“We are also concerned that soon we will have a really difficult time finding space and staff to take care of all the sick patients who come with Covid-19, who really need our help,” he said. Nicole Van Groningen of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
And Friday’s Black Case Milestone also means the country has the most Covid-19 infections ever recorded. The second-highest-scoring country – India, has doubled, and the third – Brazil – about three times as many as reported.
But the worst is yet to come: Experts fear that in the coming weeks – after a holiday tour and reunion – the U.S. There are other cases that can lead to hospitalization and even death.
D Ant. Anthony Fawcett told CNN earlier this week that the country has seen a boom that has “just gotten over …” and that the coming weeks could be even worse.
“Once you meet a large number of people at dinner inside, poor air ventilation and circulation, only then do you get into trouble.” “That’s what we’re concerned about – in addition to that increase, we’re going to superimpose on that increase that could make January worse than December.”
“I think we just have to assume it’s going to get worse.”
How the states are moving forward at the start of the new year
In Arkansas, the government’s Asha H. Hutinson said Friday that more than 300 new cases have been reported in the state, which he said “in the aftermath of the Christmas trip and reunion.”
Georgia on Friday announced a total of 8,700 new Covid-19 cases in the state – a new high. Maryland recorded its second-highest daily case on the same day. Meanwhile, about 16,500 new cases were filed in New York – a day later, in its highest one-day case count.
“As we begin 2021, I urge all New Yorkers to pay attention to their good angels and continue their businesses to prevent the spread of this virus – wash your hands, keep social distance, and wear a mask,” Gov. Said Andrew Cuomo. Statement.
Health officials in Texas have recorded a record-high Covid-19 hospitalization in the state for the fifth day in a row, with more than 12,400 patients.
ICU capacity is dangerously low in many parts of the state. In Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley, zero beds are available. A health official said patient growth earlier this week was pushing hospitals to the brink of “destruction”.
And that’s because some hospitals are having structural problems that prevent them from providing patients with a high-pressure supply of oxygen oxygen.
Design and construction specialists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Los Angeles region are “evaluated and where necessary upgrades in six hospitals have been arranged in oxygen oxygen delivery systems,” said Office of the Governor of California for Emergency Services.
The region said hospitals in the region were treating “unprecedented” numbers of Covid-19 patients and that “internal oxygen delivery systems built in many older hospitals exceeded the amount of oxygen needed to treat patients with respiratory problems.” Arises. “
The testing company says the virus variant is not widespread in the US
Health officials in California first said Wednesday that the 30-year-old San Diego man has tested positive for the UK variant. On Thursday, county health officials told CNN that three new cases of the variant have been reported in San Diego.
With the discovery of additional cases, county health officials believe the new strain of the virus is widespread in the community, a county spokesman said.
The new cases were found in two men in the 40s and one in the 50s, officials said.
Contact tracing shows two men were not traveling outside the county while a full interview of the third case is pending, officials said. “Neither man had any known interaction with each other or with other confirmed cases.”
But while some experts say it is likely to be circulating in the U.S., testing so far does not show it to be common across the country, genomics company Helix told CNN.
Only four out of 31 samples turned positive for the first known change pattern in the UK, Helix said. The genetic pattern was caught by the first test error called the technician S gene dropout.
Helix co-founder and president Dr. “We also know that other labs of the Northeast Sequencing S gene dropout samples did not find UK types in their populations,” James Lou told CNN by email.
“We can’t say with confidence when the B1.1..7 tensions erupted in the U.S.,” Lou said. But that’s not normal, which suggests it doesn’t last long.
But the U.S. Doesn’t look tough, Lou added.
“Currently, the U.S. is doing a lower index than many other countries – (Genomics Database). A recent report by GSIAD shows that the U.S. is 0.3%% more positive than the UK. The case is being investigated.
Key: U.S. The vaccine will continue to be given in doses for weeks
So far, the U.S. Approved vaccines require two doses except for a few weeks. And the nation will continue to do so that way and will not follow the UK’s decision to potentially delay the second dose, Fuui told CNN on Friday.
Asked about the UK’s new dosing system, Fawcett said: “I’m not in favor of that. “We’re doing what we’re doing.”
The UK adopted the strategy of giving the first dose to as many people as possible as soon as possible, saying it protects a small amount.
“The fact is that we have to stick to what science says, and the data that is for both of us. [vaccines] Indicates that you give Prime, then increase to 21 days with Pfizer and 28 days with Moderna. And right now, that’s the way we’re going with it, and that’s the decision, ”Fawcett said.
“We make decisions based on the data. We have no information on whether to give a single dose and wait longer than usual for a second dose.”
CNN’s Rebecca Rise, Alexandra Mix, Elizabeth Cohen, Naomi Thomas, Cherry Mossberg, King Razek and Andrea Diaz contributed to the report.
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