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United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer

United States Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.
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Last updated: June 06, 2020, 01:17 GMT

United States

Coronavirus Cases--------------1,965,708
Deaths-----------------------------111,390

5.67% death rate. A little over 1 in 20 die from the virus.

USA USA Total
TotalTotal
StateCasesDeaths
1,965,708​
111,390​
New York
396,699​
30,372​
New Jersey
165,162​
12,082​
Massachusetts
102,557​
7,235​
Pennsylvania
78,920​
5,969​
Michigan
63,539​
5,855​
Illinois
125,915​
5,795​
California
126,408​
4,558​
Connecticut
43,460​
4,038​
1,102,660​
75,904​

These 9 states have 56.1% of the total cases and 68.2% of the total deaths and all of the states are demoncrap controlled.

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Amazon Warehouses Are Still Seeing Coronavirus Outbreaks. Why Did They End Hazard Pay? | NYT Opinion
•Jun 5, 2020


The New York Times
While Amazon may glorify its workers with sentimental commercials, thanking them for their heroic bravery, it has also rolled back some policies designed to keep those very workers safe during this pandemic. And on June 1 it got rid of hazard pay too, even though its facilities continue to see outbreaks of the coronavirus. In a statement to Recode, an Amazon spokesperson said: “We are grateful to associates supporting customers during a time of increased demand, and are returning to our regular pay and overtime wages at the end of the month.” In the video above, two warehouse workers ask Amazon to put its money where its mouth is by extending its pro-worker policies through the pandemic. After all, Amazon couldn’t do it without them
 
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Pandemic Hits Navy's New Nuke Submarine Program - Breaking Defense

Work on the missile tubes for the Navy's part of the nation's nuclear triad is months behind schedule after Babcock was smacked hard by the pandemic.
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Pandemic Hits Navy’s New Nuke Submarine Program
Work on the missile tubes for the Navy's part of the nation's nuclear triad is months behind schedule after Babcock was smacked hard by the pandemic.
Paul McLeary
June 01, 2020 at 5:23 PM

WASHINGTON: The Navy’s top priority — its new nuclear-powered Columbia-class submarine — has been struck by the COVID-19 virus. Workers’ absences at a critical supplier have delayed construction and welding of the boat’s missile tubes by several months a senior Navy official said today, and the service is scrambling to make that time up.

While the service and its contractors are looking for ways to reclaim that time, the situation is something that Navy and Pentagon officials have most feared. Large-scale work on the first of the twelve planned Columbia submarines is slated to kick off in 2021, with deliveries starting in 2030 — just in time to begin replacing the Cold War-era Ohio-class subs as the Navy’s leg of the nation’s nuclear triad. The subs will carry 70 percent of the warheads allowed by the New Start treaty with Russia.

Head of the Columbia program, Rear Adm. Scott Pappano, said during a video conference sponsored by the Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance today that the work experienced “a hiccup” earlier this year when less than 30 percent of workers at UK-based Babcock Marine showed up for work during the height of the COVID outbreak, leading to setbacks in the work schedule.

“There was an interruption in our ability to do work,” Pappano said, calling the delay of several months a “worst case” scenario that would stick if no actions were taken to speed up work going forward.

“We’re analyzing the plan right now,” he added. “Prioritizing what tubes go where and then coming up with mid-term and long-term recovery plans to go deal with that.” Pappano said the Navy and industry may hire more workers and bring in more vendors to buy that time back.

The missile tubes have already caused the service some pain. In 2018, contractor BWX, contracted to deliver three tubes to Electric Boat, discovered problems before the tubes were delivered, eventually paying $27 million to fix the problems. The company later said it is considering getting out of the missile tube business with the Navy, leaving BAE Systems as the only US-based company capable of doing the work.

The Navy is walking a tightrope on its Virginia and Columbia programs, and any slip on one program will affect the other. The two share the same missile tube design, which will also be fitted onto the UK’s forthcoming Dreadnaught class of submarines.

“One of the biggest risks to Columbia is if Virginia gets out of its cadence,” James Geurts, the Navy’s acquisition chief, told reporters late last year.

Once the Columbia subs begin rolling out of Electric Boat’s shipyard, the Navy will have to produce one Columbia and two Virginias per year, a pace of submarine building the service has not seen in decades.

But Columbia will remain the Navy’s top focus. Geurts said he’s structured both programs in a way that the shared supplier base is aware of what’s needed well in advance, but “if not, we can back off a little to make sure Columbia is successful.”

Despite the setback, Babcock’s workforce has recovered in recent weeks, “and essentially they’re above 90% capacity” on the production line, Pappano said. “So my assessment is they’re essentially back up — or close to it — not where they were before” the virus struck.
 
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CDC says 40 percent of Americans surveyed tried using bleach to wash food to prevent coronavirus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that over a third of Americans that took a CDC survey, reportedly misused household cleaners by using them on their fruits and vegetables, in the attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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CDC says 40 percent of Americans surveyed tried using bleach to wash food to prevent coronavirus
By Caitlin McFall
8 hours ago


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that over a third of Americans who took its survey reportedly misused household cleaners by using them on their fruits and vegetables in the attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Calls to poison control centers regarding disinfectants and household cleaners reportedly went up since the beginning of the pandemic.

“Thirty-nine percent of respondents reported engaging in non-recommended high-risk practices with the intent of preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission, such as washing food products with bleach, applying household cleaning or disinfectant products to bare skin, and intentionally inhaling or ingesting these products,” the CDC report read.

An online survey completed in the U.S. by 502 people in May, aimed to identify people’s knowledge and use of household disinfectants.

Respondents of the survey were between the ages of 18-86, with a median age of 46. Fifty-two percent of the respondents were women and the majority of respondents identified as non-Hispanic white.

Over 50 percent of the respondents said they “strongly agreed” that they knew how to properly clean and disinfect their homes safely.

The CDC report noted that the finding show a need to spread more information on safe practices surrounding household disinfectants.

“This survey identified important knowledge gaps in the safe use of cleaners and disinfectants among U.S. adults,” the CDC reported. “The largest gaps were found in knowledge about safe preparation of cleaning and disinfectant solutions and about storage of hand sanitizers out of the reach of children.”

The CDC also noted that cleaning fruits and vegetables with disinfectants can cause health risks like “severe tissue damage and corrosive injury,” and should be strictly avoided.

The need for public messaging from local, state and national health agencies regarding safe cleaning practices was recommended in the report.

There are ongoing efforts to identify other knowledge gaps when it comes to safe cleaning and disinfecting methods.
“These data will allow for development and evaluation of further targeted messaging to ensure safe cleaning and disinfection practices in U.S. households during and after the COVID-19 pandemic,” the CDC report added.
 
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Dr. Marc Siegel on faulty hydroxychloroquine data: 'This is a political hit job'

A retracted study on hydroxychloroquine and news that the coronavirus may be mutating drew reactions Friday night from Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel.
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Dr. Marc Siegel on faulty hydroxychloroquine data: 'This is a political hit job'
Victor Garcia
2 hours ago

A retracted study on hydroxychloroquine and news that the coronavirus may be mutating drew reactions Friday night from Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel.

"So Lancet, with egg on its face, a renowned journal, is suddenly withdrawing this study," Siegel noted during an appearance on "Tucker Carlson Tonight"

Surgisphere Corp. was called into question.

A database by Surgisphere Corp. of Chicago was used in an observational study of nearly 100,000 patients that appeared May 22 in The Lancet, an influential medical journal. The study tied the malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to a higher risk of death in hospitalized patients with the virus.

The validity of the data, however, has been called into question. The Guardian reports that Surgisphere “has so far failed to adequately explain its data or methodology” and says the company’s “handful of employees appear to include a science fiction writer and an adult-content model.”

Siegel now says the only question is whether the malaria drugs work.

"Does hydroxychloroquine actually work early in the game to help decrease the symptoms of COVID-19? It's been studied in the lab as an antiviral," Siegel said. "Medical, we don't know yet. Political, we know this is a political hit job."

Siegel also addressed that doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) said Thursday that the coronavirus appears to be declining both in virulence and in its infection rate.

"The virus appears to be getting milder. People who are being admitted have milder symptoms. We heard the same thing out of northern Italy," Siegel said. "And guess what? I have been hearing the same thing from many doctors here in New York City over the past week or two."

Siegel told Carlson his theory on why the virus may be mellowing.

"Viruses, like anything else, want to survive. Now, I'm not sure yet that this is the case, but as viruses mutate over time, they want to get more used to the human host. They want to be able to spread more easily," Siegel said. "And if they kill the host, they can't spread. So they tend to mutate in the direction of becoming milder. It looks like this may be happening here."
 
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New federal COVID-19 nursing home data fraught with inaccuracies, overcounts and undercounts
By Jill Riepenhoff, Jamie Grey, Daniela Molina, and Lee Zurik | Updated: Fri 9:00 PM, Jun 05, 2020

(InvestigateTV) - According to newly released federal data, a 96-bed nursing home in New Jersey has had a staggering 753 COVID-19 deaths among its residents since January.

That means that the Dellridge Health & Rehabilitation Center in Paramus has had more deaths caused by the coronavirus than any other nursing home in the country.

But it’s not true.

The nursing home has recorded just 16 deaths, according to state data and the nursing home itself.

An employee at the nursing home called the death numbers released June 4 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services “laughable.” The facility was unaware that it had hundreds of COVID-19 deaths listed in the CMS data until InvestigateTV called them to ask them about them.

Another nursing home owned by the same company, Advanced Subacute Care of Sewell, showed 396 COVID-19 deaths in CMS data. The state says it has had 28.

On the flip side, the CMS data shows that Life Care Centers of Kirkland in the state of Washington recorded zero COVID-19 deaths. The nursing home, however, was the epicenter of the outbreak in Washington where coronavirus led to the deaths of at least three dozen residents.

“There are a lot of inconsistencies, a lot of flaws. It’s pretty bad,” said Brian Lee, executive director of Families for Better Care, a Texas-based group that advocates nationally for the rights of nursing home residents and their families.

In April, CMS announced that it was requiring nursing homes to report COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents and staff weekly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first batch of data was released by CMS June 4.

“This is part of the Trump Administration’s historic transparency efforts to ensure residents, families and the general public have information about COVID-19 in nursing homes,” CMS said on June 5 announcing the release of the data.

But it is woefully inaccurate, and the reasons why are unclear.

CMS and the CDC did not respond to requests for comment but cautioned in a disclaimer on the CMS website, where the data is publicly available, that it could be inaccurate.

Among 146 nursing homes compared in Louisiana, the state reported that there were 621 deaths. CMS showed only 520.

In Georgia, CMS reported just 2,979 COVID-19 cases among residents in 246 nursing homes while the state said there were 5,115 in those facilities.

In New Jersey, while Dellridge’s numbers came in much higher than even possible in the CMS data, overall, the CMS data showed far fewer cases than state data. In the 112 facilities InvestigateTV compared, the state reported 1,496 COVID-19 deaths; CMS reported 1,084.

Another New Jersey facility, Lincoln Park Care Center, showed a discrepancy of 56 deaths when comparing the datasets – CMS only had eight deaths even as the state reported 64. But another of the ownership group’s facilities, Lincoln Park Renaissance Rehab and Nursing showed the CMS data 48 additional deaths that weren’t counted in the state’s tally.

If the CMS data reported was accurate, deaths in 67 nursing homes in New Jersey would account for nearly 15 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities nationally.

In hard-hit Dougherty County Georgia, PruittHealth-Palmyra has had 22 deaths, according to the state. CMS shows none. After hearing about the discrepancy from InvestigateTV, Pruitt Health started to dig into the data to help understand what went wrong but didn’t have answers yet, a spokeswoman for the nursing home said.

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It is unclear if the errors are coming from data entry at the nursing home level, collection at the CDC or reporting from CMS. The reporting involves a computer system with fillable forms, according to an online tutorial.

On its website, CMS said it performed quality checks on the data and eliminated any that did not meet its standards. But somehow Dellridge – and it’s 753 deaths – slipped through as did other obvious errors.

In one of its data summary graphics, CMS stated: “Due to how some facilities submitted data, and since this is a new program, some data limitations exist and we caution users to consider these limitations when analyzing the data.”

InvestigateTV identified Dellridge only by sorting the total number of COVID-19 deaths in a spreadsheet.

Lee calls the inconsistencies and inaccuracies shocking but says that at least the dataset is a step toward pulling back the curtain on the coronavirus in long-term care facilities.

Secrecy has surrounded COVID-19 cases in nursing homes since the outbreak of the pandemic, InvestigateTV reported in mid-April. Some states didn’t release any data. Others release only aggregate numbers but don’t identify the facility. Some name the facility and positive cases among residents but not the number of deaths.

The data was shrouded by state officials and nursing homes hiding behind the federal health privacy law, which prevents the release of individuals’ health records.

An aggregate number of positive COVID-19 cases or the number of deaths, however, does not lead to disclosure, advocates for transparency have argued.

Until now, there has been no official tally of the number of patients and staff members who have been infected or how many of them have died of COVID-19. Most of the reporting about the coronavirus’ wrath on nursing homes has come from media organizations.

“This has been the biggest coverup of my 20 years of advocacy,” Wes Bledsoe, founder of A Perfect Cause, a nursing home reform organization based in Oklahoma, told InvestigateTV in April. “State government does not want to admit what’s going on in these nursing homes.”

For months, the federal government wouldn’t say either. The CDC and CMS each kept a list of impacted nursing homes but refused to make it public.

Two senators wrote to those agencies in early April urging transparency.

“While the privacy of individual residents must be protected, (it) is imperative that the names of facilities with a positive COVID-19 case be made available to help prevent further spread of this terrible virus,” wrote Robert P. Casey and Ron Wyden, Democratic senators from Pennsylvania and Oregon, respectively.

The April 19 CMS rule was intended to remedy that.

“Nursing homes have been ground zero for COVID-19. Today’s action supports CMS’ longstanding commitment to providing transparent and timely information to residents and their families,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma said on the day the new rule was announced. “Nursing home reporting to the CDC is a critical component of the go-forward national COVID-19 surveillance system and to efforts to reopen America.”

CMS warned nursing homes administrators that they face enforcement actions if they failed to report.

Yet 12% of the nation’s 15,300 nursing homes did not report.

The data is supposed to be updated weekly by the nursing homes. CMS said facilities may correct data, which could cause fluctuations in future reports.

Lee hopes that going forward that either nursing homes will get their data right and complete or that CMS will sanction them.

“We know more today about what’s happening in nursing homes than we did yesterday,” Lee said. “But were not getting a complete picture.”

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New federal COVID-19 nursing home data fraught with inaccuracies, overcounts and undercounts

According to newly released federal data, a 96-bed nursing home in New Jersey has had a staggering 753 COVID-19 deaths among its residents since January.
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Mixin said:
Indiana
Here's a look at our ICU beds and ventilator capacity for the past week and back in April:

5/8
ICU beds: 2719 total
39.9% available, 17.7% in use cov, 42.4% in use non-cov
Vents: 3026 total
81.1% available, 7.2% in use cov, 11.7% in use non-cov

5/2
ICU beds: 2929 total
42.4% available, 16.6% in use cov, 41% in use non-cov
Vents: 3069 total
80.5% available, 8% in use cov, 11.5% in use non-cov

4/24
ICU Beds: 3272 total
44.3% available, 19% in use cov, 36.7% in use non-cov
Vents: 3215 total
78.3% available, 10.1% in use cov, 11.6% in use non-cov

Indiana COVID-19 Home Dashboard

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6/5 Beds and Vents update

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Indiana

Cases and deaths statewide for June 5

Since so many use phones and tablets, are thumbnails preferable to full images?

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California to let schools, gyms, bars reopen next week

California will allow schools, day camps, bars, gyms and professional sports with modifications to begin reopening starting next Friday.
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California to let schools, gyms, bars reopen next week

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Updated: 2:28 PM PDT Jun 5, 2020

By Kathleen Ronayne and Amy Taxin

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
California will allow schools, day camps, bars, gyms, campgrounds and professional sports to begin reopening with modifications starting next Friday.
The state will release guidance later Friday for counties to follow to reopen a broad range of businesses that have been closed since mid-March because of concerns about spreading the coronavirus, said Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services agency.

The rules on schools and day camps will apply statewide. But only counties that have met certain thresholds on the number of cases, testing and preparedness will be allowed to start reopening the other sectors. Almost all of the state's 58 counties have met those metrics. The state's guidance will also include rules on hotels, casinos, museums, zoos and aquariums and the resumption of music, film and television production.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has been moving the state through a methodical four-step process for reopening. Most of the new businesses are part of “Phase 3.” Nail salons will not be included in the list, Ghaly said.

When students return to classrooms, things could look vastly different. The state plans to supply every school and childcare center with no-touch thermometers, face shields for every teacher, cloth face coverings for staff and students, disposable mask, tight-fitting N95 masks for health care professionals in schools and hand sanitizer.

The state has already allowed most counties to reopen restaurants, hair salons, churches, and retail stores with modifications.

Ghaly stressed that it's up to counties to determine whether they are ready to reopen based on their ability to manage an expected increase in the number of those testing positive. He said Thursday that the state's coronavirus cases and hospitalizations remain stable.

But the state is monitoring and preparing for a potential increase in cases due to broader reopening and mass protests across the state against racial injustice.
California has reported more than 122,000 coronavirus cases and more than 4,400 deaths.

For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause pneumonia and death.
 
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1:01:16 min
War Room Pandemic Ep 217 - The New Federal State of China (w/ Jack Posobiec and Zach)
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Bannon WarRoom - Citizens of the American Republic
Raheem Kassam, Jack Maxey, and Greg Manz are joined by Jack Posobiec and Steve Bannon to talk about the establishment of the New Federal State of China in response to the catastrophic failures of the Chinese Communist Party in responding to the global pandemic and for their oppression of the Chinese people.
 
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20:53 min
Ex-soccer star calls for end of CCP and new federal state of China; Student speaks out amid threats
•Premiered 19 hours ago


China in Focus - NTD

New York residents puzzled as small planes circled the Statue of Liberty, trailing banners proclaiming 'New Federal State of China.' Who are the people behind the message? A Chinese student in Melbourne, Australia is speaking out for freedom in China. But now her father is facing the consequences--and has been threatened by Chinese police. Google says Chinese and Iranian hackers have targeted Biden and Trump campaign staff. And warns anyone helping on a political campaign to be vigilant. And Sweden’s former ambassador to China on trial today. Authorities say charges against her are “unprecedented in modern times”. It has to do with a series of meetings she helped arrange over the fate of a bookseller.
 
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9:46 min
The WHO Knowingly Lied About China
•Jun 6, 2020


China Uncensored

Secret audio recordings from internal meetings of the World Health Organization reveal that the WHO knew China was withholding data and the genome map of the coronavirus (CCP virus) in January at the same time Dr. Tedros and the WHO was praising the Chinese Communist Party for its transparency. Why did the lie? And with the Trump administration bearing down on the WHO threatening to remove funding, what will this mean for US China realtions?
 
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27:42 min
Care for the vulnerable, Court House retirement Home, Cheddar
•Jun 6, 2020


Dr. John Campbell
The incredible account of dedication and self-sacrifice by the management and staff of Court House Retirement Home in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The team haven been in isolation with their residents for 54 days and nights, and still counting. By isolating themselves from the outside world they have had zero cases of COVID - 19.
 
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27:16 min
Doctors' thoughts after first Coronavirus Peak // UK DOCTOR // Covid-19 Vlog #20
•Jun 6, 2020


Dr Hope's Sick Notes (Dr. Ed Hope is a Junior ER Doc in the UK. It has been some time since he posted on his VLOG. This is a retrospective of his experience with COVID 19)

As the Coronavirus cases in the UK have been steadily falling and the restrictions on lockdown relaxing, it was a good time to reflect with Dr Sonia about the first wave, how we feel now and our thoughts on a second wave. Dr Sonia Hudson referenced this article: Mitigating the risks of surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
 
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Pennsylvania COVID-19 Numbers

Current number of positive results, age breakdowns, hospitalizations, and more.
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COVID-19 Data for Pennsylvania*
* Map, tables, case counts and deaths last updated at 12:00 p.m. on 6/6/2020
Source: Pennsylvania National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (PA-NEDSS) as of 12:00 a.m. on 6/6/2020
Page last updated: 12:00 p.m. on 6/6/2020

View the beta version of the Pennsylvania COVID-19 Dashboard.
View the Pennsylvania County Dashboard.



Case Counts, Deaths, and Negatives
Total Cases*DeathsNegative**Recovered***
75,0865,931435,12270%


* Total case counts include confirmed and probable cases.
** Negative case data only includes negative PCR tests. Negative case data does not include negative antibody tests.
*** Individuals who have recovered is determined using a calculation, similar to what is being done by several other states. If a case has not been reported as a death, and it is more than 30 days past the date of their first positive test (or onset of symptoms) then an individual is considered recovered.


Confirmed CasesProbable Case by Definition and High-Risk ExposureProbable Case by Serology Test and Either Symptoms or High-Risk Exposure
72,9792,107620


Hospital Data
Trajectory Animations

Positive Cases by Age Range to Date

Age RangePercent of Cases*
0-4< 1%
5-12< 1%
13-182%
19-246%
25-4937%
50-6425%
65+28%
* Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding


Hospitalization Rates by Age Range to Date


Age RangePercent of Cases*
0-4< 1%
5-12< 1%
13-18< 1%
19-241%
25-4915%
50-6426%
65+56%


* Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding


Death Data



County Case Counts to Date
CountyTotal CasesNegatives
Adams2693535
Allegheny198934428
Armstrong651413
Beaver5984213
Bedford 43895
Berks418413644
Blair533245
Bradford461885
Bucks524322799
Butler2444150
Cambria594493
Cameron2148
Carbon2482784
Centre1552399
Chester301415987
Clarion27730
Clearfield441264
Clinton60730
Columbia3611597
Crawford301231
Cumberland6656780
Dauphin145111591
Delaware665924267
Elk6372
Erie3636374
Fayette953633
Forest794
Franklin7925608
Fulton16263
Greene27880
Huntingdon236984
Indiana911548
Jefferson16576
Juniata96411
Lackawanna15797152
Lancaster340418373
Lawrence841615
Lebanon10215191
Lehigh384616118
Luzerne279112798
Lycoming1662628
McKean13718
Mercer1111924
Mifflin591398
Monroe13386839
Montgomery754239081
Montour533426
Northampton314415585
Northumberland2081715
Perry67932
Philadelphia1911066728
Pike4812204
Potter11170
Schuylkill6565655
Snyder54473
Somerset392167
Sullivan3107
Susquehanna133991
Tioga19665
Union711338
Venango15654
Warren5464
Washington1465025
Wayne1231221
Westmoreland45711115
Wyoming34598
York104915103




Incidence by County

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Incidence is calculated by dividing the current number of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases reported to the Department by the 2018 county population data available from the Bureau of Health Statistics. The counties are divided into 6 relatively equally-sized groups based on their incidence rate (i.e. sestiles). Cases are determined using a national COVID-19 case definition. There currently is no way to estimate the true number of infected persons. Incidence rates are based on the number of known cases, not the number of true infected persons.

Case Counts by Sex to Date


SexPositive Cases Percent of Cases*
Female41,20855%
Male33,16144%
Neither30%
Not reported7141%
* Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding

Case Counts by Race to Date*


RacePositive CasesPercent of Cases**
African American/Black934012%
Asian11151%
White21,23728%
Other4821%
Not reported42,91257%
* 57% of race is not reported. Little data is available on ethnicity.
** Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding

Case Counts by Region to Date


RegionPositiveNegativeInconclusive
Northcentral 11151713317
Northeast1340066290169
Northwest6111616420
Southcentral56145593685
Southeast486672065341001
Southwest35727306545

EpiCurve by Region

EpiCurve%20by%20Region.png

Case counts are displayed by the date that the cases were first reported to the PA-NEDSS surveillance system. Case counts by date of report can vary significantly from day to day for a variety of reasons. In addition to changes due to actual changes in disease incidence, trends are strongly influenced by testing patterns (who gets tested and why), testing availability, lab analysis backlogs, lab reporting delays, new labs joining our electronic laboratory reporting system, mass screenings, etc. Trends need to be sustained for at least 2-3 weeks before any conclusions can be made regarding the progress of the pandemic.

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in Pennsylvania
Potential CasesConfirmed CasesDetermined Not a CaseUnder Investigation
4020515

COVID-19 Cases Associated with Nursing Homes and Personal Care Homes to Date
This data represents long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania, including Department of Health and Department of Human Services regulated facilities.
 
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Deceased
Just because you don't like it.

Just because the pandemic has changed your life and made it a pain in the ass to TRY to be normal.

Just because the kill numbers are not as high as predicted

The MFer is still here and still doing its job as the Chinks intended... green wienie.

The SOB virus is just as lethal today ss when it first hit CONUS.

All the idiots out rioting ... justifying it by the killing of a negro... are exacerbating the problem ... nothing more.

When the "fall" comes... it will be like skydiving sans parachute.

I agree with Mountain...

Skinnerback
 
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poppy

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A study shows blood type may affect how bad and whether or not you get COVID-19. Interesting.

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Blood group type may affect susceptibility to COVID-19 respiratory failure

A group of over 120 researchers from various institutions across Europe has performed the first genome-wide association study to reveal host genetic factors that may contribute to respiratory failure in cases of coronavirus disease 209 (COVID-19).
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Florida just had a new one day record of confirmed cases Friday. That topped off a three day spike. The last record day was mid April. 1495 vs 1419. 53 new deaths. Could be something worth watching.

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Oregon lawmakers agree to devote $247 MILLION in FEDERAL coronavirus aid to renter relief, rural hospitals, child care and more
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The largest single element of the package is $55 million that will be paid to landlords who rent to low-income Oregonians who’ve lost wages because of the LOCKDOWN. That money will be doled out through local COMMUNITY action agencies...

>> $20 million to expand rural broadband to help workers and students who are working or learning from home and need robust internet access...

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Next largest chunk is $50 million in grants to help certain small rural hospitals that SAW THEIR PATIENT LOAD – and income – PLUMMET after Gov. Kate Brown ordered them to delay non-essential surgeries as covid then turned out to be a mild illness for the majority of people.
 
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Ex-soccer star calls for end of CCP and new federal state of China; Student speaks out amid threats
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New York residents puzzled as small planes circled the Statue of Liberty, trailing banners proclaiming 'New Federal State of China.' Who are the people behind the message? A Chinese student in Melbourne, Australia is speaking out for freedom in China. But now her father is facing the consequences--and has been threatened by Chinese police. Google says Chinese and Iranian hackers have targeted Biden and Trump campaign staff. And warns anyone helping on a political campaign to be vigilant. And Sweden’s former ambassador to China on trial today. Authorities say charges against her are “unprecedented in modern times”. It has to do with a series of meetings she helped arrange over the fate of a bookseller.
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Good hope this gathers momentum, the crimes of Mao, 70 million deaths since 1949 also have to be taken into account, Wuhan trials along the lines of Nuremberg.
 
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Florida just had a new one day record of confirmed cases Friday. That topped off a three day spike. The last record day was mid April. 1495 vs 1419. 53 new deaths. Could be something worth watching.

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I agree. And these are just post-lifting the lockdown numbers. We haven't seen the post-riot/protests numbers yet.


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Florida tops 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for fourth day in a row as more people are tested
By Howard Cohen
June 06, 2020 12:04 PM , Updated 11 hours 35 minutes ago

Florida’s Department of Health on Saturday morning confirmed 1,270 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 62,758 confirmed cases. There were also 28 new deaths announced, raising the statewide toll to 2,688.

This is the fourth day this week that the state’s daily total of newly confirmed cases surpassed 1,000. On Thursday, the state recorded 1,413 additional cases, the highest daily count since Florida’s Department of Health began providing daily updates on the novel coronavirus in March. Friday saw 1,305 new cases.

While the state has seen its biggest daily gain in six weeks the past few days, the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests out of those reported in a single day has declined over the same time period, as the state provides testing to more people.

How many confirmed COVID-19 cases are in South Florida?

Less than half of the new cases and new deaths were in South Florida:
  • Miami-Dade County reported 243 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, pushing the county’s total to 19,299 confirmed cases. The median age is 49. There were also five new deaths reported, bringing the county’s toll to 765, the highest in the state.
  • Broward County reported 118 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and seven new deaths. The county’s confirmed total is now at 7,690 with a median age of 49 and 334 deaths.
  • Palm Beach County saw 215 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 with a median age of 47 and three new deaths. The county’s known total is now at 7,074 with 370 deaths.
  • Monroe County did not report any additional cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths. The Florida Keys now have 110 known cases with a median age of 55 and four deaths.

Here’s a breakdown on what you need to know:

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Florida

In addition to Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, the deaths of 28 Florida residents who tested positive for COVID-19 in the Saturday figures have been reported in Collier, Duval, Hendry, Hillsborough, Lee, Orange, Polk and Washington counties, according to the health department.

More than half of the state’s known COVID-19 cases — 34,173 — are in South Florida’s four counties: Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe. Miami-Dade continues to lead the state with the most confirmed cases and deaths. It has 19,299 known cases and 765 deaths.

One of the tools officials are relying on to determine if the novel coronavirus is improving in the state is hospitalization data. Unlike testing, which might be limited or take days to report results, hospitalizations can help give officials a real-time visual of how many people are severely ill with COVID-19.

The health department says it doesn’t “have a figure” to reflect the number of people currently hospitalized and only provides the total number of hospitalizations in its statewide and county-level data.

On Saturday, 97 hospitalizations were added, raising the statewide total count to 10,891.

Hospitals in Miami-Dade are self-reporting a number of key metrics, including hospitalizations, to the county. Some provide updates every day; others don’t.

According to the most recent figures, as of Thursday, 98 people were discharged and 57 people were admitted to Miami-Dade hospitals, bringing the total number of hospitalizations for COVID-19 complications to 580, according to Miami-Dade County’s “New Normal” dashboard data.

Scientists are also still working to learn more about the virus, including how many people in the community are infected with the disease and have mild or no symptoms, which can make it difficult to determine what percentage of the cases hospitalizations represent.

Testing in Florida has seen steady growth since the COVID-19 crisis began and has started to see a steady decline in the percentage of people testing positive, a key indicator experts rely on to determine whether the pandemic is improving or worsening.

Testing, like hospitalizations, helps officials determine the virus’ progress and plays a role in deciding whether it is safe to lift stay-at-home orders and loosen restrictions.

The recommended numbers of daily tests needed vary by experts, but the dean of the University of South Florida’s College of Medicine told the governor Florida needs to test about 33,000 people every day. The state has hit or surpassed the recommended mark a few times but is typically several thousand under.

Florida’s Department of Health reported 39,241 new tests in Saturday’s daily COVID-19 update. In total, the state has done 1,175,106 tests. Of the total tested, 62,758 or about 5.3% have tested positive for the disease.

Health experts have previously told the Miami Herald that they were concerned the number of pending COVID-19 tests listed by the state is an undercount because Florida reports only the number of Floridians waiting to get test results from state labs, not private ones — and private labs are completing more than 90% of state tests.

Previously, it has taken as long as two weeks for the results of pending tests from private labs to be added into the state’s official count, making it difficult for officials to project the size and scale of the pandemic in the state. It’s unclear how quickly results are currently being sent to the state from private labs.
 
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NBPA approves plan to resume NBA season at Disney World, sets plan for coronavirus testing

Each team will play eight games with a play-in tournament for the final seed in each conference before the playoffs
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The NBA is coming back. After the league's owners approved a plan to finish out the remainder of the 2019-20 season at Disney World in Orlando during Thursday's Board of Governors call, the NBPA followed suit and approved the plan on Friday, it announced in a statement. The players' rep vote was unanimous, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. The owners received a 29-1 vote from owners on the call, with the Portland Trail Blazers reportedly being the only holdout.

In a statement addressing the plan to resume the season, Silver said:

"The Board's approval of the restart format is a necessary step toward resuming the NBA season. While the COVID-19 pandemic presents formidable challenges, we are hopeful of finishing the season in a safe and responsible manner based on strict protocols now being finalized with public health officials and medical experts. We also recognize that as we prepare to resume play, our society is reeling from recent tragedies of racial violence and injustice, and we will continue to work closely with our teams and players to use our collective resources and influence to address these issues in very real and concrete ways."

The NBA will conduct coronavirus testing on a nightly basis in Orlando, but will do so with lighter mouth or nasal swabs as opposed to the more intrusive ones that have made headlines during the pandemic, according to Charania. A positive test will result in a quarantine of at least seven days.

Another major concern on the part of players was whether or not families would be able to join them in Orlando. The current bubble plan will allow for 1,600 people at a time, so as teams leave, families will be able to replace them. That will happen after the first round of the postseason. Neither players nor families will be allowed to leave the bubble. Teams are expected to be limited to a 35-person traveling party.

The league is targeting a start date of July 31, where 22 of the 30 NBA teams are expected to participate in Orlando. That will include the 16 current playoff teams as well as the New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns and Washington Wizards. Teams will play an abbreviated version of the regular season that will consist of eight games, as well as a play-in tournament for the eighth seed in both conferences. The tournament will only happen if the No. 9 seed finishes within four games of the No. 8 seed, in which case the No. 9 seed will have to beat the No. 8 seed twice to earn the final playoff spot in their conference. The playoffs will be a best-of-seven series in each round, with the NBA Finals concluding no later than Oct. 12.

While NBA seasons had previously been shortened by labor disputes, never has the league halted operations so abruptly only to pick them back up months down the line. That creates a number of questions leading into the resumed season, including how teams will prepare after so much idle time.
The current schedule for the rest of the NBA season is as follows, per Charania:

June 15: Players currently outside the United States return to home market
June 21: All players return to home market
June 22: Testing for COVID-19 begins
June 30: Training camp begins
July 7: All teams travel to Orlando
July 31: Season resumes

Teams are expected to play 2-3 exhibition games in Orlando, but dates for those have not yet been set. They are also expected to be given three-hour practice windows, as the convention center has two courts and weight rooms. Crowd noise through NBA2K could be provided, but both the players and the league are considering alternatives.

Players are expected to begin receiving full paychecks again over the summer. They took a 25 percent pay reduction in May to help offset the revenue lost from putting the season on hiatus. There will reportedly not be blood testing for banned substances in Orlando.

As far as next season goes, Roberts indicated to players that a start date of Dec. 1, as the league reportedly hoped for, was unlikely and subject to negotiation. Such a plan would have forced the teams that played in the NBA Finals back to training camp less than a month after the planned date for Game 7.

While most teams have already reopened their practice facilities to allow players to do individual workouts, the San Antonio Spurs remain the only team in the league who have not. As one of the 22 teams competing in Orlando, though, that will surely happen soon so players can prepare for the remainder of the season.

In addition to voting on the resumption of the season, the call was also used to move the 2020 NBA Draft Lottery to Aug. 25 and NBA Draft to Oct. 15, which would come three days after the potential Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The league also informed the board of governors that free agency would start on Oct. 18.

The NBA suspended its season on March 11 after two members of the Utah Jazz, later revealed to be Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, tested positive for COVID-19. Since then, a number of players and league figures have tested positive, including Kevin Durant, Marcus Smart and New York Knicks owner James Dolan. Those who did test positive have since recovered, and no new positive tests have been made public since.

When the season was suspended in March, there was a legitimate fear that it wouldn't come back. There are still hurdles left to clear, and the threat of coronavirus still looms over basketball as it does the rest of society. But today's news is the greatest indication yet that the 2019-20 season will have a champion.
 
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Latin America is losing the battle against coronavirus | CNN

It's been another bad week for Latin America.
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Latin America is losing the battle against coronavirus
By Matt Rivers
Updated 11:28 PM ET, Sat June 6, 2020

It's been another bad week for Latin America.

Coronavirus-related cases and deaths across the region are rising faster than anywhere in the world. And in the worst-hit countries, they show no signs of slowing down. The region has recorded nearly 1.2 million cases and more than 60,000 deaths.

"We are especially worried about Central and South America, where many countries are witnessing accelerating epidemics," World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.

The WHO does not believe either Central or South America have reached peak transmission, meaning the number of people getting sick and dying might continue to rise.

Health officials warn countries against reopening their economies too soon, even as nations prepare to reopen or have already done so.

Here's a look at the outbreaks in three of Latin America's hardest-hit countries, which account for roughly 60% of the region's population. And there is a success story as well.

Brazil

Brazil is stuck in crisis mode.

The country has recorded at least 645,771 coronavirus cases and 35,026 deaths.

It recently passed Italy to become the country with the third-highest deaths in the world and will likely surpass the United Kingdom soon.

That means Brazil will have both the second-most cases and deaths in the world, trailing only the United States.

It's worth noting, however, that Brazil is testing at a far lower rate than the US. That means many cases go unregistered.

In the country's most populous state of São Paulo, the Health Ministry coordinator says some coronavirus cases have likely been recorded as severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, due to the state's low Covid-19 testing capacity.

A study released this week by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul says Brazil will record 1 million cases and 50,000 deaths by June 20.

Meanwhile, some of Brazil's big cities are beginning to reopen. Rio de Janeiro is allowing non-essential businesses like churches, car shops and decoration stores to accept customers once again.

Mexico

Two things happened in Mexico this week that seem at odds with each other.

First, Mexico recorded its worst week of the outbreak, both in confirmed cases and deaths.

It recorded more than 1,000 deaths in a single day for the first time. And for three consecutive days, it recorded single-day highs in new cases.

Despite the bleak numbers, and conflicting messages from government leaders, officials have pushed ahead with a phased reopening plan across the country.

Deputy Health Secretary Hugo López Gatell, who leads Mexico's Covid-19 response, has urged Mexicans to stay home. He has stressed that the country is not out of the woods, even if some sectors of the economy begin to reopen.

But President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered a different message.

"Don't steal, don't rob, don't betray, and that helps a lot with not getting the coronavirus," he said Thursday. He also told people to socially distance when they could, and wash their hands.

AMLO, as the President is commonly known, ventured out of Mexico City on Monday for the first time since late March.

He toured the Yucatán Peninsula and inaugurated construction of the so-called Maya Train, an ambitious infrastructure project that will connect cities in five southeastern states.

Mexico has recorded 110,026 cases and 13,170 deaths. But given extremely low testing rates in the country, health officials have said the true number of cases is likely well into the millions.

Peru

People in Callao, Peru, lined up for hours this week to get their oxygen tanks refilled. But once they got to the front of the line, relatives of patients with Covid-19 found skyrocketing prices.

One person told CNN affiliate TVPerú Noticias that oxygen prices have doubled. And the government now admits there's a problem.

"Our mission is to avoid the development of a black market that is mercantile and uses a pandemic to abuse people," said Cesar Chaname, a spokesperson for Peru's public health agency.

Peru continues to grapple with one of Latin America's worst outbreaks, its 187,400 cases the second highest in the region behind Brazil.

The country has far better testing rates than other countries in the region, something experts say helps understand how bad the outbreak there truly is.

But even with that knowledge, the economic toll has pressured authorities to reopen the economy.

This week officials announced Peru would enter Phase 2 of its reopening plan, where businesses like clothing stores and hair salons can operate again.

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra said the moves mean roughly 80% of the economy would soon be open.

"We can't support 100% of the country's needs with just 50% of the economy's output," he said.

Uruguay

Despite the brutal situations facing many countries in Latin America, there are some success stories too. Consider Uruguay, so far with one of the most successful Covid-19 responses in the world.

The country of roughly 3.5 million people borders Brazil, where the worst outbreak in Latin America has played out to devastating effect.

But Uruguay has recorded just 834 cases. It has recorded one death since May 24 and just 23 fatalities in total.

Experts say the reasons for the country's success are numerous -- a robust early response including quarantine measures, a large and efficient system of tracing and isolating those infected, randomized testing and the creation of a crisis response committee.

Consequently, there is less risk as Uruguay begins to reopen its economy.

The country began easing restrictions in early May. On June 1 primary and secondary rural education started again in more than 400 schools, and businesses are also gradually being allowed to reopen.
 
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China scientists knew virus was lethal before telling world of disease

Fresh evidence of China's shocking cover-up of the pandemic outbreak has been found in censored media reports from Wuhan.
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New evidence of China's coronavirus cover-up: Scientists KNEW it was lethal and 'clearly contagious' before officials told the world about 'mystery' outbreak
Ian Birrell
Published: 18:09 EDT, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 20:27 EDT, 6 June 2020
  • Patient samples showed coronavirus before China told of unidentified disease
  • Reports reveal that one team even found the virus was ‘clearly contagious’
  • Activist claims China knew virus was prevalent in December but didn't tell public

Fresh evidence of China’s shocking cover-up of the pandemic outbreak has been found in censored media reports from Wuhan.

Samples taken from sick patients and analysed by at least five laboratories had confirmed the existence of a lethal new coronavirus before China told global health authorities about an infectious disease that it claimed was unidentified.

The reports obtained by The Mail on Sunday reveal that one team even found the virus was ‘clearly contagious’ while others had unravelled its genetic composition – vital for developing diagnostic tests and vaccines.

Yet it took a further ten days for officials to admit there was a novel coronavirus and three weeks before Beijing confirmed on January 20 that it was spread by humans.

‘China knew the new virus was prevalent last December but failed to inform the public or share with the international community,’ said Lianchao Han, a pro-democracy activist. ‘Its irresponsibility has probably worsened this pandemic.’

The revelations are contained in a long investigation by Caixin, an independent media group.

The Chinese-language report has been removed online, although a shorter English version lacking key details remains accessible.

This original report shows that before December 31 – when China informed the World Health Organisation about a mysterious ‘pneumonia-like’ disease – nine samples from patients had been sent to laboratories around the country.

One sample from a 65-year-old delivery man taken to hospital on December 18 went to a diagnostic centre run by a genomics company in Guangzhou, southern China.

The firm was so concerned about its findings that it telephoned the Wuhan hospital on December 27 to sound the alarm, then sent its most senior staff to the city.

‘They just called us and said it was a new coronavirus,’ said one doctor.

Caixin also found a social media post by a researcher at a private firm in Guangzhou that said they instantly realised the pathogen resembled the bat-borne Sars coronavirus that sparked an epidemic in 2003.

Caixin said the laboratory ‘assembled a nearly complete viral genome sequence’ on December 27 and passed data to the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

Another medical laboratory testing a Wuhan patient’s sample warned ‘the virus is transmitted by close-range droplet transmission or contact with the respiratory secretions of patients’, and it was ‘clearly contagious’.

A third firm testing a sample completed gene-sequencing on December 29, which showed high similarity to Sars, although testing confirmed it was a different disease.

The MoS reported two months ago that Shi Zhengli, the scientist known as Bat Woman for her sample-hunting expeditions in caves, was muzzled after completing gene-sequencing on January 2 at Wuhan Institute of Virology

We also revealed the institute’s director passed on a warning from the National Health Commission not to publicise tests or data.

Caixin confirmed there was an order banning publication of any information about ‘results of pathogen testing or experimental activities’ without official consent.

Eight days later, the sequence was published on an open-access platform on behalf of a Shanghai professor. His laboratory was shut down for ‘rectification’.

Chinese officials then released the genome but failed to admit human transmission until January 20. Caixin found the earliest sequence was collected on December 24 – and it matched a screenshot in the social-media posting.

Leaked recordings of WHO meetings last week revealed dismay over China’s failure to share data, even as the body praised its response in public.

One study found that if China had acted three weeks faster, it would have cut cases by 95 per cent.
 
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Dogs trained to detect coronavirus in sweaty armpits

Dogs’ diagnoses even lead to two ‘healthy’ subjects being retested and found positive for the pathogen.
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Coronavirus: Belgian shepherd dogs trained to sniff out coronavirus score top marks in armpit odour tests
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Published: 8:00pm, 6 Jun, 2020 | Updated: 8:43am, 7 Jun, 2020

  • Eight Malinois achieve 83 to 100 per cent success rate in experiments by French researchers
  • Dogs’ diagnoses even lead to two ‘healthy’ subjects being retested and found positive for the pathogen

Dogs may be able to sniff out Covid-19 in infected patients, according to a new study by French scientists.

The researchers, from the National Veterinary School in Alfort, challenged eight Belgian Malinois shepherd dogs to identify coronavirus patients from odour samples taken from the armpits of more than 360 subjects, both healthy and suffering from Covid-19.

The dogs’ success rate varied from 83 to 100 per cent, according to a paper published on Friday on Biorxiv.org, a preprint website that carries studies that have not been peer-reviewed.

“We conclude that there is strong evidence that dogs can detect a person infected by the virus responsible for Covid-19 disease,” said professor Dominique Grandjean, who was part of the research team.

According to Science magazine, a dog’s nose is about 100 million times more sensitive than a human’s and previous studies have shown their ability to sniff out a variety of diseases, including diabetes and some cancers.

Grandjean’s team selected the dogs from emergency services departments in Paris and Corsica, and from a dog training centre in Beirut, Lebanon. All of the animals had previously been trained for work in search and rescue missions, detecting explosives or sniffing out colon cancer.

He said the researchers used armpit odour samples because they contained a strong chemical signal indicating a possible pathogen in the body, but not the virus itself, so as not to put the animals’ safety at risk.

No living strains or viral genes have been detected in sweat samples of Covid-19 patients.

“The likelihood of infectious transmission was minimal or non-existent,” Grandjean said.

Before the experiment, the dogs were familiarised with the odour of Covid-19 and trained to sit when they encountered it.

In the test itself, which involved each dog doing between 15 and 68 identifications, four of the animals achieved a perfect score, while the others achieved an accuracy rate of between 83 and 94 per cent, the report said.

On two occasions, two of the dogs indicated a positive result for samples that the scientists had been told had come from people not infected with the coronavirus.

“The information was immediately sent to the relevant hospital, the tests were redone and the results came back positive,” the report said.

Despite the impressive results, the researchers said the dogs’ performance might have been even better were it not for the distraction of a television crew that filmed the experiment, and a horse that passed by the room in which they were working.

Grandjean said that although the study was small in scale it had provided proof of the concept that canine detection worked for Covid-19.

More dogs were being trained to sniff out the virus to enable larger scale experiments, he said.
 
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decried Beijing’s “obscene propaganda” exploiting the unrest across the United States, while calling out the communist regime’s expansive suppression of free speech and other human rights at home. Federal authorities are charging a Chinese company for selling faulty masks claiming to be N95 respirators. Prosecutors say these masks cost US buyers more than $1M and could put frontline workers in danger. Three Chinese nationals were murdered in Zambia, Africa, as tensions ran high between Chinese immigrants and local Africans. A new survey from a Chinese university reveals 220 million citizens earn less than $70 USD a month—far below the poverty line. This, despite China having the world’s second highest GDP. And a new global alliance forms as lawmakers unite to tackle the challenges posed by the Chinese regime. They say international order is everyone’s responsibility.
 
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COVID -19, Update, Weekend 6th June US https://rt.live Rt, real time, a current snapshot Rt value above 1 in; Tennessee Idaho Kentucky Arizona Washington Florida South Carolina Utah Georgia Vermont CDC https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/w...

Knowledge and Practices Regarding Safe Household Cleaning and Disinfection for COVID-19 Prevention — United States, 5th June Sharp increase in calls to poison centres Knowledge gaps Safe preparation of cleaning and disinfectant solutions Use of recommended personal protective equipment Safe storage 39% reported engaging in non recommended high-risk practices with the intent of preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission Washing food products with bleach Applying household cleaning or disinfectant products to bare skin Intentionally inhaling or ingesting Public messaging Emphasize evidence-based Safe practices Hand hygiene Recommended cleaning and disinfection of high-touch surfaces Emphasize avoidance of high-risk practices WHO https://www.who.int/docs/default-sour...

Governments should encourage people to wear masks in confined or crowded environments Part of a comprehensive strategy Continues to advise that people caring for an infected person at home should wear a medical mask while they are in the same room as the sick person

New In areas with widespread transmission, medical masks for all people working in clinical areas of a health facility, not only workers dealing with patients with COVID- 19 Areas with community transmission, people aged 60, or those with underlying conditions should wear a medical mask in situations where physical distancing is not possible

Fabric masks should consist of at least three layers of different material Inner layer, an absorbent material like cotton Middle layer, non-woven material such as polypropylene, which is the filter Outer layer, non-absorbent material such as polyester or a polyester blend.

Hand to mask hygiene also important False sense of security, hand hygiene and physical distancing

Cornerstones Find, isolate, test and care for every case Trace and quarantine every contact That's what we know works

UK 9,400 new cases in UK Deaths + 357 = 40,216 Priti Patel, meetings of up to 6 people allowed Leroy Rogan former superintendent, a former chair of the Black Police Association, people should attend Demonstrators mostly under the age of 30 Police not intervening Scotland R = 0.9 England R = 0.9 North West UK R = 1 Matt Hancock, increasingly have an approach of tackling local lockdowns where we spot a flare-up Canada Justin Trudeau Peru Indigenous areas Rural area (Channel 4) 80% of people sick 10 % of critical cases survive UK data 5 % critical 10% of 5 is 0.5% Injecting drug for fever
 
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