Wisconsin reported its highest covid-19-related mortality on Wednesday as hospital admissions and coronavirus cases increased.
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Medical technicians work on a testing facility in drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Regentaran Pharmaceuticals Company’s Westchester Campus in Territown, New York, September 17, 2020. Picture September 17, 2020. Brendan M. Cathermid / Reuters
A total of 27 people were killed in the state on Wednesday and 21 more by noon on Thursday.
Covid Tracking Project data shows that it reported the highest number of admissions to its Covid-19 hospital on Wednesday – more than double the number seen at the end of August, when they were as high as 200, according to Covid Tracking Project data.
More than half of Wisconsin’s coun૨ counties – 45 – are experiencing “very high” Covid-19 activity, with more than 350 cases per 100,000 people, Secretary of State Department of Health-Design, Almandrea Palm, said Thursday.
The seven-day average of Wisconsin’s new daily official cases reached a high of 2,334, above the 600 and 700s average seen at the end of Wednesday Gust.
The White House Coronavirus Task Force recently warned Wisconsin of “rapid deterioration” and “acute periods of viral surge” and urged the state to increase social distance as much as possible. The warning came ahead of planned rallies by President Donald Trump this weekend in the Green Bay hotspot area.
The rally, held at another hotspot, La Crosse, moved to Jensville. Trump’s campaign says the move has nothing to do with the epidemic.
State teachers’ unions are urging college students around Wisconsin to apply virtual learning to kindergarten, according to a report from the Milwaukee Key Teachers Education Association.
Elsewhere, leaders are sounding the alarm
State leaders across the country are sounding the alarm over the rising Kovid-19 cases, which experts say could offset the upcoming surge.
In New York, many Covid-19 clusters have created 20 “hotspot” zip codes – many in New York City – with an average test-positivity rate of about 6.5%, the governor said Thursday.
New York’s statewide seven-day average 1.1%, according to the Covid Trekking Project. Govt. Rew Andrew Cuomo called on local governments to punish those who disobey the order wearing masks.
“Today’s infection could become a cluster tomorrow,” Kumo said.
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Leading health officials, including Anthony Fauci, have also warned that U.S. This year can see particularly challenging fall and winter, as social settings revolve indoors in colder climates. They say cities and counties should be prepared with safety measures – such as wearing masks and social distance – in place.
“We’re still knee deep in the first wave of this,” Fawcett said in a Facebook and Twitter livestream.
In Kentucky, government Andy Bachere on Wednesday urged the state to halt the recent “growth” after more than 1,000 new infections were reported for the second day in a row.
The Governor said that today’s daily report is very low. “I need your help. It’s ours and we’ve got work to do.”
And in Illinois, governors are tightening restrictions in one part of the state after an increase in the positivity rate.
Earlier Thursday, at least 27 states registered a seven-day average of new daily cases more than a week earlier, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Across the country, more than 7.2 million people have been infected and more than 207,000 have died.
The New York City Teachers Union says some schools should close if the case does not come up
New York City officials are carefully looking at 10 city pin codes where cases of coronavirus are on the rise, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday, with more schools reopening for personal education.
After doing so for elementary schools on Tuesday, the city resumed middle and high schools on Thursday. On Wednesday, the city began allowing indoor dining in restaurants with 25% capacity.
Although the city rate is 1.59%, the test-positivity rate in eleven city pin codes is above 3%, de Cizio said. If the city’s seven-day average goes above 3%, the city will close all schools, De Blasio said.
The city’s health department on Thursday issued an order giving all agencies, including the police and fire department, the power to shut down businesses that repeatedly violate the city and state’s Covid-19 safety requirements.
The president of the New York City Teachers’ Union said Thursday that he would demand the school close if the case did not appear in the ZIP code.
“If that number doesn’t come down, this is where a little bit of fighting will end,” said Michael Merv Lagru, president of the United Federation of Teachers. “And if that means we have to go to court or do something else, we will.”
De Blasio said Thursday he would look into whether a school closure is necessary in the hotspot neighborhood, but added that schools have seen “relatively few” Covid-19 cases so far.
One building – a special education school with 262 students in Queens – has been closed for two weeks due to a case there. He said some other schools have been closed for a day.
Otherwise, “with a school system that will have as many as 100,000,000 children individually this week, and more than 100,000 teachers and staff in buildings, we are seeing relatively few cases every day,” the mayor said.
The city is trying to enforce rules such as the mask order, and those who do not comply are subject to fines or, in the case of business, closure, De Blasio said.
Researchers say that if you lose your sense of smell or taste, consider separating
According to research published on Thursday, a decrease in smell and taste is a strong indication that someone is infected with Covid-19 – and those who lose anything should consider separating, even if they have no other symptoms, according to research published on Thursday. According to.
“Our findings show that loss of smell and taste is a reliable indicator that someone is likely to have Covid-1, and if we are to reduce the spread of this epidemic, it should now be considered a self-assessment by governments globally.” Testing and contact tracing, ”said Rachel Betterham of University College London and University College London Hospitals, who helped lead the study team.
The team studied 590 volunteers who experienced a new loss of smell or taste. They tested them 567 for coronavirus.
Of the 567, more than 77% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. The team reported in the journal PLoS Medicine that, in total, 80.4% of participants who reported odor loss and 77.8% of those who reported loss of taste had a positive test result.
About 40% of those who tested positive for antibodies did not have a fever or cough.
Betterham and colleagues also found that participants with odor loss alone were nearly three times more likely to have tasting Covid-19 antibodies than patients, and participants with combined odor and taste loss were four times more likely. There are antibodies.
The study recruited its volunteers between April 23 and May 14, 2020, at the time of the Covid-19 outbreak in London. It does not include a comparison group of people who did not lose their sense of smell and / or taste.
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