The United States now has at least 1,942,363 cases of coronavirus and 110,514 related deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. https://t.co/yp1aRlPXil
— CNN (@CNN) June 8, 2020
Covid testing has increased sharply; U.S. averaging 500,000 Covid tests a day in recent days. At the same time, the positivity rate has leveled off and new confirmed daily cases have stalled for about a month at around 20,000; representing a high and persistent level of infection pic.twitter.com/Ceq4uMRUPr
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) June 7, 2020
The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passed 400,000 Sunday, with fatalities accelerating in Latin America even as Europe emerges from its virus lockdown with infections there increasingly under control https://t.co/pZp0VM1KyK
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 7, 2020
While almost half of the deaths have been recorded in Europe (183,428), the United States remains the hardest-hit nation with 109,802 deaths from 1,920,061 cases. Britain is next with 40,542 deaths, followed by Brazil (35,930), Italy (33,846) and France (29,142).
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 7, 2020
1 week of NEW COVID-19 cases:
Brazil: 174,400+
US: 149,500+
India: 64,400+
Russia: 61,800+
Peru: 36,000+
Chile: 34,400+@AFP pic.twitter.com/SNPQuq4aNm— AFPgraphics (@AFPgraphics) June 8, 2020
Countries led by right-wing demagogues now oversee the world's five worst COVID-19 outbreaks. pic.twitter.com/ULyPWBhfbl
— Craig Harrington (@Craigipedia) June 7, 2020
New Zealand to lift all restrictions as it declares itself virus-free https://t.co/pMOSmyJgxO
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 8, 2020
China reports four new confirmed, two asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in mainland https://t.co/whOlH5YLUA pic.twitter.com/fBZVIwjQfq
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 8, 2020
Traditional funeral pyres are drafted in to burn the bodies of #coronavirus victims in the Indian capital as crematorium furnaces struggle to keep up with the mounting death toll https://t.co/MXjDNOp1p9 pic.twitter.com/TNbIj0WqiF
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 8, 2020
#VIDEO India is slowly emerging from strict containment measures imposed in late March as leaders look to revive the battered economy, but manufacturers don't have enough workers to man the machinery https://t.co/yKjnOlKYGr pic.twitter.com/smMHnP3jSQ
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 7, 2020
The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia surpassed 100,000 on Sunday, the health ministry said, amid a new surge in infections just weeks ahead of the start of the hajj https://t.co/KLvVJjamxh
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 7, 2020
Iran's health ministry said Sunday a surge in new reported coronavirus infections was due to increased testing rather than a worsening outbreakhttps://t.co/xr7TYlZcZq pic.twitter.com/jC27FAlTMw
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 7, 2020
Most people arriving in Britain from Monday will have to self-isolate for two weeks under a new #coronavirus restriction that has been roundly condemned by the ailing aviation sector https://t.co/NpAuJlFaEL pic.twitter.com/xArzV7b0cD
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 8, 2020
Coronavirus UK map: the latest deaths and confirmed cases near you https://t.co/4oMXF698jK
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 8, 2020
Poland plans no new restrictions despite hike in coronavirus infections https://t.co/zpKDRRTbu1 pic.twitter.com/igRrWo82uO
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 8, 2020
Coronavirus: Hundreds of Polish infections linked to mine https://t.co/oyHDmtkNoX
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 7, 2020
Collapsing revenues, rising layoffs: the coronavirus crisis is battering media outlets across Africa that were already struggling for cash and often facing pressure from hostile authorities https://t.co/fXADPwCsMG
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 7, 2020
Mexico stays on maximum virus alert entering second week of 'new normal' https://t.co/87X3eipagT pic.twitter.com/a2JosMkhXN
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 8, 2020
California will allow film, television and music production to resume from June 12 if conditions permit after months of lockdown due to the #coronavirus pandemic, the governor's office says https://t.co/PtSBE09ZOd pic.twitter.com/KU7SbC65I6
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 8, 2020
About a third of Americans surveyed by the CDC have used some kind of risky cleaning practice to curb Covid-19, the agency says.
People have put bleach in their food, gargled it or washed their bodies with household cleaning products. None are recommended https://t.co/yviHbdWzJt
— CNN (@CNN) June 7, 2020
Just left favorite coffee shop in midtown Phoenix…just four (including ???????) of the 67 folks who passed through had masks over the course of 10 minutes. None of the staff had masks.
This isn’t a protest for justice… it’s a coffee shop. Folks across city ignoring COVID threat. https://t.co/4aALEb68Eb
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) June 6, 2020
Retail workers are facing insults and even attacks from customers angry over being told to comply with coronavirus restrictions in stores. One store manager who was punched started a Facebook page to show what retail employees are going through. https://t.co/W1OySOkrlV
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) June 7, 2020
Mohagan
Wow, good for NZ!
phdesmond
Thanks again for your judicious diligence in posting the covid-19 news.
NotMax
re: that last item
Art Linkletter was mistaken. People aren’t funny, they’re pig dog stupid.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@NotMax:
I think it was children are funny; their parents, not so much.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily numbers. Just seven new cases, the fewest since 12 March: five of them from local infection all involving Malaysians, two imported infections. Total 8,329 cases.
20 more patients recovered, total 6,694 recovered or 80.4% of all cases. Of 1,518 active cases, six are in ICU of whom one is on a ventilator. No deaths, total stands at 117. Infection fatality rate 1.4%, case fatality rate 1.72%.
otmar
FWIW: I got the results of my SARS-CoV-2 antibody test from last week: clear positive result.
That means that my fever&cough from March was really Covid-19.
Phew. This is helpful to know. Now I don’t have to worry about the risks of traveling and visiting people any more.
JPL
@otmar: I’m not sure what to say, because congrats doesn’t seem appropriate, and I’m jealous seems odd. lol Enjoy your new found freedom.
JPL
The AP article about the manager who was punched, suggested that consumers have met their breaking point. That behavior should never be excused.
JPL
Fourteen points
new CNN national poll: Biden 55% Trump 41%
41% seems high.
p.a.
@JPL: Registered voters, ‘intending’ voters, etc?
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@JPL:
So much winning
Amir Khalid
@otmar:
Good to know your case was mild and you’re now recovered.
JPL
@p.a.: I haven’t read the article yet, so don’t know the details. lin
trump is still up on the economy and personally I’d like to see the tax cut for the rich attacked, because that prevents us from road construction, etc.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Dump lost California by 30 points, but nearly tied Hillary in Modesto, which shows how out of wack it is from the rest of the state.
Amir Khalid
@JPL:
If it was my store I’d ban that person for life. Well, at least for a year.
Soprano2
That AP story shows what spoiled, entitled people some of us have become. Instead of inquiring about having a pool ordered for her she thought it was ok to hit the manager! That should never be seen as an ok reaction to frustration no matter the circumstances. I think this is a reflection of Trump’s non-leadership; if he wore a mask and told people it was important to do so, I think a lot of this defiance would go away. In my local WalMart I’d estimate about 5%of the people I see are wearing masks. Here in Springfield MO people have decided COVID-19 is over!
WereBear
Gee, it’s like “our leader” went on TV and told people to drink bleach.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
The CNN poll is fun, and we should enjoy it, but I have to say I’ve always found CNN’s polls to have a lot of volatility. So much so, that I’ve come to think it’s done on purpose to produce a yellow-journalist horse race (ie “the candidate is fading!”; “the candidate is coming from behind!”).
Mousebumples
@otmar: Glad you’re happy with that news. Best to bear in mind, however, that we don’t know how long your immunity will last from a previous infection. I’m not sure if there’s a study you could enroll in – if you’d be willing to have your blood tested every X weeks/months?
Hope it’s a long lasting immunity, but we don’t know that yet.
Butter Emails
@JPL:
People are being asked to wear masks not fucking recite the collected works of Shakespeare from memory.
terben
From the Australian Dept of Health:
‘As at 3:00pm on 8 June 2020, a total of 7,265 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 102 deaths and 6,706 have been reported as recovered from COVID-19.
5 new cases today.
Gin & Tonic
My son sent me some photos from Kyiv yesterday and said that people there are apparently over COVID-19.
Cameron
@Amir Khalid: And spend that year in prison.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
As I said before I first heard the nickname “Karen” to describe abusive customers from retail workers. There is a whole You Tube category on videos of people screaming at store clerks over the dumbest of things. A lot of people deliberately abuse retail workers.
Amir Khalid
@Cameron:
Good idea. What do you get for assault and battery in California?
Cheryl from Maryland
@Mousebumples: Thank you for reminding people that COVID-19 immunity is still not clear — whether it exists or how long it exists. One of its cousin diseases, SARS, only has immunity for about 2 years.
Cheryl from Maryland
@JPL: I disliked those phrases intensely, as well as the mention of the George Floyd protests. These things are not comparable. The woman who punched the clerk drove off with her license plate covered — I hope she is found and the book thrown at her.
BrianM
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: The poll was done by the CDC, though it’s not (to this non-experts eye) super-rigorous. Here.
The percentages for what I think of as really wacko behaviors is smaller, though: “misting the body with a cleaning or disinfectant spray (10%); inhalation of vapors from household cleaners or disinfectants (6%); and drinking or gargling diluted bleach solutions, soapy water, and other cleaning and disinfectant solutions (4% each).”
chopper
@JPL:
hoover got 40% in 1932. seems too high but 40% of people will pull the lever for whatever the GOP pukes up, even during the bloody apocalypse.
Calouste
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: A former Starbucks worker commented here that in their opinion Starbucks’ business model was selling costumers the opportunity to abuse a retail worker for a few minutes, and with that came a free coffee.
otmar
@Mousebumples: I’ll probably do this. On the other hand, a lot of other people will test their antibody numbers over the next year, so my input might not matter that much.
Bill Arnold
@Butter Emails:
It’s not fucking hard either. I’m in an area (southern NYS) where face coverings are mandatory indoors in public places and compliance is close to 100 percent. I’ve sat outside a store and watched. People generally put their mask on in less than 4 seconds, while walking from their car to the door, or while inside the car. More time is spent parking. If Cuomo lifts the mask order before there is a vaccine, I will essentially stop shopping retail, except at places that retain the requirement. (Also he would be personally responsible for a lot of deaths. ) I think he understands this; the stats for NYS look pretty good for the last month, considering the peak infection rate. (That’s another story; NYS lockdown should have been a week or two earlier. Mistake, but there was a lot of pressure against lockdown.)