Can’t people go to the grocery store?
Someone above asked about testing stats. Virginia posts those stats, although I know they are behind in the numbers.
Tested 1,923
Cases: 94
Hospitalized: 19
Deaths: 2
So 1% of those who are tested (meaning they have some sort of symptoms or exposures) require hospitalization.
But over 20% of those who test positive require hospitalization.
I’m wondering why that temperature graphic at healthweather.us doesn’t show more atypical illness in NYC. Could it be that once people are sick, especially in hospitals they are no longer taking their tempertures themselves so no data feedback from them?
Yes, thay
Yes, they can. Take outs are opened too. Public transportation will work too (it’s needed for health care workers). I assume they will scale back but will run some.
Andrew Cuomo
@NYGovCuomo
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NEW: I am announcing Matilda’s Law to protect NYers age 70+ and those with compromised immune systems:
-Remain indoors
-Pre-screen visitors by taking temperature
-Visitors should wear masks
-Stay 6 feet away from others
Florida testing stats from Florida Department of Health
https://fdoh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/8d0de33f260d444c852a615dc7837c86
Total Tests: 3416
Positive: 520
Negative: 1870
Pending: 1026
Much higher than the 10% positive rate seen elsewhere in the US.
I’ve never listened to these daily press conferences from the National Task Force until today. Are they always this…awful?
Yes.
Hopefully the states follow…otherwise everyone will still have to estimate their taxes so they can make their state payments.
@scout59 yes
I know that Louisiana seems high too but they are only including the results of private tests if they are positive. The Total Tested number is only the state provided tests, not the private ones. Not sure if the tests processed by the Mayo Clinic are considered private but they’re surely not state tests. Frustrating…
I’m also trying to compile stats on the unfortunate deaths. So far 7 male, 4 gender not revealed. Age range 44-98. 5 deaths at Lambeth house, ages 80-92. One more death at Lambeth house has still not been tested but he had all the symptoms. Currently 23 cases at Lambeth house (including the 5 official deaths there).
Definitely getting repetitious, but given teh dumb questions that the WH Correspondents keep asking, I guess they are necessary.
This says it better than me:
Andrew Cuomo
@NYGovCuomo
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BREAKING: I will sign an Executive Order mandating that 100% of workforce must stay home, excluding essential services.
This order excludes pharmacies, grocery stores, and others.
California stats:
1.039 cases
20 deaths
A 2% death rate, roughly the same as Virginia’s death rate.
@greenwitch You got to it before I did regarding Lambeth House.
I am seriously getting worried about our relatives who live there.
News article:
https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_d48eaa00-6a28-11ea-9fde-b79068f985d5.html
The number of known coronavirus cases of the Lambeth House retirement community in Uptown New Orleans jumped from 14 to at least 23 late Wednesday, when a batch of virus testing results came back after a week.
Nine new resident cases came from a set of 14 tests conducted by Ochsner Health System after it became apparent that COVID-19 was sweeping through the senior living center. As of late Wednesday, at least five residents had died within a week of the first positive test of coronavirus in a resident of Lambeth House…
…Residents who have awaited test results over nearly a week have been holed up in isolation in their rooms. One of those 14 coronavirus tests that had been pending was negative, and four others were being redone, according to Lambeth House spokesman Greg Beuerman.
Those were in addition to positive COVID-19 test results performed on 13 residents and one staffer which had already come back previously.
Officials said the new batch of test results came through a commercial lab rather than the state, which produces test results more quickly in its lab but has turned to the private sector to increase overall testing capacity…
Best guess is that the high rate of positives is due to the extremely limited number of tests available so basically only people hospitalized are being tested. Even healthcare providers who have treated patients with confirmed cases and who are now showing symptoms are not able to get tests here in FL. Not sure exactly who is able to get a test other than basketball players, politicians and maybe people on fire?
To give an idea of the difference in available tests - New York has a lower population than Florida, yet has done more than 10,000 tests vs. Florida’s 3400.
Tests are simply not available in Florida. I’m guessing it will be the same thing when NY also ends up with the military support ships that are heading up there, etc. NY has more political pull than Florida. Period.
I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m allowing a much wider berth than 6 feet anytime I can.
We keep learning new things about this virus. Some of the initial thinking has shifted. Err on the side of caution.
Top US doctor says he supports New York mandate to stay home
CNN
Top US infectious disease doctor Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said he “strongly” supports the New York governor’s decision to mandate that 100% of non-essential workers stay home in the state.
Fauci, a New Yorker himself, added: “I know what New Yorkers can do. We’re tough.”
He called on all New Yorkers to cooperate with the mandate.
More context: Earlier today, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a mandate requiring all non-essential workers to stay home in the state. The number of positive cases has surged to over 7,000 as the state has ramped up testing, the governor said.
Routine screenings are being put on hold: Pap smears, mammograms, colonoscopies, skin biopsies and so forth.
Are we going to see the number of cancer deaths rise due to the lack of early detection?
Trump says he kicked use of Defense Production Act “into gear”
From CNN’s Kevin Liptak
President Trump said he kicked his usage of the Defense Production Act “into gear” on Thursday evening after saying he would only invoke the measure in a worst case scenario.
Trump told reporters he’d moved the National Response Coordination Center — an office within the Federal Emergency Management Agency — into the “highest level of activation.”
“We are helping the states a lot,” Trump said during the daily coronavirus briefing.
More on this: There remains some confusion around Trump’s use of the Defense Production Act, which he signed on Wednesday but later said he wasn’t yet invoking despite shortages of medical gear and equipment.
On Thursday, Trump said it was the responsibility of individual governors to ensure their states have sufficient levels of supplies.
The DPA allows the federal government to direct industries to produce necessary equipment, but it remains unclear whether Trump has provided that direction yet.
Italian males are dying faster than females from coronavirus, US health expert says
CNN
Deborah Birx, a physician and public health expert, spoke Friday about some of the “concerning” trends she is seeing across the globe during the coronavirus pandemic.
Birx specifically discussed Italy, where the number of deaths related to coronavirus has surpassed China.
“We continue to review the data and we continue to see signs that individuals under 20, 19 and under, may have severe disease but majority have all recovered to date. We still see the same trend and frankly from Italy we are seeing another concerning trend that the mortality in males seems to be twice in every age group of females. This should alert all of us to continue our vigilance to protect our Americans that are in nursing homes,” Birx said.
More on Italy and China: The number of deaths in Italy reached 3,405 on Thursday, the Italian Civil Protection Agency said at a news conference — 156 more than China’s toll, which, according to Johns Hopkins University, stands at 3,249.
The total number of cases in Italy rose to 41,035 with 5,322 new cases, officials added.
The grim figure comes hours after China marked a major milestone in the battle to limit the spread, reporting no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the first time since the pandemic began.