US coronavirus: New deaths from Covid-19 have surpassed 1,000 for four days in a row as infections rise

That’s a grim outlook, considering this week saw multiple new highs. The United States broke its own record for new cases a day for three days in a row, surpassing 100,000 a day since Wednesday.

On Friday, the US reported more than 126,000 new cases, the highest one-day count yet, Johns Hopkins data shows.

“We are creating a lot of problems for the future,” Gottlieb told CNBC. “You have to be really concerned about what January will be like, what December will be like right now, given how this is increasing.”

Only one state tends in the right direction

At least 41 states are now reporting more Covid-19 infections than the previous week and only one state, Tennessee, is trending in the right direction, according to data from Johns Hopkins.

Community broadcasting in the state is expanding, mainly from small family gatherings, Shah added. It’s those gatherings that public health officials across the country have warned are fueling the spread of the virus and could further fuel the rise over the upcoming holidays.

Illinois health officials reported 10,376 new cases Friday, a new daily high and the first time the state has reported more than 10,000 daily infections.

In a press release on Friday, Colorado health officials said the most recent Covid-19 model indicates that state hospitalizations are increasing more dramatically than last week’s projections. Keeping hospitals below demand capacity “will require substantial and swift action to prevent transmission,” the statement said.

Colorado has reached its highest number of Covid-19 hospitalizations, surpassing its April peak, officials said.

“We got to this even faster than the model predicted,” officials said. “If the epidemic curve does not bend, Colorado could exceed the capacity of the intensive care unit (ICU) in late December instead of January, as reported in last week’s modeling report.”

In Ohio, the governor said Friday that the state had 5,008 new infections, the most cases recorded in a 24-hour period. The rising numbers are likely to trigger new terms, he said.

“When we see our hospitals start to fill up,” Gov. Mike DeWine said, “the orders that we’ll have to implement when it really gets terrible will be consistent across Ohio.”

More measures announced

New orders have already arrived in some parts of the country.

They include instructions to stay home between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., a press release from the governor’s office said earlier this week.

“We know we are asking a lot here,” Baker said. “And he adds to asking many employers and residents for many months with the virus. As we said before, it is not going anywhere, and until there is a vaccine or a medical advance, it is us against the virus.”

In Denver, the 10 p.m. curfew for non-exempt residents and businesses begins Sunday, authorities said Friday.

“We are on a very dangerous path,” said Mayor Michael Hancock. “Across the state, including here in the Denver area, hospitalizations have increased more than 40% in the last week alone.”

Previous social distancing could have saved 59,000 Americans

Meanwhile, a new modeling study published Friday shows that more than 1 million infections in the US and more than 59,000 deaths could have been prevented by early May if mitigation measures had been implemented two weeks earlier.

Sen Pei, a research scientist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and his colleagues built a Covid-19 transmission model that analyzed every county in the U.S. from February 21 to May 3. .

Covid-19’s extensive transmission control measures were announced on March 15, the team wrote.

The study found that the start of such interventions two weeks earlier, on March 1, could have resulted in more than a million fewer confirmed cases and more than 59,000 fewer deaths.

“Our results demonstrate the dramatic impact that previous interventions could have had on the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States,” the authors wrote. “Looking ahead, the findings underscore the need for continued vigilance when control measures are relaxed.”

What is needed to control a rebound in Covid-19 outbreaks, they wrote, is rapid detection of a growing number of cases and rapid re-implementation of control measures.

Study describes how Delaware reduced its infections and deaths

Leading experts have also highlighted the importance of fast and strict mitigation measures, and a recently published study backs up their points.

State of Delaware mandated Covid-19 mitigation efforts and investigations dramatically reduced the number of Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths earlier this year, according to a study published Friday in the Morbidity and Mortality Report of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The first case of Covid-19 in the state was identified on March 11, and officials immediately went to work to manage the pandemic, beginning by investigating all identified cases. Almost two weeks later, the state issued a stay-at-home order until June 1.

In late April, there was a statewide mask mandate. In mid-May, the state began a broader contact tracing.

Looking at the cases through June, it appears that those steps were the correct ones.

From the end of April to June, the incidence of Covid-19 was reduced by 82%, hospitalizations were reduced by 88%, and mortality by 100%.

“Masks are critical to reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from people with symptomatic or asymptomatic infection,” the report said. “Early detection, self-isolation and investigation of Covid-19 cases and self-quarantine of close contacts can be effective in preventing transmission, if contacts are identified and located shortly after exposure.”