A few days before the 2020 US election, the United States is reporting a sad record of corona case numbers.
There is a test initiative in the city of Boston.
A few days before the
2020 US election *
, the
corona numbers
in the
US
are rising
rapidly.
More than
88,000 new corona cases *
were reported
in the
United States
on Friday
.
The situation is also
coming to a head in the
“swing states”
that may be decisive for the election
.
There's a new testing initiative in Boston.
This news ticker is updated regularly.
Update from October 30th, 2:45 p.m.:
Due to increasing
corona numbers,
employees in the
city of Boston
are
now able to get tested during working hours.
Mayor Marty Walsh
said
on Thursday as part of a new test initiative in the city.
"We offer every authorized employee in the city a paid hour every 14 days to be tested during working hours", he is
quoted
by the
dpa
.
This is intended to encourage citizens to be proactively tested.
After all, the
virus
also
spreads to
people without
symptoms
.
“You can protect yourself and your family by taking a test,” said Walsh.
There are now 30 test stations in the city, some of them are mobile.
Coronavirus in the US: Sad record shortly before the election - Biden accuses Trump
First report from October 30, 2020, 10:04 a.m .:
Washington / Munich - Just a few days before the historic
2020 US election
, the number of
new infections
with the
coronavirus
within one day in the
United States has reached
a new
high
.
According to data from the
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
on Friday,
88,521 new corona cases were
recorded
in the United States on Thursday
.
The day before it was just under 10,000 less.
Corona in the US: Almost 9 million confirmed cases - more than 228,000 dead
According to JHU, there have been almost
8.95 million confirmed corona cases
in the United States with its around 330 million inhabitants since the beginning of the pandemic
.
More than
228,000
people
died
in connection with the
coronavirus *
.
On Thursday alone, authorities reported
971 new deaths
related to
Covid-19 *
.
Last week, the number of
new corona infections *
within 24 hours
exceeded the
80,000
mark
for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic
.
The
Johns Hopkins University
website
is regularly updated with incoming data.
Therefore, it shows a higher level than the official figures of the
World Health Organization (WHO)
.
Corona in the USA: Numbers are also increasing in the "swing states" - Biden accuses Trump
According to a report by the
Washington Post
, the number of
new corona infections is
also
increasing
in the so-called
"swing states"
.
These are the particularly hard-fought states * that will win the
presidential election *
could be crucial in the coming week.
The
weekly average of new cases
in these states has
increased
by
about 45 percent
in the past two weeks
, the report said.
Iowa
,
Michigan
,
Minnesota
and
Pennsylvania
had records, and
Florida
and
Georgia are also
rising again.
I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 PM Feeling really good!
Don't be afraid of Covid.
Don't let it dominate your life.
We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge.
I feel better than I did 20 years ago!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020
The
US election 2020 * is
due
next Tuesday
.
According to polls, the Democratic challenger
Joe Biden * is
ahead.
This could also be related to the dissatisfaction among the population about President
Donald Trump's *
handling of the
corona crisis
.
He claims that his crisis management may have prevented millions of deaths.
Biden,
on the other hand, accuses
Trump of
failure, accusing him of being responsible for the
deaths of tens of thousands of US citizens
.
(ph / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network
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