning in the U.S. by early summer, and now threatens to continue raging for months, especially now that students are back in school for in-person learning.
One clear example of the failure to contain the virus can be found in Kentucky, which has already reported more than three times as many COVID-19 deaths this year as in 2020. Through Tuesday, the state has had 7,905 fatalities in 2021, compared with 2,623 last year.
Children accounted for 26.8% of reported weekly COVID-19 cases in the U.S. the week ending Sept. 2, a substantially higher figure than the 15.1% they've represented since the beginning of the pandemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics said. The increase of 252,000 infections that week was the largest on record.
U.S. surpasses infection total from 2020; Fauci says packing football stadiums isn't 'smart': COVID-19 updates
The U.S. hit a bleak milestone: 40 million COVID infections since the pandemic began. There are about 12 cases for every 100 residents. Latest news.
www.usatoday.com
Nearly 300% more Covid patients in US hospitals at weekend than a year ago
Average number of deaths was over 86% higher than same period last year as Delta variant continues to spread
Tue 7 Sep 2021 21.56 BST
The number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals across the US this Labor Day weekend was nearly 300% higher than this time last year, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The average number of deaths was over 86% higher than the same period last year.
The surge in patients comes as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread across the US, and coincided with a weekend that saw a spike in travel. According to the Transportation Security Administration, more than 3.5 million people travelled across the country on Friday and Saturday for the Labor Day holiday, despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation for unvaccinated people to refrain from traveling.
Hospitalizations and deaths are a lagging indicator of Covid spread, so the impact of people’s travels this week will not be clear right away, but the agency is continuing to advise caution.
“We have actually articulated that people who are fully vaccinated and who are wearing masks can travel,” said Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, last week. “Although given where we are with disease transmission right now, we would say that people need to take their own – these risks – into their own consideration as they think about traveling,” she added.
This past weekend saw 1.146m weekly cases, compared with 287,235 last year. Despite the decline in cases in certain states including Florida, other states such as Idaho are seeing hospitals begin to ration healthcare amid patient surges.
Idaho’s state health agency cited a “severe shortage of staffing and available beds”, warning residents that they may not get the care they would normally expect if they required hospitalization. On Tuesday, the state’s public health leaders also announced that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing healthcare rationing for the state’s northern hospitals due to the overwhelming amount of Covid-19 patients. The move allows hospitals to distribute scant resources such as intensive care unit rooms to patients most likely to survive.
Other states are preparing for similar measures. Last week, Hawaii’s governor, David Ige, signed an order releasing hospitals and healthcare workers from liability if they have to ration healthcare in the future.
According to the CDC, the entire US continues to remain at a “high” level of community transmission as healthcare officials monitor the emerging Mu variant, a strain that the World Health Organization says could have the potential to evade the immune defenses of vaccinated or previously infected people.
Nearly 300% more Covid patients in US hospitals at weekend than a year ago
Average number of deaths was over 86% higher than same period last year as Delta variant continues to spread
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