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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.
(Score: 2) by helel on Tuesday November 17 2020, @05:00PM (1 child)
First, there's a big difference between 150k and 300k. Let's say you know more than the professionals and we should expect 150k "excess deaths" this year with no plague ... well another 150 is nothing to sneeze at.
Second, I'm really curious how many mobile morgue [nypost.com] units you think El Paso needs in a normal year?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @08:31PM
As there's a big difference between 2016 and 2020. If you point us to a source of data for years 2017-2019, I'll happily do a 2019 vs 2014-2018.
(In 2018, it was 2,839,205 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm [cdc.gov] : 95k more than in 2016.)
It was "to cough at" you needed to use; COVID does not cause rhinitis, therefore, no sneezing.
I'm really curious how many people you believe still fall for that in November 2020?
Seven whole months have passed since March, and many were the examples of political sleight of hand that had their secrets revealed to amazed public. Take note of that in future.
Therefore, the obvious answer to your question will be "however many the mayor needs to make whatever PR he wants, before he deigns to allow the families to bury the poor things at long last".
"El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego will extend the city’s lockdown order, set to expire Wednesday, amid a surge in coronavirus-related hospital and ICU numbers over the last 11 days."