Top health officials in Illinois burst into tears as they announced the state’s latest coronavirus number and urged residents to remain vigilant in efforts to slow the epidemic.
‘I want to say Good Friday, but I can understand the mental, social and emotional toll that this epidemic continues in people,’ said Dr. N. Angozi Izick, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, at the top of the virus briefing on Friday, voicing emotion. Outbursts.
“Yesterday we lost a total of 181 deaths, for1 more lives,” he said.
“These are the people who started with us in 2020 and will not be with us at the Thanksgiving table.
‘Since the onset of the epidemic, we have a total of 4,364,033. For confirmed cases, we are reporting 3, 87474 new cases. ‘
Ezekiel then apologized and walked off the podium to wipe away the tears before continuing to comment.
The emotional briefing came as coronavirus infection was on the rise in about 100 percent of the U.S. states and territories, and the nation reported a total of 575,069 by Saturday evening. No. One day record for new Covid-1 cases.
The director of the public health department, Dr. The Illinois division of Ngozi Isaac was announcing the state’s latest coronavirus numbers during an emotional briefing on Friday.
“Yesterday we lost a total of 31 deaths. These are the people who started with us in 2020 and will not be with us at the Thanksgiving table, “Ezekiel said during a briefing on Friday, his voice flying with emotion. In the midst of her report, Aguirre walked away from the podium to wipe away the tears
In Illinois, Ike Zik said Friday that 2,498 coronavirus patients were hospitalized overnight, including 511 in intensive care and 197 on a ventilator.
After delivering the state’s alarming numbers, Ike Zik said his position as health director did not save him from all the pain and tragedy of this epidemic in some covid-free bubbles.
‘I understand how epidemic fatigue attracts everyone. It’s real, ’he said.
‘People are fed up of not seeing their families. They are fed up with postponing weddings and other life celebrations. Trying to work from home while trying to manage children learning remotely is also a challenge. ‘
“My message to you is to stay strong,” she added. ‘I’ve never run a marathon, but I have a lot of respect for those who have been able to train and plan and finish the marathon.
‘But this is a difficult race when you can’t really see the end point and I’m sorry that’s my message to you.’
Ezekiel urged residents to ‘fight fatigue’ and continue to wear masks, social distance and avoid large-person gatherings.
“We have to do this to bring down the spread in our community,” he said. ‘When we bring down the spread in our community, children can go to school safely, people can work safely, activities, [and] Family celebrations can be celebrations rather than super-spreader events, resulting in disease and death. ‘
In a message to those who may be skeptical of the latest figures, ZZ stressed that the state is in fact seeing new growth in cases, hospital admissions and deaths.
He said, ‘If you’re tired of hearing that from me, please just ask one of your local therapists in the area.’ ‘They’ll tell you what they’re seeing in their hospitals.’
On the second day of the briefing, Illinois recorded its highest single-day spike in new cases since the epidemic began Saturday with 6,161 – bringing the state’s total to 370,194.
A total of 63 new deaths were also reported on Saturday for a total of 9,481 people to date.
In recent days, the U.S. has hit a one-day record of 16 states being infected in new states on Friday. Harassment trends have arisen in.
The emotional briefing came as the USA set a one-day record for the new COVID-19 case on Friday. As of Sunday, there are a total of 8,575,069 across the country
In mountainous west, including North and South Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Wisconsin (dark blue), the UK states and territories are seeing an increase in weekly coronavirus cases by one percent, according to the latest CDC data.
The CDC announced on Friday that U.S. jurisdictions are reporting an increase in daily cases, with the highest spikes in Mountain West.
The U.S. now reports an average of more than 20,000 new cases a day, according to an analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University’s Dailymail.com.
Health experts have not suggested a reason for the increase but have cited factors such as cold temperatures taking people inside, COVID-19 precautionary fatigue and students and returning to schools and colleges.
A recent estimate by Washington University, widely cited by the Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, also reflects fears that the cold winter weather will take Americans indoors, where the virus is more likely to spread.
“We’re going through a very big fall / winter wave,” said Chris Murray, director of IHME.
Echoing the recommendation of Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the IHM said that if one percent of Americans covered their faces, the number of potential deaths could be reduced by 1,130,000,000. E.
Health Secretary Alex Azar blamed the behavior of individuals for the increase in cases nationwide, saying household gatherings had become a “major vector in the spread of the disease”.
Asked about claims by President Donald Trump that the United States was “turning the corner” on the epidemic during a presidential debate on Thursday night, Azar told CNN that Trump was trying to give hope to Americans waiting for the vaccine.
Dr. F. Fawcett expressed optimism about the vaccine tests in a CNN interview last week, saying the results ‘look promising.
“Hopefully by the end of November, early December, we have shown that we have at least one or two – and maybe more but at least two – vaccines that are safe and effective,” Fawcett said.
Sixteen states set one-day records for new infections on Friday
U.S. on Thursday. The death toll rose to 916 in the country a day later, with more than 1,200 new deaths reported for the first time since August August.
U.S. on Saturday. The death toll was 454545, with more than 1,200 new deaths reported in the country three days later, for the first time since August.
Eleven states have the highest number of COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital every day since the outbreak began, and the number of COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals reached a two-month high on Friday.
According to an analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University’s Dailymail.com, there are now more than 1,000 hospitalized patients with coronavirus across the country, up 34 percent from October 1 to October.
North Dakota has become the most difficult state, with 7,887 new cases on both Thursday and Friday, based on new cases per capita, followed by South Dakota, Montana and Wisconsin, according to Reuters.
In Tennessee, Nashville hospitals said they have experienced a 40 percent increase in patients admitted for Covid-19.
Dr. Jeff Pothoff, an emergency physician at the University of Wisconsin Health at Madison, expressed concern about non-compliance with public health measures in the state, where some groups have challenged Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ Covid-19 bans in court.
Northeast cases remain an area of the county without significant surges, but infections are more prone.
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