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U.S. Hits 11 Million Coronavirus Cases, Adding 1 Million in a Week

posted by martyb on Monday November 16 2020, @08:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the up-20%-is-good,-right? dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for aristarchus_:

U.S. Hits 11 Million Coronavirus Cases, Adding 1 Million In A Week:

U.S. Hits 11 Million Coronavirus Cases, Adding 1 Million In A Week

More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the United States, according to a COVID-19 tracker by Johns Hopkins University. The country reported 166,555 new cases on Sunday, with 1,266 new deaths.

The staggering milestone was reached only six days after the U.S. hit 10 million cases. Positive test rates and hospitalization rates are on the rise across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[...] Hospitalizations continue to climb. More than 69,000 people were hospitalized as of Sunday, more than ever before.

The pandemic also continues to disproportionately affect Black and brown communities in the U.S. According to data from the CDC as of Nov. 7, hospitalization rates for Hispanic or Latino people are 4.2 times higher than that of white people. American Indian or Alaska Native people have been hospitalized at 4.1 times the rate of white people, with Black people being hospitalized at 3.9 times the rate of white people.

[...] The Trump administration has blocked the current coronavirus task force from communicating with President-elect Biden's team.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16 2020, @09:18PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16 2020, @09:18PM (#1077930)

    Now it is the fault of white people for not being sick enough?

    The summary just lists a bunch of numbers and facts. Where does it say anything about anyone's fault?

    I mean, holy crap, you're a sensitive victim. No one can say anything nowadays without offending some delicate blossom. "B...b...but muh feelz!!!11 Doesn't anyone think about muh feelz???"

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16 2020, @09:33PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16 2020, @09:33PM (#1077938)

    To GP's (partial) defense, it might have been more useful to slice up the stats by some other criteria, for example single family houses, vs low density apartments, vs high density apartments. Or by average income in each neighborhood.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16 2020, @10:10PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 16 2020, @10:10PM (#1077964)

      Absolutely. How about by age group, or geolocation? Or some useful metric that will help the rest of us figure out what to do to minimize our exposure.

      But nope, news media not interested in being helpful with useful information. Sensationalism is where the $ are.