The Covid-19 has infected more than 1.7 million and killed more than 103 thousand people worldwide. In the U.S. 18,777 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.
The flu is responsible for 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide. The deaths secondary to the flu for in the U.S. is estimated by the CDC to be 24,000 to 63,000.
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6 pm EST update. An increase of 56,016 cases and 4,371 deaths since 8:30 am today. Case fatality rate of 6.12%
- Dr Chu Hin of HKU says Sars-CoV-2 can replicate 100 times within 48 hours, while the Sars virus replicated about 10 to 20 times at its peak
- There is almost no possibility to contain the virus before July because not many people have developed immunity yet, microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung says
‘There are two pandemics’: Chicago’s gun violence persists amid lockdown-Guardian
Shootings and murders have remained fairly consistent during shelter-in-place, with the city registering more shootings in March than the previous year
Court ordered releases of inmates average 78 per day in Philadelphia-CNN
There has been an increase of court ordered releases of inmates in the City of Philadelphia jail population since Monday due in large part – but not wholly – to the pandemic, according to the mayor’s spokesperson Deana Gamble.
Gamble told CNN there has been an average of 78 releases per day since Monday.
For the first time in US history, every state is under a disaster declaration simultaneously
President Trump has approved a disaster declaration for Wyoming in response to coronavirus, making the current pandemic the first time in history that every state in the country is under a federal disaster declaration simultaneously.
Brazil has become the first country in the southern hemisphere to surpass 1,000 deaths with coronavirus.
The health ministry confirmed 1,056 deaths and 19,638 cases. The numbers are likely to be much higher as only patients at hospitals are being tested.
In Mexico, beach towns block themselves off because of virus
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In Mexico, beach towns have begun blocking off roads — in some cases, constructing barricades of rubble across roadways — to seal themselves off from the outside world in a bid to stop the new coronavirus from entering.
The Gulf of California beach town of Puerto Peñasco announced Friday that two of three highways leading into the town would be closed, and anyone entering would be subject to an enforced 12-day quarantine. The only people who can enter are residents of the seaside town also known as Rocky Point.
Next potential shortage: Drugs needed to run ventilators
When clinicians put critically-ill patients on ventilators, they generally rely on three categories of drugs: sedatives, pain killers and, at times, paralytics.
“You have a tube basically down your throat to help you breathe,” explained Chris Fortier, the chief pharmacy officer at Massachusetts General Hospital. “We need medications to sedate you and treat your pain, and sometimes to even give you some paralysis so that you’re not pulling on that ventilator and damaging your lungs.”
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has authorized the activation of an additional 3,000 members of the Massachusetts National Guard in anticipation of the expected peak in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, Baker announced Saturday.
- Move by National Institutes of Health comes after several US doctors said they were using medication on infected patients without evidence that it worked
- Drug has long been taken to treat malaria and other conditions, but its use has soared as US becomes centre of pandemic
The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day.
Figures from Johns Hopkins University show 2,108 people died in the past 24 hours while there are now more than half a million confirmed infections.
Mexico closes US owned plant for refusal to sell ventilators
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The northern Mexico border state of Baja California closed a plant run by the Anglo-American health care firm Smiths Medical Friday for allegedly refusing to sell ventilators to Mexican hospitals.
Baja California Gov. Jaime Bonilla said the firm refused to sell Mexico some of the machines, which are badly needed to treat patients with coronavirus.
Bonilla said the firm had continued to operate its assembly plant under the argument it provided an “essential” service, when most non-essential plants have been ordered closed to combat the pandemic.
- A team led by V. Narry Kim, one of the country’s most prominent researchers, has shed more light on the virus that causes Covid-19
- She says the breakthrough will help scientists understand how it replicates and escapes the human defence system
Bodies left on the streets: The majority of the cases were reported in the country’s most populous city of Guayaquil and Guayas province, where residents said health services have collapsed and dead bodies of victims had to be left on the streets for collection by authorities.
President Lenin Moreno has called for an investigation into the mishandling of bodies of coronavirus victims.
Young infected doctors at Mexico public hospital demand help
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Interns and resident doctors at a public hospital on the outskirts of Mexico’s capital say that 26 of them have tested positive for the COVID-19 disease and request personal protective equipment and better training for all of the hospital’s staff.
Officials warn of risk of ending social distancing measures: If the US ends social distancing and other coronavirus mitigation strategies by May 1, as President Donald Trump has encouraged, case numbers in the country could rebound, officials warned.
The projections are based on new modeling scenarios run by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington that assume social distancing policies will end from next month.
8:30 am EST. An increase of 205,114 cases and 13,865 deaths from 7 pm 4/9/20. Death rate now at 6%.
Crime drops around the world as COVID-19 keeps people inside-AP
CHICAGO (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and mom and pop shops worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business, too.
In Chicago, one of America’s most violent cities, drug arrests have plummeted 42% in the weeks since the city shut down, compared with the same period last year. Part of that decrease, some criminal lawyers say, is that drug dealers have no choice but to wait out the economic slump.
“The feedback I’m getting is that they aren’t able to move, to sell anything anywhere,” said Joseph Lopez, a criminal lawyer in Chicago who represents reputed drug dealers.
A total of 59,109 people in Spain have now recovered after contracting coronavirus — an increase of more than 11,000 over the past three days — according to new data from the Spanish Health Ministry released Saturday.
Japan downtowns quiet after emergency declaration-NHK
Downtowns across Japan were quiet on Saturday, the first weekend since the government declared the state of emergency in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
There were few people on Takeshita Street in Tokyo’s Harajuku district, usually bustling with young people.
- Study sponsored by drug’s developer Gilead finds dozens of patients, including some on ventilators, improved after 10 days of treatment
- Experts urge caution due to small size of study and serious side effects reported in some cases
Apple, Google to harness phones for virus infection tracking-AP
Apple and Google fueled hopes for digital technology’s promise against a fast-moving, invisible killer, announcing a joint effort to help public health agencies worldwide leverage smartphones to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
New software the companies plan to add to phones would make it easier to use Bluetooth wireless technology to track down people who may have been infected by coronavirus carriers. The idea is to help national, state and local governments roll out apps for so-called “contact tracing” that will run on iPhones and Android phones alike.
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