Current nationwide coronavirus cases and deaths

By artappraiser on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 10:05pm |

THREAD: Nationwide new covid19 cases and hospitalizations, excluding data from New York tristate area, continue to rise. Once declines in the New York area are added to recent trends, we still see a persistent, multi-week plateau at about 30,000 new cases a day and 2,000 deaths. pic.twitter.com/tIHKeV534c
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) May 2, 2020

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https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1256404222318456832

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undercount of children?

In New York state, which has the largest number of children severely affected by the virus, 10 children who tested positive had died as of April 30, and at least 56 children had been admitted into pediatric intensive care units. https://t.co/KNPc42nh9K
— The Intercept (@theintercept) May 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 10:45pm

Meanwhile... In Oregon, which has reported some of the fewest cases per capita in the country, Gov. Kate Brown said no major reopenings until at least mid-May.

“This process will happen much more slowly than any of us would like,” Ms. Brown said. https://t.co/bZwcDTiBkD
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) May 2, 2020

also this suggests reopening by governors is not always what it's cracked up to be by some media:

The Governor of Texas Told Museums They Can Legally Reopen This Week. Texas Museums Said: No Thanks

Museums across the state are still planning how they will safely resume operations.

@ artnet.com, April 29, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 10:56pm

Wherever you live in America listening to me right now, in your town, in your county, the place where the most lives are going to be stolen by this thing are the lives in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. So you should know where these facilities are in your community. pic.twitter.com/3hMCuSfiq3
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) May 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 11:03pm

NYC nursing home forced to use refrigerator truck for coronavirus victims' bodies as toll neared 100

By Brooke Seipel @ TheHill.com, May 1

A nursing home in New York City says it has been faced with so many coronavirus deaths it was forced to store bodies in a refrigerator truck as overwhelmed funeral homes take days to pick up victims.

The 705-bed Isabella Geriatric Center in Manhattan has reported 98 resident deaths believed to be linked to COVID-19, The Associated Press reported Friday. The number was described by Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) as "absolutely horrifying" and "impossible to imagine" for just one senior living facility.

Audrey Waters, a spokeswoman for the nursing home, told the AP in an email that shorthanded staff, limited coronavirus testing and a struggle to obtain personal protective equipment added to the challenge of fighting COVID-19 in the nursing home.

“Isabella, like all other nursing homes in New York City, initially had limited access to widespread and consistent in-house testing to quickly diagnose our residents and staff,” Waters told the AP. “This hampered our ability to identify those who were infected and asymptomatic, despite our efforts to swiftly separate anyone who presented symptoms.”

She said on Friday the Isabella Geriatric Center is only just "getting more access to testing."

Local outlet New York 1 first reported on Thursday that the center had more than 90 deaths, but that only 13 had been officially reported by the state [....]

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/02/2020 - 6:02am

for those interested in more on that, see ABC News video report here, locals (in Washington Heights) blaming the city, state, governor and mayor, state blaming the nursing home, buck stops nowhere so far:

https://abc7ny.com/health/investigation-sought-into-nursing-homes-covid-death-reporting/6143085/

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/02/2020 - 6:12am

There's one thing that distinguishes the nursing homes in New York that have reported patient deaths from COVID-19. According to an NPR analysis, they are far more likely to be made up of people of color.

NPR looked at 78 nursing homes in New York in which six or more residents have died of COVID-19. In one facility, 55 people have died as of April 20. Ten others report 30 or more deaths.

Seven of the 11 nursing homes with the highest number of deaths report that 46 percent or more of their residents are "non-white." Most of these "non-white" residents are black and latinx. At one facility, the Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Queens, which reported 45 deaths, 80 percent of the residents are minority, including 47 percent who are Asian.

NPR filed a public records request with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and collected data on every nursing home in the United States. We focused our analysis on New York because that state has the most deaths of COVID-19, by far.

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/22/841463120/in-new-york-nursing-homes-death-comes-to-facilities-with-more-people-of-color

by rmrd0000 on Sat, 05/02/2020 - 10:43pm

New: US saw its largest one-day death toll from the coronavirus pandemic to date. 2,909 U.S. residents died on Thursday, shattering the previous record of 2,471 deaths that were reported on April 23. #COVID19 https://t.co/fMIuEGmAu1
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 3, 2020

"On April 20, less than two weeks ago, Donald Trump predicted the ultimate coronavirus death toll would be between 50,000 and 60,000. At the time, the bet, however grotesque morally, seemed relatively safe politically." (1/x) https://t.co/KhjTifrzD4
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) May 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/02/2020 - 10:12pm

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