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U.S. medical personnel treating critically ill patients▶ Click here to enlarge
The number of patients hospitalized for the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in the United States surpassed 100,000 for the first time on day 2 (local time), and the number of deaths per day registered the highest since April.
Major drug companies are rushing to launch vaccines, but as winter approaches, the sense of crisis grows.
◇ Hospitalized patients doubled this spring … Coming winter is even more dangerous
The ‘Covid Tracking Project’, operated by Sisaji Atlantic to provide information on Corona 19, said via Twitter that “the number of hospitalized corona 19 patients in the United States was counted as 100,000,226. It is the first time that it exceeds the 100,000”.
Corona 19 follow-up project TwitterThis is almost double the number of patients hospitalized for Corona 19 this spring, when the pandemic began in the United States.
According to the Covid Tracking Project, around 1.4 million people were tested for Corona 19 that day, and 196,000 people tested positive.
In this regard, the New York Times (NYT) reported that more than 1 million new cases are arriving each week in the United States and deaths are increasing rapidly, with more than 270,000.
In particular, the number of deaths that occurred that day was 2,731 according to Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the highest since April. The cumulative death toll is 273,000,181.
As the situation thus changes before winter, the sense of crisis of the United States government is increasing.
The White House (TF) Corona 19 Task Force recently sent a letter to each state, warning that “they are in a dangerous situation due to the very high incidence of corona 19 cases and the limited number of beds,” said the political medium The Hill.
In the letter, TF feared that “if the number of confirmed cases increases due to the effect of Thanksgiving, treatment and the functioning of the medical system may be at risk as a whole.”
That day, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Robert Redfield said the United States is facing a desperate winter. “Three months until February of next year is dangerous. It will be the most difficult time in the history of public health in the United States.”
◇ I think hospitalized patients, but the overall ratio decreases … A different look from this spring
Concerns have been raised that the US medical system could collapse if the number of confirmed cases cannot be stopped. In some hospitals, beds to accommodate corona19 patients are gradually approaching the limit.
On the 11th of last month, the Linaun Regional Medical Center in Nevada, USA converted a parking lot into a hospital room.▶ Click here to enlarge
“The number of hospitalizations shows that the authorities have not adequately controlled the pandemic,” said Philip Landrigan, director of the Global Public Health Program at Boston College. “The virus outbreak is so rapid and simultaneous that it is out of control.” .
However, the number of hospitalized patients is increasing, but the proportion of hospitalized patients among the total confirmed cases is steadily decreasing, which is different from this spring, the NYT said.
Some explain that this is because the number of corona 19 diagnostic tests has increased. The number of mild and asymptomatic patients increased significantly as more people were tested than in the first days of the virus outbreak.
There is also the view that the proportion of hospitalized patients occurred because hospitals primarily select and accept seriously ill patients.
Dr. Michael Osterhome, an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota and an advisor to President-elect Joe Biden, said the hospital’s efforts to control the growing number of patients have resulted in fewer hospitalized patients in recent weeks. .
However, he emphasized, “if the infection occurs in large numbers on Thanksgiving, the medical system will hit its limit,” he said. “If that happens, there will be a shortage of medical personnel and there will be no more hospitalization. The next two weeks are very important.”
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