U.S. COVID update:
– New cases: 141,078
– Average: 110,515 (-698)
– States reporting: 32/50
– In hospital: 26,080 (+180)
– In ICU: 2,826 (+13)
– New deaths: 424
– Average: 364 (-11)More data: https://t.co/ohnVKtNdM3 pic.twitter.com/AYZ4ovuQqq
— BNN|Medriva 🇺🇸 Newsroom (@medrivaUS) May 28, 2022
Number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 tops 26,000, highest since March https://t.co/IMVlOJGU63
— BNN|Medriva Newsroom (@medriva) May 27, 2022
As of May 26, 2022, more than 96% of the U.S. population lives in an area with a substantial or high COVID-19 *transmission* level.
Transmission levels are a better metric to judge risk than "Community Levels" which focus on hospitalizations, a lagging indicator. https://t.co/yF7H2ICwRm pic.twitter.com/9lVJyJqKPf
— People's CDC (@PeoplesCDC) May 27, 2022
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Mainland China reported 362 new coronavirus cases on May 27, of which 96 were symptomatic and 266 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday. https://t.co/FFhC8M4U2B
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) May 28, 2022
The Chinese metropolis of Shanghai inched further towards a gradual reopening from two months of grinding COVID-19 lockdown, while the capital Beijing maintained curbs that have drastically curtailed movement even as case numbers decline. https://t.co/13HXy5O9lv
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) May 28, 2022
Residents in Shanghai have become bolder in demanding the lifting or easing of coronavirus restrictions that have left millions locked up for almost two months. People in one community took to the streets and the next morning were free to leave. https://t.co/DnWzBFCY45
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 27, 2022
Shanghai reported 131 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases for May 27, down from 219 a day earlier, while symptomatic cases also fell to 39 from 45, the city government said on Saturday. https://t.co/T6GPB2YyYA
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) May 28, 2022
China's capital Beijing reported 18 new symptomatic coronavirus cases for May 27, down from 22 a day earlier, the city government said on Saturday. https://t.co/KrE7dSV6AB
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) May 28, 2022
Taiwan COVID update: 127 new deaths reported, the biggest one-day increase on record
– New cases: 80,636
– Average: 82,115 (-567)
– New deaths: 127
– Average: 81 (+10)
– Death toll: 1,911More data: https://t.co/zHhLYOWtW1 pic.twitter.com/OJl6kErBq0
— BNN|Medriva 🇹🇼 Newsroom (@medrivaTW) May 28, 2022
Japan opens up to foreign tourists after two years https://t.co/PvF0xPHasx
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 27, 2022
The country first acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak less than three weeks ago. Experts have said it is hard to assess the actual scale of the situation. https://t.co/yAHr0GaqrZ
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) May 28, 2022
… Some 88,520 more people showed fever symptoms as of Friday evening, compared with nearly 400,000 about 10 days ago, the official KCNA news agency said, citing data from the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters.
The total number of fever patients since April rose to 3.36 million among the 25 million population. KCNA did not report any additional death. As of Friday, the death toll stood at 69.
North Korea has not confirmed the total number of people testing positive for the coronavirus, apparently lacking in testing supplies. Experts have said the announced figures could be underreported, and that it is hard to assess the actual scale of the situation…
Coronavirus LIVE: India Records 2,710 New Covid Cases, 14 Deaths In 24 Hours https://t.co/SXKCABmzHH pic.twitter.com/LQ9G4SCani
— NDTV (@ndtv) May 28, 2022
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The @NIH #LongCOVID study finds 6 distinct forms of long-duration post-#COVID19 that likely require 6 different forms of treatment & recovery.https://t.co/2ckZKT5X00 pic.twitter.com/tuFxNwdRgv
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 27, 2022
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JBS U.S. units to adopt pandemic response plans after COVID outbreaks https://t.co/hRDY9Vfhqu pic.twitter.com/TTID9fxqcG
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 28, 2022
Subsidiaries of meat processor JBS USA LLC [RIC:RIC:JBS.UL] have agreed to implement infectious disease preparedness plans at seven U.S. plants, in the wake of a U.S. congressional report finding that the industry largely failed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among workers.
The agreement was announced on Friday by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which said the companies will work with teams of outside experts to develop and implement new policies on engineering, ventilation, visitor screening, cleaning, and personal protective equipment.
OSHA said the agreement involves plants in six states operated by JBS units Swift Beef Co, Swift Pork Co, JBS Souderton Inc and JBS Green Bay Inc…
In 2020, a total of seven workers at two JBS facilities in Colorado and Wisconsin died from COVID-19 and nearly 650 employees tested positive for the virus.
OSHA on Friday said it had found that the facilities failed to take steps to protect workers and levied $14,502 in fines.
A Reuters analysis of public data published in January found that nearly 90% of U.S. processing plants owned by JBS and four other major meat companies had COVID-19 cases in 2020 and early 2021, and that 269 workers had died during that period…
The announcement comes two weeks after a U.S. House of Representatives panel released a report saying JBS and other large meat processors had failed to adopt measures to stem the spread of COVID-19.
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 1,877 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,500,934 cases. It also reported two deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 35,658 deaths – 0.79% of the cumulative reported total, 0.80% of resolved cases.
There were 25,384 active cases yesterday, 195 more than the day before. 1,098 were in hospital. 30 confirmed cases are in ICU; of these patients, 18 confirmed cases cases are on ventilators. Meanwhile, 1,680 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,439,892 patients recovered – 98.6% of the cumulative reported total.
1,873 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Four new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 18,886 doses of vaccine on 27th May: 8,536 first doses, 8,774 second doses, and 1,576 booster doses. The cumulative total is 70,877,636 doses administered: 27,961,102 first doses, 27,038,701 second doses, and 16,091,882 booster doses. 85.6% of the population have received their first dose, 82.8% their second dose, and 49.3% their booster dose.
Monroe County, NY:
276 new cases reported for 5/27.
Let me start out with some good news, to put in perspective that we are not just facing wave after unrelenting wave.
The BA.2.12.1 variant was first observed in the Central New York upstate region. Cases tripled between March 9 and April 15. As of yesterday, that has completely been unwound: cases are as low as March 9, and tied for the lowest since last August.
Nationwide cases are at 110,800, an increase of only 2550, or 2%, above one week ago. Hospital admissions rose to 26,300, an increase of 3,000 from one week ago, and still lower than any time except May through July 2021 and the last several months. Deaths have risen to 388, an increase of 83 from one week ago. Deaths remain extremely low relative to almost all times during the pandemic.
State data from 91-Divoc is still haywire, but from The NY Times site it appears that cases are at or have peaked throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Upper Midwest, and PR. Cases are also only up slightly – less than 5% week over week – in OR and WA.
In other big States, CA is up 10% in the last week; FL over 10%, TX up over 25%; NC 20%; CO over 40%.
I am increasingly optimistic that we are close to a peak in cases in this wave. We will probably still see deaths over 1000 in a month or two.
Central NYS is the optimistic case for what comes after. Although there was some discussion yesterday about BA.4/5, the fact is it has been around for a month or more at very low levels in urban States in the US, and it does not seem to be making any headway against BA.2.12.1 at this point.
Last day of quarantine and the sore throat went away yesterday so no other symptoms I should be good to go!
@Raven Excellent news! Glad to hear you are well again
@Raven
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I know deaths can lag by several weeks. I would think hospitalizations would lag for about a week. True?
Thanks ya’ll
kalakal It was good to see you the other day!!
@ Raven: Glad that’s past!
Debbie. But now don’t have to worry about rebound, breakthrough and long????
Our two new packages of COVID test kits arrived yesterday in the mail. This time, it was a different manufacturer and each box had 5 tests in them, so two more tests than promised. However, I have never heard of Clinitest manufactured by Siemens. Hmm.
Also, I’m confused about the iHealth test kits. They display a “use by” date on the outside and an expiration date on the inside. The expiration date is months longer than the “use by” date. (The other brands we have had only display an expiration date).
Why a different date and which date is the crucial one, “use by” or expiration?
@ Baud: “ hospitalizations would lag for about a week. True?”
That’s about right. Hope that helps.
@scout211 I think thats like a pharmacy label which has the pharmacist label which is usually a year after it was prescribed and the manufacturers expiration which is usually longer. If its unopened andĂ· stored properly the product is usually good till the manufacturers expiration.
On 5/27 Mainland China reported 71 new domestic confirmed (20 previously asymptomatic), 193 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
At Guangdong Province 9 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 36 active domestic confirmed & 16 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. All areas of the province are now at Low Risk.
At Guangxi “Autonomous” Region 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Hechi) & 13 active domestic asymptomatic (7 at Fangchenggang, 4 at Baise, & 2 at Chongzuo) cases remaining.
At Hunan Province there currently are 3 active domestic confirmed cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Tianjin Municipality reported 4 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 5 are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 2 via regular screening of response workers living in “closed loops”. The city is no longer reporting recoveries, so I cannot track the count of active cases.
Shandong Province reported 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases & 20 active asymptomatic cases in the province. As not all of the administrative divisions in the province provide data on recoveries, I cannot track the count of active cases in all of the administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
__ Qingdao reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a response worker living in “closed loop” found via regular screening.
__ Jinan reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a persons returning from Shanghai & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 9 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city
__ At Yantai there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city.
__ The rest of the province reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 4 at Tai’an & 1 at Jining, all persons returning from Shanghai & under centralized quarantine since arrival.
At Shaanxi Province there currently are 6 active confirmed (5 at Xi’an & 1 at Ankang) cases remaining.
Hebei Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Langfang. 1 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 21 active asymptomatic case in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Liaoning Province reported 11 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 13 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 140 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
__ Yingkou did report any new domestic positive cases.All areas of the city are now at Low Risk.
__ Dandong reported 11 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 2 persons under centralized quarantine & 9 via screening of residents under movement control. There is a new cluster centered around a local college in the past few days, Omicron BA.2.3 Variant, a separate outbreak from the one over the past few weeks. 8 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Jilin Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 2 mild & 1 moderate) & 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 4 domestic confirmed & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not consistently break down recoveries by confirmed & asymptomatic cases or by jurisdictions, I can no longer track the count of active case counts in the different jurisdictions.
__ Yanbian Prefecture reported 3 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 2 mild & 1 moderate) cases, 2 at Tumen & 1 at Hunchun. 1 of the cases at Tumen was previously asymptomatic, & the other was found via screening of . The case at Hunchun was found via community screen. All of the recent cases have been found at villages on the border w/ North Korea. There currently are 6 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city
__ Baishan reported 8 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 7 at Linjiang & 1 at Changbai County, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 12 active domestic confirmed & 63 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
__ Tonghua reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, both at Ji’an, both traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 8 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
__ At Changbaishan the domestic confirmed case recovered.
__ At Changchun 3 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered.
Heihe in Heilongjiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city.
Beijing Municipality reported 19 new domestic confirmed (15 mild & 4 moderate) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine or residents under movement control. As the city does not break down recoveries by imported vs. domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 7 sites are currently at High Risk. 16 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 39 new domestic confirmed (20 previously asymptomatic) & 131 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 149 of the new positive cases were already under quarantine & 1 from community screening. As of early 5/18, 3 of cohabitants of the community case have tested positive (to be included in tomorrow’s data dump), 1 environmental sample taken from the cases’ residents tested positive. There were 0 new deaths. 161 domestic confirmed & 1,737 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1,687 active domestic confirmed (114 serious & 31 critical) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 5 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
At Hubei Province 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic asymptomatic (3 at Jingmen & 2 at Ezhou) cases remaining.
Jiangsu Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed (all mild, all at Nanjing) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Lianyungang, Wuxi & Zhenjiang) cases, all persons coming from elsewhere & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 21 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The case at Suzhou was found via screening of persons in high risk occupations, & the case at Nanjing came from Shanghai & under centralized quarantine since arrival. The currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 25 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in each administrative division, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
At Anhui Province 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 9 active domestic asymptomatic cases (all at Huangshan) in the province.
Zhejiang Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Hangzhou & Shaoxing) cases, both persons under centralized quarantine. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported versus domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Fujian Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
At Guizhou Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Qiannan Prefecture) case remaining.
Jiangxi Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 24 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
__ At Yichun 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 21 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
__ Shangrao did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Henan Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Xuchang, all but 1 at Changge. 9 domestic confirmed & 22 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 120 active domestic confirmed & 425 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Sichuan Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported vs. domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
__ The rest of the province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Chengdu) case, a person coming from elsewhere & under centralized quarantine since arrival.
At Chongqing Municipality 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city.
At Qinghai Province 1 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 11 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 25 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Jingdong in Pu’er, found via regular screening of persons in high risk occupations. 1 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Imported Cases
On 5/27, Mainland China reported 25 new imported confirmed cases (2 previously asymptomatic), 73 imported asymptomatic cases, 3 imported suspect cases:
__ Xiamen in Fujian Province – 12 confirmed cases, 9 coming from Taiwan & 1 from Hong Kong, & 2 crew members off a cargo ship
__ Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, all coming from the US
__ Chongzuo in Guangxi “Autonomous” Region – 4 confirmed & 23 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Vietnam
__ Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 1 each coming from the DRC (via Nairobi) & Sweden (via Istanbul; 6 asymptomatic cases, 2 coming from Uzbekistan South Korea & 1 each from Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea & Vietnam
__ Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 9 asymptomatic case, 7 coming from Hong Kong & 1 each from South Korea & Belarus
__ Foshan in Guangdong Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 each coming from the US & Kyrgyzstan, off flights that landed at Guangzhou
__ Dongguan in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from the UK, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
__ Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 2 confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), the new confirmed case coming from Pakistan; 9 asymptomatic cases, 1 each coming from Hong Kong & Taiwan, 3 from Canada, 2 from Pakistan, & 1 each from Ethiopia & the Netherlands
__ Beijing Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 each coming from Hong Kong & Taiwan; 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
__ Dalian in Liaoning Province – 2 confirmed & 2 asymptomatic cased, no information released
__ Nanjing in Jiangsu Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from the UK (via Singapore); 1 asymptomatic case, coming from South Korea
__ Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 8 asymptomatic cases, 2 each coming from Japan & the UK, & 1 each from Indonesia, South Korea, Chile & Ireland
__ Yantai in Shandong Province – 4 asymptomatic cases, all coming from South Korea
__ Heze in Shandong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, all coming from Thailand
__ Kunming in Guangxi “Yunnan” Region – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Australia
__ Shanghai Municipality – 3 suspect cases, no information released
Overall in Mainland China, 269 confirmed cases recovered (18 imported), 1,987 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (60 imported) & 22 were reclassified as confirmed cases (2 imported ), & 16,005 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 3,099 active confirmed cases in the country (218 imported), 162 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 17,552 active asymptomatic cases (446 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 197,164 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 5/27, 3,377.153M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 1.255M doses in the past 24 hrs. As of 5/27, 86.94% of the > 60 y.o. cohort have taken at least 1 shot, 82.42% fully vaccinated, 63.6% boosted.
On 5/28 Hong Kong reported 270 new positive cases, 31 imported & 239 domestic (85 via RT-PCR & 154 from rapid antigen tests), 1 death (fully vaccinated w/ BioNTech, unboosted).
On 5/28, Taiwan reported 80,881 new positive cases, 46 imported & 80,835 domestic (including 408 moderate or serious). There were 127 new deaths (ages ranging from 90 y.o., actual dates of death between 5/11 – 5/25, 118 having a range of underlying conditions, 79 partially/fully vaccinated).
In the Chinese pandemic response system, Risk level designations (Low/Medium/High) are determined at the municipal CDC level, but degree of movement controls (Precautionary/Restricted Movement/Lockdown) are determined at sub-district level (w/ guidance from municipal CDC). The lowest rung of Chinese administrative system, the community office/neighborhood committee, do not have the power to determine Risk level or official degree of movement control. However, they do have some discretion to tighten movement control beyond what the official designation calls for, based on their aversion to risk. Since the overriding imperative up & down Chinese government bureaucracy is “Dynamic Zero COVID”, some community offices are incentivized to keep the residents in their areas of responsibility locked down to prevent any flare ups, even if the areas is officially designated as “Precautionary”, which should have significant freedom of movement. This is also the greatest cause of popular discontent.
(BTW, this is also why many Chinese jurisdictions insists on separating the children from the parents if only one has tested negative. Their single biggest Key Performance Indicator under “Dynamic COVID Zero” is case incidence rate. If separating the positive child from the negative parents prevents the parents from becoming positive cases, that is what the authorities will do, humanitarian concerns be damned. Still no reason to separate positive children from positive parents.)
So why do protests sometimes work, especially if the community office has tightened movement control significantly beyond official designation? Well the 2nd most important imperative up & down Chinese government bureaucracy is maintaining stability. Having protests garnering attention on social media is a major black mark against any local administrator. If the protests gather enough attention, then its negative affect can override any extreme caution wrt “Dynamic COVID Zero”.
@Raven
Good news. Now show those fish what’s what!
Raven: I’m glad to hear you’re feeling better. That sore throat sounded awful.
We finally got a second booster, Moderna at the Kanawha County Health Dept. Our second booster was just a third vaccination, just before boosters with smaller doses were approved, when the Health Dept feared the loss of vaccine to expiration, they decided to do a walk-in vax program open to anyone.
I had a pretty severe reaction to my second full dose back in March of ’21 — slept 16 hours the first night, napped the next afternoon, went to bed for 16 more hours. When I woke up had whole body charlie horse-style muscle cramps. Was miserable for a couple of weeks, still would do it again, the vax can’t be as bad as the disease.
@Raven: glad to hear you’re better!