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Elections in the United States have been unleashed recently. Many people may be less concerned about the new corona epidemic. However, the epidemic is getting worse locally.
The number of daily diagnoses in the United States has exceeded 160,000, a record since the outbreak.
Also, as the weather gradually cools, the epidemic may get worse. Anthony Fauci, a licensed US epidemiologist, warned that winter is coming and that the United States faces “very difficult and sinister conditions.”
How serious is the new corona epidemic in the United States? What are the differences in the country?
Cases in the US are increasing rapidly
Currently, the total number of new crown cases in the United States exceeds 11 million, the highest in the world. Even more worrying is that there are no signs that the spread of the virus has slowed.
The US epidemic has experienced at least three peaks so far, and the third wave, which is still increasing, has developed more rapidly than the previous two waves.
Data from the “New Crown Tracking Project” shows that the number of weekly tests in the United States has recently increased by 12.5%, but the number of cases has increased at a rate of 40%. One possible reason is that due to winter and lower temperatures, people gather and socialize more often indoors than outdoors. Poor ventilation has accelerated the spread of the virus.
The peak of the first wave of the spring epidemic is likely to be underestimated because the United States had not yet widely promoted testing for novel coronaviruses.
Hospital pressure is increasing
In the United States, the number of people hospitalized due to the new corona has reached a new record since the outbreak, reaching more than 70,000. But this is not far from the peak of the previous two waves.
Interestingly, the number of patients using ventilators has decreased compared to the previous peak level, demonstrating that since spring, the treatment of new crowns has improved.
A new study in New York found that the recent death rate for COVID-19 patients dropped by 18% compared to the spring, due to new treatment options and increased knowledge of medical staff about the disease. COVID-19 treatment.
However, this conclusion is based on sufficient hospital staff and medical supplies. If the number of hospitalizations continues to rise, the hospital may one day be overwhelmed.
The death toll continues to rise
The epidemic has lasted for many months, and people and medical personnel around the world have accumulated more experience in preventing and treating the epidemic, and the death rate of the new crown is decreasing. Yet in the United States, the number of deaths that once declined has risen again, with more than a thousand people dying from the new coronavirus every day.
Since critically ill patients generally die after several weeks in the hospital, the recent spike in diagnoses means that the number of deaths may be higher in a few weeks.
So far, the number of deaths due to the new crown in the United States is about 250,000, which represents a fifth of the deaths of new crowns in the world.
All major regions of the United States are affected by this wave of epidemic
The United States has experienced three peaks of the epidemic this year, but the current peak is affected by a major outbreak in several regions of the United States.
The spring peak has the greatest impact in the northeastern region of the United States, of which New York City is the hardest hit. The southern and western parts of the United States, including Texas and California, were hit hard during peak summer. The most dangerous area this time around appears to be the midwestern states of the United States, but almost every region has seen an increase in cases.
When the New York epidemic was severe in the spring, medical personnel from other parts of the United States responded to the call of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to come to New York to provide support. However, as the epidemic worsens in many regions of the United States, it will be difficult for medical resources to be concentrated in one region.
Some sparsely populated states have avoided a major outbreak before, but due to a lack of epidemic prevention regulations, they have become the hardest hit areas during the peak of the epidemic. For example, in North Dakota, the state’s Republican governor refused to ask the public to wear masks and did not order masks until last week. Other Republican governors have taken similar action.
Another study found that the new corona epidemic is moving from American cities to rural areas, and the number of confirmed cases per capita in rural areas has exceeded that of densely populated cities. The allocation of medical resources in rural areas is often not as perfect and centralized as in cities, which will bring new challenges to treatment.
Globally, the number of confirmed cases of the new crown has continued to rise and the epidemic in many countries has recovered.
In view of this, many European countries have once again entered a state of strict epidemic prevention.
