The U.S. crossed 13 million coronavirus cases on Friday. The numbers reported over the next week or so are likely to be erratic, experts say, as fewer people get tested during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. https://t.co/0HLnszlBUk
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 27, 2020
The US reported +149,609 new confirmed COVID-19 cases yesterday and +164,012 more today, bringing the total to over 13.4 million. Once again, the break in the trend is likely due, at least in part, to reporting over the holiday. pic.twitter.com/GyA5ovCevJ
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) November 28, 2020
The challenge of COVID-19 was a challenge to show that we are up to the fundamental task of self-government, which is to govern ourselves.
We've obviously got some work to do.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) November 27, 2020
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“Almost half of all cases and deaths are in just four countries, and almost 70% of cases and deaths are in the top 10 countries. And there are many countries all over the world that have shown #COVID19 can be controlled with existing tools.”@DrTedros https://t.co/2GiE6bdRWz pic.twitter.com/RZYfxsAgu5
— Dr Alexey Kulikov (@KulikovUNIATF) November 27, 2020
Germany’s government is preparing to roll out a nationwide coronavirus vaccine program as it became the latest country to hit the milestone of 1 million confirmed cases. https://t.co/jElndgQlos
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 27, 2020
German #COVID19 restrictions are possible until March 2021, say German officials
The number of confirmed #coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 22,268 to 983,588, while the death toll rose by 389 to 15,160.https://t.co/IJJ5HqPPL1 pic.twitter.com/eFpEeJPrF8
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) November 27, 2020
Leave a chair empty at the family Christmas dinner or face the possibility of having that chair empty forever. That's the stark dilemma Belgium's prime minister has set as Europe struggles to reconcile cold medical advice with festive traditions. https://t.co/EwHsYj58Qo
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 28, 2020
Ukraine's total coronavirus cases exceed 700,000, health minister says https://t.co/bMMXQKTbFV pic.twitter.com/dfO9Ni9mP9
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 28, 2020
Russia reports 27,100 new coronavirus cases, 510 deaths https://t.co/XfNbMf9FpW pic.twitter.com/aNZLEUDHTC
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 28, 2020
Russia confirmed a new record of 27,543 coronavirus cases and 496 deaths Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 2,215,533https://t.co/0FKw6ibB4x pic.twitter.com/cWgysAKCvs
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 27, 2020
Moscow reported a 300% month-on-month increase in coronavirus deaths for October, with coronavirus being the main cause of 2,235 deaths that monthhttps://t.co/tXu3d4tgON
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 27, 2020
Russia's military is planning to vaccinate nearly half a million active-duty personnel as part of its coronavirus vaccine campaign, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Fridayhttps://t.co/lJNXwUSWTr
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 27, 2020
Russian medical students who are treating coronavirus patients will receive $260 in payouts by the end of the year for their work on the front lines of the pandemichttps://t.co/C5iiM24dpY
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 28, 2020
South Korea has reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases for the third straight day, the speed of viral spread unseen since the worst wave of the outbreak in spring. India’s infections continued to slow despite a major festival two weeks ago. https://t.co/W0pQgLb9Gf
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 28, 2020
Mexico's coronavirus death toll rises to 104,873 https://t.co/KXKSu9RoR2 pic.twitter.com/7G2H0l60Sv
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 28, 2020
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The world is getting ready to put several coronavirus vaccines into action.
They’ve been developed in record time – but that doesn’t mean the pandemic is over… THREAD 1/9https://t.co/AETBH7ZkV1 pic.twitter.com/N6GIy0OYTT
— BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) November 27, 2020
#COVID19 & #influenza have some overlapping symptoms. Learn how to tell the difference between the flu, coronavirus, and colds: https://t.co/4KNWmpkxu0 via @umichmedicine
— Alliance for Aging Research (@Aging_Research) November 27, 2020
AstraZeneca says its vaccine needs 'additional study.' The drug maker earlier this wk said it was seeking regulatory approval after its vax showed up to 90% effectiveness in a small subset of subjects. US scientists say the high rate was found by accident https://t.co/zZK5ucdRiH pic.twitter.com/t9h4qtnlD6
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 27, 2020
Most adults over 50 say they'll get vaccinated against COVID-19, but many want to wait https://t.co/StdMxJKCBw via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 27, 2020
Another study casts doubt on 'convalescent plasma' as COVID-19 treatment https://t.co/v14fAP8hLs via @medical_xpress pic.twitter.com/s2PFcLmIJe
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 27, 2020
North Korean hackers posed as job recruiters on LinkedIn
to send virus-infected documents to AstraZeneca employees working on COVID-19 vaccine. https://t.co/srN0wFzYsP— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) November 27, 2020
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Covid Overload: U.S. hospitals are running out of beds for patients. As the pandemic surges across the country, hospitals are facing crisis-level shortages to provide adequate care for patients https://t.co/A35B9yovuN
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 27, 2020
In total, the virus has killed 4,854 veterans and 74 @DeptVetAffairs employees as of Friday afternoon, and nearly 108,000 VA patients have tested positive since the pandemic began. https://t.co/2E9UwqiAUC
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) November 28, 2020
“We are not an anti-mask group. We are a pro civil liberties organization." Despite being badly hit by #Covid19, mask resistance runs strong in Big Sky Country. https://t.co/2ukPVcm8CM
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) November 27, 2020
As South Dakota takes a hands-off approach to the coronavirus pandemic, Native Americans feel vulnerable.
"It's like we're trapped in a house on fire and we're doing our best to put it out," a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe says. https://t.co/43XhIaYF4V
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 28, 2020
the absolutely defining feature of the Western approach to lockdown has been the provision of loopholes for special interests – thus both defeating the purpose and decreasing trust in the measures https://t.co/9npWT93zLx
— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) November 28, 2020
The rest of us are going to go get the the vaccine, assholes like him won’t, and the rest of us will create herd immunity and save their stupid asses. https://t.co/VGYEsKpWGA
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 28, 2020
WereBear
I guess it’s the stupid who will always be with us.
bluefish
Wouldn’t it be great if we were smarter? Then we wouldn’t have to wait so long.
God only knows what I’d do without you.
bluefish
@WereBear: pretty much
mrmoshpotato
Dr. Tedros shames us. Rightfully.
Thank you for these daily updates AL. They are helpful beyond words. Thank you.
Pete Downunder
Australia now has no community cases, the only active cases are international arrivals in quarantine. We went hard early, and hard again when clusters emerged. It was difficult for those in the affected areas but life is pretty much normal here now except that we can’t leave the country and international arrivals strictly limited by quarantine capacity.
Aleta
A friend who’s an ER nurse at Mass General said 18 covid cases were admitted just during their single shift on Thanksgiving.
NotMax
U.S. cases reported over 24 hours surpass 200,000 for (IIRC) the first time.
NotMax
FYI.
OzarkHillbilly
Please tell me which civil liberty is infringed upon by mask wearing? Because I’m pretty sure the ability to spread an infectious disease to others isn’t a civil liberty.
YY_Sima Qian
Yesterday, China reported 0 new domestic confirmed cases and 0 new asymptomatic case.
Hubei Provincial Health Commission published the latest revision in policy for surveillance testing. 8 categories of persons that are tested individually on a weekly basis:
5 categories of persons who are tested with sample pooling with varying frequencies:
Yesterday, China reported 6 new imported confirmed cases and 4 imported asymptomatic case:
Yesterday, Hong Kong reported 84 new cases, 4 imported and 80 local (27 of whom with out clear sources of infection, 47 are related to dance clubs). There are another 80 preliminarily positive cases.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. The Ministry of Health reports 1,315 new cases today, for a cumulative reported total of 63,176 cases. The Ministry also reports four new deaths for a total of 354 deaths — 0.56% of the cumulative reported total, 0.69% of resolved cases.
11,508 active and contagious cases are currently in hospital; 118 are in ICU, 43 of them on respirators. Meanwhile, 1,110 patients recovered and were discharged, for a total of 51,314 patients recovered — 81.2% of the cumulative reported total.
Six new clusters were reported today: PTS Sibuga, Jesselton building site, Dermaga and Tempasuk in Sabah; Awan Biru building site in KL; and UD SS2 in Selangor.
1,310 new cases today are local infections. Sabah has 476 cases: 92 in older clusters; 167 in PTS Sibuga, Jesselton building site, Dermaga and Tempasuk clusters; 147 close-contact screenings, and 70 other screenings. Selangor has 265 cases: 168 in older clusters, nine in UD SS2 cluster, 65 in older clusters, and 23 other screenings. KL has 187 cases: 145 in older clusters, 31 in Awan Biru building site cluster, five close-contact screenings, and six other screenings. Perak has 167 cases: 151 in existing clusters, and 16 other screenings.
Penang has 92 cases: 83 in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and eight other screenings. Johor has 46 cases: 29 in existing clusters, 10 close-contact screenings, and seven other screenings. Negeri Sembilan has 41 cases: 35 in existing clusters, five close-contact screenings, and one other screening. Kelantan has 18 cases: 12 in existing clusters, and six close-contact screenings. Kedah has 17 cases: 16 in existing clusters, and one other screening. And Melaka has one case, found in other screening.
Putrajaya, Pahang, Terengganu, Labuan, Sarawak and Perlis reported no new cases today.
Five new cases are imported. Four were reported in KL and one in Selangor.
The four deaths today, all reported in Sabah, are an 84-year-old man with hypertension, dyslipidaemia and eye disease; a 130-year-old* non-Malaysian man; a four-year-old non-Malaysian girl; and a 60-year-old non-Malaysian woman.
*Age as per press release
Chyron HR
I’m old enough to remember when the Covid vaccines were beautiful and tippy-top and we were all supposed to praise Donald Trump for personally creating them.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY stats from yesterday: 276 new cases, 321 people in the hospital, 58 in the ICU. 317 deaths total since last spring.
evodevo
He’s an idiot, but he’s OUR idiot, say the residents of KY…he’s from Lewis Co., VERY rural, got a degree from MIT, started a tech company, sold it and came back home to haunt us..he was county judge exec for a year, and he’s libertarian/Randian to the core…
Alas we are stuck with him for another term..maybe after 2 years his MAGAt voters will be too sick/dead to vote him back in…
OzarkHillbilly
Our test positivity rate has finally dipped below 20%, all the way to 19.7%. We’ll see what Thanksgiving gives to us.
Available inpatient beds are at 22%, available ICU beds are at 19%.
Brachiator
@YY_Sima Qian:
Were these legal dance clubs or people having private parties? Were people simply mingling together without masks, social distancing, etc?
Amir Khalid
I’m thinking of that doctor who was astounded that people believed him when he said their blood-pressure meds worked, but not when he said wearing masks worked. After encouraging people to think nonsense like this, Donald Trump has the blood of hundreds of thousands on his hands.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@mrmoshpotato:
He doesn’t understand FREEDUMB
YY_Sima Qian
@Brachiator:
As far as I can gather, these are legally registered establishments, but extremely exclusive and catering to the upper most crust of Hong Kong society. Specifically, they cater to the tycoons’ socialite wives, but also female senior bankers in the city’s myriad financial institutions. They hire the best and the most handsome professional dancers out of Mainland China and Easter Europe/fUSSR as partner/instructors, who had placed top spots in international dance competitions. Apparently Latin dance is a huge favorite. These establishment serve to keep the wives amused, while the tycoons discuss business in backrooms filled with cigar smoke and overflown with scotch whiskey and fine wines.
Since the city’s government is essentially captured by these monied interests (and has been since the colonial days, back then the tycoons with British or Commonwealth background were included), I would not be surprised if the preventions and restrictions have been not been enforced in these establishments.
Since I do not fly at such rarified atmosphere in China, Hong Kong or the US, I only know what I read in the press. In fact, until the recent outbreak, I was not aware that these dance clubs existed.
BC in Illinois
And in the U.S., Missouri — Missouri ! 18th in population ! — is in the top ten for new cases.
(See Gov. Mike “I will do nothing at all” Parson.)
Matt
@OzarkHillbilly: Modern conservatives define “civil liberties” as their right to be an asshole to whoever they want, along with everyone else having to still be nice to them no matter how shitty they act.
Sloane Ranger
Greetings from a dull and damp UK. Yesterday we had 16,022 new cases. This is about 1500 less than the day before and a reduction of 25% in the rolling 7-day average. As a bonus our R number has now fallen below 1 to 0.9 to 1.0, giving us an infection rate growth of -2 to 0. Four full days left on the current lockdown, then we move to the new enhanced Tier system before the Christmas free for all, which I am sure will send the R rate soaring again. New cases by home nation are,
England – 13,557 (down @1000)
Northern Ireland – 391 (down @50)
Scotland – 969 (down @250)
Wales – 1105 (down @100).
Deaths – There were 521 deaths yesterday, an increase in the rolling 7-day average of 9.6%. 451 deaths were in England, 12 in Northern Ireland, 37 in Scotland and 21 in Wales.
Testing – 383,521 tests were processed on 26 November out of a capacity of 533,800. An increase in the rolling 7-day average of 0.7%.
Healthcare – 16,064 people were in hospital on Wednesday 25 November and 1456 were on ventilators on Thursday, 26th. There has been a decrease in the rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions of 8.3%.
So, new infections are beginning to come down, as is pressure on the NHS, but the number of people infected remains high. If I were in charge, I’d want to keep the lockdown in place for another 1-2 weeks to suppress the number of infections even further but…
Bill Arnold
@OzarkHillbilly:
Because I’m pretty sure the ability to spread an infectious disease to others isn’t a civil liberty.
It’s functionally similar to the right to put a blindfold on, and shoot in a random direction in a populated area with a low-powered firearm. Except that if you hit somebody, they don’t actually know they have been hit for a week, and they develop a strong desire to do the same thing in the next couple of days. Also, some of them are stupid enough to allow their heart, or brain, or lungs, or other organs to be in the way of your timed-release bullet damage. Their fault; they should have realized that they were surrounded by psychopaths and stayed home.
(OK, analogy needs some tuning. :-)
Mike in Pasadena
Thank you, Anne for an excellent post, as usual.
fun with duct tape
Spain
Catalonia stats as of today (Nov. 27):
1655 people currently hospitalized
468 currently in intensive care
339,177 cases since the beginning of the pandemic
15,797 deaths (one out of every 482 people)
Barcelona (city) stats as of today:
285 people currently hospitalized
468 currently in intensive care
77,829 cases since the beginning of the pandemic
5,142 deaths (one out of every 328 people)
Chris T.
Immunity is great. It doesn’t matter whether you get your immunity from a vaccine, or from having the disease, either way the immunity part is great. But when it comes to which way is the one to get the immunity, I’ll take the one with a sub-zero-point-one-percent chance of leaving me dead or maimed, i.e., the vaccine, over the one with a huge chance of leaving me dead-or-maimed, i.e., the disease.
We can argue over whether that huge chance is 80%, 50%, or 20%, but no matter which of these it is, I’ll still pick the vaccine.