Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.S. -- News Updates November 25, 2020

There were 172,935 new cases recorded yesterday alone and the number of infections has consistently been well above 100,000 per day for the last three weeks
The daily death toll across the country spiked to 2,146 yesterday, which is the highest number of deaths per day since May 8 during the initial peak of the virus 


 * The daily death toll across the country spiked to 2,146 yesterday, which is the highest since May 8 
 * Nine states, including North Dakota, Ohio, Washington, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Oregon, Maine and Alaska, reported record numbers of deaths yesterday 
 * There were 172,935 new cases recorded yesterday alone and the number of infections has consistently been well above 100,000 per day for the last three weeks 
 * There is currently a record 88,000 patients being treated in hospitals across the country 
 * Despite the devastating figures and the fact that hospitals are already overwhelmed in parts of the country, the death toll is only expected to surge with millions defying official warnings and traveling for Thanksgiving 
 * By next Sunday, it is estimated that 6.3 million would have flown in the days before and after Thanksgiving, according to forecasts from the AAA and based on current figures 
 * AAA, which forecasts Thanksgiving travel every year, says 48 million Americans will travel by car and 350,000 by train between today and Sunday - just a 10 percent overall decline from last year 
 * Dr Anthony Fauci warned that the US is already in the middle of a spike and that the true effect of Thanksgiving travel and gatherings won't be seen for another three weeks 
 * Former White House medical team adviser Dr Jonathan Reiner warned that Thanksgiving would be a superspreader event 
 * The CDC revealed yesterday that it was considering relaxing a travel complication by shortening its recommended 14-day quarantine to between seven to 10 days 

Daily deaths from COVID-19 in the United States have surpassed 2,100 for the first since May as millions of Americans continue to ignore CDC travel guidance and dire warnings from health experts that Thanksgiving could be the 'mother of all superspreader events'. 

The daily death toll across the country spiked to 2,146 yesterday, which is the highest number of deaths per day since May 8 during the initial peak of the virus. 

Nine states, including North Dakota, Ohio, Washington, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Oregon, Maine and Alaska, reported record numbers of deaths yesterday.

Health officials have been warning for weeks that deaths, which are a lagging indicator, would increase after the number of cases and hospitalizations started surging in late September. 

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 Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.S. -- News Updates November 25, 2020