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3 hours ago
More than 300,000 deaths expected by the end of the year in the US.
A well-known coronavirus model previously cited by the White House predicts more than 317,000 deaths in the United States from covid-19 by December.
As of Friday morning, the University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) model projects that 317,312 people may die from the disease, marking an increase in approximately 8,000 deaths from a previous model estimate projected a week ago.
The new IHME estimate suggests the US could have more than 136,000 additional deaths between now and December, and the daily death rate could rise to more than 2,000 per day.
However, IHME researchers noted on their website on Thursday, when they updated their model, that "if the use of masks in public increases to 95%, more than 67,000 lives could be saved."
Another forecast from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention puts the death toll in the United States at 200,000 by September 19.
Projections released Thursday forecast 200,292 deaths for Sept. 19, with a possible range of 195,824 to 207,269 deaths.
“Joint forecasts at the state and territory levels predict that the number of new deaths reported per week may decrease in 18 jurisdictions. Trends in the number of reported deaths going forward are uncertain or expected to remain stable in the other jurisdictions, ”the CDC says on its forecast website.
Unlike some individual models, the CDC's aggregate forecast projects only about a month. The previous joint forecast, released on August 20, projected approximately 195,000 coronavirus deaths by September 12.
3 hours ago
Mexico reports more than 5,800 new cases of coronavirus and 552 new deaths
By Karol Suárez
(Credit: ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP via Getty Images)
On Friday, the Mexican Ministry of Health registered 5,824 new cases of covid-19, bringing the total number in the country to 585,738.
The Ministry of Health reported 552 new deaths for a total of 63,146.
Mexico has the third highest number of deaths in the world from coronavirus, only behind the United States and Brazil, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Mexico ranks third in Latin America in terms of its total number of coronavirus cases, behind only Brazil and Peru.
11 hours ago
Ecuador confirms 112,141 coronavirus cases and 6,504 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador confirmed this Friday 112,141 cases of coronavirus and 6,504 deaths. In an infographic they indicated that 80,264 people recovered. Regarding those hospitalized, 874 are stable and 381 with a reserved prognosis.
So far, 323,303 samples have been taken, between PCR and rapid.
On the other hand, there are 3,722 deaths “probable due to covid-19 at the national level”.
12 hours ago
New York reports lowest rate of covid-19 infection since pandemic began
Governor Andrew Cuomo's office announced this Friday in a press release that 0.65% of the nearly 98,000 coronavirus tests reported to New York State on Thursday were positive, the lowest covid-19 infection rate in the world. been since the pandemic began.
“Fighting COVID-19 requires tremendous courage and discipline on the part of New Yorkers and I thank you for today's new record infection rate. This is evidence that what each of us does to slow the spread - wear masks, social distancing, and wash our hands - makes a real difference, "Cuomo said in the statement.
To date, eight million coronavirus tests have been performed in New York and the state's infection rate has been consistently below 1% every day for three weeks, the governor's office added.
16 hours ago
Merkel warns that the coronavirus pandemic will get "more difficult" in the coming months
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the coronavirus pandemic "is likely to become more difficult in the coming months" and warned that society "will never be the same again" until a successful vaccine is developed.
"Things will not return to normal until we have a coronavirus vaccine," Merkel said Friday.
"We will have to live longer with new [cases] of coronavirus," he added.
During her annual summer press conference in Berlin, Merkel stressed that 'the economy must be kept alive or come back to life', adding that Germany 'will work with the European Parliament so that the recovery fund can be launched early in the month. next year".
The chancellor's comments come just one day after the introduction of stricter measures in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus ahead of the fall and winter season, including new travel regulations.
"We can see that the number of infections has increased in recent weeks ... we take this increase in the summer months very seriously," said Merkel.
16 hours ago
El Salvador: 25,415 confirmed cases of covid-19 and 702 deaths
This Friday, the Ministry of Health of El Salvador reported through a statement that 131 new cases of covid-19 and 8 deaths were registered.
To date, El Salvador has registered 25,415 confirmed cases of covid-19 and 702 people have died since the start of the pandemic.
16 hours ago
In Argentina, cases and deaths double in a few weeks
By Tim Lister
Argentina continues to experience a rapid increase in the number of new reported coronavirus cases, and both this number and the death toll have doubled in recent weeks, according to data from the Health Ministry.
On Thursday, 10,104 new cases were reported, bringing the total cases to 380,292. The number of infected with covid-19 in Argentina has doubled since July 31.
Argentina has reported a total of 8,050 deaths, a figure that has doubled since August 4. On Thursday, the Health Ministry announced 106 additional deaths, but since last week the daily average number of deaths has exceeded 200.
The Ministry of Health reported that the vast majority of deaths are registered in the capital, Buenos Aires and the neighboring province of the same name. The same applies to the number of registered cases. Some 327,000 of the 380,000 cases identified so far are in the city and province of Buenos Aires.
The government has extended lockdown measures in an effort to contain the spread of the virus.
17 hours ago
Spain authorizes a clinical trial in humans for a covid-19 vaccine
By Laura PĂ©rez Maestro and Isa Tejera
The Spanish Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, announced during a press conference this Friday that "this morning, the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products has authorized the first clinical trial in our country of a vaccine for covid-19."
Illa explained that the phase 2 clinical trial will be conducted with a vaccine from Janssen, a company that is part of the Johnson & Johnson corporation. Phase 1 of the trial was conducted in the US and Belgium and involved 1,045 people. In Spain, this phase 2 will be carried out in 190 healthy people between 18 and 55 years old and in some over 65 years old. “When vaccines reach phase 2 of the clinical trial, it means that we know that the vaccine does not produce adverse reactions. But we need to find out the dose needed for immunity and if and when we need a second dose, ”he added.
He also stressed that this trial is only part of the efforts that Spain is making to get a vaccine. "We are participating in the European search for the vaccine, we are one of the seven countries that have teams negotiating with different companies," said Illa. And regarding the vaccine that AstraZeneca is producing, she announced "we can wait for the first doses, if all goes well, and guaranteeing safety, by the end of December."
20 hours ago
Tokyo exceeds 20,000 cases of covid-19
By Kaori Enjoji
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Tokyo surpassed 20,000 on Thursday after the Japanese capital recorded 250 more infections, according to the metropolitan government.
In response, the local government said Thursday that it would extend an appeal to alcoholic beverages restaurants and bars to voluntarily shorten their hours until September 15. The request to close before 10 p.m. would end on August 31
The government will give a benefit of 150,000 yen (US $ 1,410) to companies that comply, according to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.
Growing number of cases: New cases in Tokyo were among 872 new infections and 12 virus-related deaths recorded across the country on Thursday, according to the Japanese Ministry of Health.
That brings the national total to 66,285 confirmed cases, including 1,251 deaths.
20 hours ago
The United States registers almost 46,000 new cases of covid-19
By Joe Sutton
There were 45,966 new coronavirus cases and 1,116 virus-related deaths in the United States on Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
That brings the national total to at least 5,867,785 confirmed COVID-19 infections, including 180,824 deaths.
Totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
20 hours ago
Peru seeks to explain its high fatality rate from covid-19
By Tim Lister
The high fatality rate from coronavirus in Peru, the second highest in the world according to data from Johns Hopkins University, is due to the country's transparency with statistics, said a senior Peruvian official.
Peru has recorded 88 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the university's Coronavirus Resource Center, slightly ahead of Belgium and only behind the microstate of San Marino in northern Italy.
"I do not know of another country that during the pandemic shows such transparency in the number of deaths, by including the number of suspected deaths from covid to the number of deaths from covid," said Walter Martos, president of the Council of Ministers of Peru.
Martos said a study is being carried out on people who died and were diagnosed with coronavirus "even when they may have died from other causes or other diseases."
As of Wednesday, Peru's Ministry of Health had confirmed a total of 613,378 coronavirus cases, including 28,124 deaths.
20 hours ago
Bolsonaro: Brazil's finances "will sink" if covid-19 emergency aid remains the same
By Marcia Reverdosa
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that the country's public finances will "sink" if the government's scheme providing emergency coronavirus stipends to the country's poor continues in its current form.
During his weekly live broadcast on Facebook, Bolsonaro spoke about the conversations he is having with Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes about the country's growing fiscal deficit.
«I tried to talk to Paulo Guedes. I can't keep giving the 600 reais (per month) but I said that 200 reais is very little too. 600 reais is not enough for those who receive it, but it is a lot for those who pay, ”said Bolsonaro.
Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America, currently provides 600 reais (US $ 107) a month to the poor as emergency payment due to the pandemic, a value agreed by Congress earlier this year, despite Bolsonaro I wanted to give only 200 reais a month.
“Some people criticize me… but Brazil is accumulating a (huge) debt. (The government delivers) 50,000 million reais a month. Do you know how much that is? ”He asked.
Bolsonaro said he has given the economy minister until Friday to come up with a new plan to provide the financial assistance.
Brazil has registered more than 3.76 million cases of covid-19, with a total of 118,649 deaths, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Only the United States has registered more cases and deaths from coronavirus globally.
21 hours ago
Latin America exceeds 7 million cases of covid-19
By Hande Atay Alam
New coronavirus cases in Latin America topped 7 million on Thursday, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center and calculations by CNN.
The current number of known confirmed COVID-19 cases in the region is now 7,020,744.
Brazil has reported the highest number of infections in Latin America with 3,761,391. The country has identified the second highest number of confirmed cases in the world after the United States.
The countries that follow Brazil with the highest number of covid-19 cases in Latin America are Peru, Mexico, Colombia and Chile.
21 hours ago
They project more than 200,000 deaths from coronavirus in the US for September 19
By Jamie Gumbrecht
A joint forecast released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now projects more than 200,000 deaths from coronavirus in the US by September 19.
The new projections, released Thursday, forecast 200,292 deaths by Sept. 19, with a possible range of 195,824 to 207,269 deaths.
Joint forecasts at the state and territorial levels predict that the number of new deaths reported per week may decline in 18 jurisdictions. Trends in the number of deaths reported going forward are uncertain or expected to remain stable in the other jurisdictions, ”the CDC says on its forecast website.
Unlike some individual models, the CDC's joint forecast only offers projections about a month into the future. The previous joint forecast, released on August 20, projected approximately 195,000 coronavirus deaths by September 12.
At least 180,590 people have already died from COVID-19 in the US, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
22 hours ago
Havana imposes curfew as coronavirus cases rise
By Patrick Oppmann
For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit Cuba, the inhabitants of Havana will be subject to a night curfew and will not be allowed to travel to other provinces of the country, the governor of the capital, Reinaldo GarcĂa Zapata, announced Thursday. .
The ruling Communist Party of Cuba has struggled to control a second wave of covid-19 in Havana, just weeks after declaring that the country was nearing the end of the pandemic.
The curfew from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. will begin on September 1 and will last at least 15 days, Zapata said.
Zapata said that penalties for people who do not wear a mask would be increased and that the consumption of alcohol in public would be prohibited.
Cuba, with a population of 11 million people, has so far registered 3,806 cases of coronavirus and 92 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
22 hours ago
Brazil registers more than 44,000 new cases of covid-19
By Marcia Reverdosa
Brazil reported 44,235 new coronavirus cases and 984 deaths in the last 24 hours, its Health Ministry said Thursday.
The country has registered more than 3.76 million cases of covid-19, with a total of 118,649 deaths so far, according to the ministry.
Brazil remains the second country after the United States with the highest total number of coronavirus cases and deaths globally.
23 hours ago
The White House announces the purchase of 150 million rapid tests
By Matthew Hoye
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced the purchase of 150 million rapid covid-19 tests on Twitter Thursday afternoon.
"This is a major breakthrough that will help our country stay open, get Americans back to work, and kids go back to school!" McEnany tweeted.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the deal with Abbott Laboratories is worth $ 750 million.
Some background: Abbott Labs yesterday received emergency approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its rapid antigen test, which can detect a COVID-19 infection in 15 minutes.
The FDA Emergency Use Authorization is for Abbott's BinaxNOW Covid-19 Ag Card. BinaxNOW, the size of a credit card, will cost US $ 5 and will come with a free mobile app that will allow people who test negative to display a stamped, temporary health pass that is renewed each time a test is performed. new test.
The antigen test, which involves a nasal swab, uses the same type of technology as the flu test. Abbott says it anticipates producing 50 million BinaxNOW tests per month by October.
"The massive scale of this test and application will allow tens of millions of people to have access to rapid and reliable tests," said Joseph Petrosino, professor of virology at Baylor College of Medicine, in a statement issued by Abbott.
With reporting by CNN's David Goldman, Andrea Kane, and Nadia Kounang.
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