Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Thursday 13-August-2020
Dr. Stuart Weiss, FACEP, FAAP, CBCP
August 13, 2020
Today’s topics: New Death Toll Record, Flu Vaccine
| Highest Death Toll since May Yesterday, 1,499 American lost their lives. This is the highest death toll since May. As expected, with the record numbers of cases 4-5 weeks ago and record hospital admissions, we are now seeing record death tolls. Across the South, states continue to have record numbers of deaths. Flu Vaccine Yesterday, one of my readers sent me a question about seasonal Flu vaccine. They hadn’t heard much about it and asked me if I had. In an article in CIDRAP News and Perspective from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, they reported today that pharmaceutical companies are increasing their output by 13%. The CDC Director, Dr. Robert Redfield, has said that flu vaccine will be critical this year. Hospitals around the country are often filled with very sick patients each year with seasonal flu. Adding those sick patients to the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2 would put a huge burden on hospitals. It has the potential for making this a very tough winter for us. Dr. Redfield said that this could be one of the worst falls in US history from a public health standpoint. People must consider strongly getting a flu vaccine this year. Keep yourself out of the hospital and let the healthcare workers focus on CoViD-19 cases instead of preventable flu cases. Be well and take care of yourself. There are storm clouds on the horizon. –Dr. Stu |
COVID-19 HEADLINES FOR TODAY
| Coronavirus update for August 13, 2020 World Wide Updates Russian officials say “US is not currently open” to their vaccine India records nearly 67,000 new Covid-19 cases in its highest single-day spike Covid-19 pandemic costs global economy $375 billion a month, WHO says WHO says there isn’t “sufficient information” to make a judgement about Russian Covid-19 vaccine New Covid-19 measures implemented in Peru as transmission increases 75% among children Venezuela reports new record daily number of Covid-19 cases as total nears 30,000 Okinawa extends state of emergency for two weeks Vaccine production for Latin America to begin in Mexico in 2021, AstraZeneca executive says Iraq records 3,841 new Covid-19 cases — highest daily case increase since start of pandemic Cruises on the Mediterranean Sea return Aug. 16 — but it’s not back to business as usual Mexico and Argentina will produce up to 250 million vaccines for Latin America, Argentina’s president says Cases surge in Europe amid concerns over a second Covid-19 wave Indian religious leader, Nitya Gopal Das, who stood beside Narendra Modi at ceremony tests positive for Covid-19 Mexico cases approach 500,000 Chinese officials say imported chicken wings from Brazil tested positive for Covid-19 Study suggests 13% of Londoners have coronavirus antibodies Hong Kong reports 69 new cases as officials attempt to contain third wave Philippines to begin clinical trials of Russian vaccine in October In the age of coronavirus, these new Seoul bus shelters refuse entry to anyone with a fever More than 800 million children aren’t able to wash their hands at school: WHO and UNICEF report Another Indian cabinet minister tests positive for Covid-19 Genome sequence from fresh New Zealand cluster “closely resembles” patterns from UK and Australia New Zealand reports 14 new coronavirus cases as officials warn of more infections to come UK government removes France from Covid-19 travel corridor list Germany admits delay in thousands of virus test results Spain struggling with new surge of COVID cases Total Cases Worldwide: 21,026,369 Total Deaths Worldwide: 751,639 Total Recovered: 13,821,319 US Updates US stocks open and finish mixed Wisconsin surpasses 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths “in just over 6 months,” governor says US is doing the “appropriate amount of testing” to reduce Covid-19 spread, HHS official says Congressional action on new relief package likely to wait until September — at least Georgia governor withdraws lawsuit over Atlanta mask mandate and Covid-19 restrictions Biden calls for national mask mandate Senate will adjourn Thursday despite no deal on stimulus bill, McConnell says A group of parents are suing the California governor over in-person learning restrictions Illinois surpasses 200,000 Covid-19 positive cases Biden and Harris will participate in a coronavirus briefing today Football player accuses his Florida university of lying about Covid-19 safety Atlanta mayor orders actions to address racial and ethnic disparities due to Covid-19 Colorado governor will extend statewide mask order No current plans to delay school reopenings in New York City and every New York City public school will have a certified nurse when they reopen, mayor says This Ohio preschool teacher travels to kids’ homes to help them learn St. Louis order limiting bar, restaurant and nightclub capacity goes into effect today White House economic adviser says they’ll adjust executive order on payroll tax to include self-employed The US reported its highest number of fatalities yesterday since May First-time jobless claims fall below 1 million for the first time since March Over 2,000 people are quarantined as US schools reopen Trump says the administration will provide up to 125 million masks to school districts US has averaged over 1,000 coronavirus deaths per day for 16 straight days California’s Covid-19 death rate remains high as overall cases and hospitalizations drop Don’t expect to have a vaccine by October, NIH director says Kansas City mayor extends Covid-19 state of emergency into next year Trump doubles-down on defunding the U.S. Postal Service due to election concerns Total US cases: 5,400,841 Total US deaths: 169,915 Total Recovered: 2,822,375 Total Tested in US: 63,731,305 Total cases in CA: 599,699 Total deaths in CA: 10,864 Total cases in FL: 557,137 Total deaths in FL: 8,917 Total cases in TX: 532,985 Total deaths in TX: 9,229 Total cases in NY: 453,167 Total deaths in NY: 32,886 |
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