The global situation of confirmed cases of COVID-19-induced coronavirus disease climbed above 106 million Monday, with the U.S. accounting for more than 27 million of that total, even as cases decline and rise after free -days decline.
The U.S. filed 87,889 new cases on Sunday, according to a New York Times fan, and at least 1,301 people died, though those numbers may not be attributed to a smaller number of workers at hospitals on weekends. The U.S. has averaged 118,016 cases per day in the past week, down 31% from the two-week average.
Hospitals are also in constant decline, according to the COVID Management Project. There were 81,439 COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals Sunday, down from 84,233 days earlier. The number has now gone down for 24 straight days and is at its lowest level since Nov. 18.
Average daily cases are now down 60.3% from the top day hospitals and average down 33.3%, according to Raymond James analyst Chris Meekins.
“As time passes from congregations often during the holiday season which adds to more issues, and a larger proportion of the population (up to a third) already attend. getting the virus; In our view, vaccines contribute significantly to the pandemic situation in the US, ”Meekins wrote in a note to clients.
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And while it is now, demand for vaccines is outstripping supply, “that may change within two months when it becomes imperative to believe that half the population is less willing get the vaccine they need despite the low number of cases, “he wrote.
Dr. Ashish Jha, dean and professor of health services, policy and practice at Brown University School of Public Health, said the U.S. is at a critical juncture with the new changes of the circulating virus that are more contagious than original virus.
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“This is not the time to be sick – that is never the time to be sick,” he told MSNBC in an interview. “But we are so close to the finish line. We want people to hold on, and we don’t want people to hold on to them forever. We’re talking about the next month or two. “
Jha is hopeful that even if the vaccine was developed by AstraZeneca PLC AZN,
AZN,
With Oxford University so effective in dealing with the variance that came out in South Africa, so did the other authorized vaccines – the one developed by Pfizer Inc. PFE,
and German partner BioNtech SE BNTX,
and one developed by Moderna Inc. MRNA,
– work.
The single-dose tablet developed by Johnson & Johnson JNJ,
which is under scrutiny for permission as another reason for hope, he said. The other vaccines require two doses, taken several weeks apart.
“And we can update the vaccines,” he said, a process that can be accomplished in about six weeks and then tested.
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South Africa has halted its plans to vaccinate front-line health care workers with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a small clinical trial is ineffective in preventing chronic illness moderately from the various controls in the country, the Associated Press reported.
South Africa received the first 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine last week and was expected to start providing jobs for healthcare workers in mid-February. The early disappointing results suggest that inoculation driver using the AstraZeneca vaccine may not be helpful.
“The AstraZeneca vaccine appeared to be effective against the initial snoring, but not against the variant,” health minister Zweli Mkhize said Sunday. “We have decided to temporarily suspend the distribution of the vaccine… more work needs to be done. ”
The World Health Organization is holding a meeting on Monday about the latest news from South Africa.
In other news:
• France bans the use of homemade face masks in schools and requires pupils to wear Category 1 masks, the Guardian reported. Health authorities notified parents on Sunday in an urgent note explaining that new changes pose an immediate threat and require tougher measures. Classroom windows are opened for several minutes every hour to improve ventilation and speed rules have been increased to two meters in school restaurants.
• South Korea will begin testing pet cats and dogs in the Seoul capital if they come in contact with patients with coronavirus infection and show symptoms, the AP said. Seoul Park official Yoor-mi told an online message that pets detected by the virus must be quarantined at their homes or in a facility run in the city for 14 days. Last week the central government issued guidelines on virus testing for pets, after a cat in the southeastern city of Jinju became the first animal in the country to be diagnosed with COVID- 19 aige. The cat belongs to a mother and daughter who were among dozens of confirmed patients associated with the Jinju religious facility.
• Argentina has detected its first two cases of the Brazilian COVID variant in Brazilian passengers, Reuters reported. “The Amazonas P1 variant was recently detected in two samples, and the Rio de Janeiro P2 variant in two other carriers. All of them from Brazil, ”Argentine Health Minister Ginés González García said in a tweet. Argentina is currently upgrading its vaccination program with Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. Argentina has confirmed 1.98 million cases of COVID-19, with a total of 49,171 deaths, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
• The German government will allow some people to jump the vaccine queue if the alternative is to get doses to waste, the AP said. Health Minister Jens Spahn said new vaccination rules that came into effect on Monday specifically see limited departures from the established order of vaccines if, for example, doses left in the evening go to waste. He suggested that local authorities design systems to prioritize individuals such as health and emergency service officers, and possibly firefighters and police, for such bribes.
The latest tallies
The global collection for confirmed cases of the COVID-19-induced coronavirus climbed above 106.2 million Monday, Johns Hopkins data shows, and the death toll rose 2.32 million. At least 59 million people have overcome it.
The U.S. has the world’s highest death rate at over 27 million and the highest death toll at 463,539, or about one-fifth of the global total.
Brazil has the second highest death tax at 231,534 and the third with cases at 9.5 million.
India ranks second worldwide in cases with 10.8 million, and now fourth in deaths at 155,080.
Mexico has the third highest death tax at 166,200 and 13th highest case at 1.9 million.
The UK has 3.96 million cases and 112,681 deaths, the highest in Europe and the fifth highest in the world.
China, where the virus was discovered last year at the end of last year, has confirmed 100,421 cases and 4,822 deaths, according to its official figures.