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Corona in the USA: New escalation level for infection numbers - alarm also in hospitals

2020-11-11T13:20:49.813Z


After the US presidential election, the infection situation in the US has hit a new low: again, well over 100,000 new infections were registered.


After the US presidential election, the infection situation in the US has hit a new low: again, well over 100,000 new infections were registered.

  • Even after the

    2020 US election *

    , the

    corona numbers

    in the

    USA

    continue to rise rapidly.

  • 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.

  • On Tuesday,

    more than

    136,000 new corona cases * were

    reported

    in the

    USA

    for the first time

    .

  • This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from November 11, 2:01 p.m.:

According to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the

number of

new infections

every

day

with the

coronavirus

in the

USA

rose to

136,325

on Tuesday

.

This is a

record

since the pandemic began.

According to media reports, the number of

Covid-19 patients

in US hospitals also reached a

new high

.

So on Tuesday were the nation's

61,964 people

with the

coronavirus

in

clinics

treated more than ever before, such as, among others,

CNN

reported, citing data from the Covid Tracking Project.

The Covid Tracking Project was started in the spring of

The Atlantic

magazine

and collects and publishes data on the

corona pandemic

in the USA.

Our daily update is published.

States reported 1.2 million tests and 131k cases, the highest single-day total since the pandemic started.

There are 62k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19.

The death toll was 1,347.

pic.twitter.com/WPoX9Nj7ef

- The COVID Tracking Project (@ COVID19Tracking) November 11, 2020

The number of

Covid-19 patients

in clinics has thus roughly

doubled

since September

and has now exceeded the peak in mid-April when the pandemic began, when 59,940 people were treated.

Almost

12,000 people

are currently being

treated

in

intensive care units

.

As the number of patients continues to rise, there is a lack of

medical staff

to provide more hospital beds, the

New York Times wrote

.

Corona in the USA: New York's mayor warns of a second wave

Update from November 10th, 12.46 p.m

.:

Bill de Blasio

, the mayor of

New York

, has

warned

the residents of the metropolis of a

second corona wave

and possibly new

restrictions

.

“We have to prevent a second wave,” said de Blasio.

“It's getting dangerously tight.” The mayor urged all residents to adhere to the hygiene, mask and distance rules.

He also announced that the permission for restaurants, cafes and bars to serve partially indoors will be reviewed.

Further

restrictions

are inevitable if necessary.

“God forbid this continues and we have a full-blown second wave.

That means a lot more restrictions.

Unfortunately, it could also mean that we have to partially close our economy again. "

The

state of New York

and especially

New York City

had become the epicenter of the

corona pandemic

in the

USA

in the spring

.

The infection rate there had stabilized over the summer.

At the end of September, the number of new infections was consistently below 1000. The daily

new infections

in the entire state are now above

3000

again

.

The April record, however, is 12,474.

A total of 536,933 people were infected in New York, 33,343 have died so far.

Corona in the USA: Infection situation reaches new escalation level

Update from November 9, 8:56 p.m

.: In the

USA

, the number of confirmed

corona infections has

risen to more than ten million.

That came out on Monday from data from Johns Hopkins University.

This means the

USA has

the highest absolute number of detected infections, followed by

India

with over 8.5 million cases.

In third place is

Brazil

, where around 5.7 million infections were registered.

The

United States

 had passed the nine million confirmed infections threshold just ten days ago.

The number of new infections recently rose to an average of more than 100,000 per day.

At the weekend, the number was

even more than 120,000,

according to

Johns Hopkins

.

Corona in the USA: Joe Biden presents expert advice - and warns of "very dark winter"

Update from November 9, 7:04 p.m

.: The elected

US President

Joe Biden is

striving for an American leadership role in the fight against the

corona pandemic

.

It is now a matter of

defeating

the

corona virus

everywhere, said Biden on Monday in his hometown of

Wilmington

in the US state of Delaware *.

In his newly formed Expert Council on the

Corona crisis

, he also included experts on international health issues "so that we can restore the global leadership role in the fight against this pandemic".

Biden announced a comprehensive plan to fight

corona

in the

United States

.

It is about protecting the particularly vulnerable groups as a matter of priority.

He named blacks, Latinos and people of Asian origin who were hit harder by the pandemic than others.

All Americans should have free access to a vaccine, the

Democrat

promised

.

It will take months until this is fully developed and available nationwide.

"We are still facing a very dark winter."

+

Joe Biden has big plans in the fight against the coronavirus, he promises in his victory speech in his hometown of Wilmington.

© ANGELA WEISS / AFP

Corona in the USA: United States remains badly affected - more than 1000 deaths in one day

Update from November 8, 10:40 a.m.:

While the US is

celebrating

Joe Biden's

election victory

, the corona virus

continues to spread over the weekend.

As the

New York Times

reported, around 126,156 people tested positive for the

coronavirus

in the past 24 hours

.

More than 1000 people (1013) died within one day with or from the coronavirus.

This means that the

USA

continues to be by far the country most affected by the pandemic in the world, with almost 10 million people there have already tested positive for the

corona

virus.

Coronavirus in the USA: Another corona case in the White House

Update from November 7, 7:05 a.m.:

While

the last and decisive votes in the

US presidential election

are

still being

counted

in the

USA

, the

coronavirus pandemic

continues to spread.

According to information from the

New York Times

, a close employee of President

Donald Trump

has now

tested positive for the

corona

virus.

Accordingly,

Trump's

chief of staff Mark Meadows

received

a positive

test result

on Wednesday

.

A second

test

on Friday also turned out to be positive.

Meadows was in the days before his test still intense in the

election campaign

of

Donald Trump

involved.

The 61-year-old accompanied the

US president

on Tuesday when election officials visited Arlington, Virginia.

+

Mark Meadows is infected with the coronavirus.

He has been Chief of Staff in the White House since the end of March.

© SAUL LOEB / AFP

Coronavirus in the USA: Biden promises to act quickly in the pandemic

Meanwhile, Trump's

competitor Joe Biden

, who currently has a serious chance of moving into the

White House

, announced a rethinking of the corona pandemic in a speech in his home state of Delaware.

From his first day in

office

,

Biden

will

implement a plan to get the

infection

under control.

“We must not waste any more time on party political war,” the

77-year-old

emphasized

.

In the event of a Democratic election victory,

Biden

would be

sworn in

as the new

US president

on January 20, 2021

.

"We can save many lives in the coming months," Biden promised the US citizens.

Coronavirus in the USA: Infection situation reaches new escalation level - 1210 people die in one day

Update from November 6, 11:52 a.m

.: After the

100,000 mark

of daily

corona infections was

exceeded

for the first time in the USA on Wednesday

, the country recorded a new

record number

.

According to Johns Hopkins University,

121,888 new cases

were discovered on Thursday

.

According to this, there were

1210 deaths

in connection with a Sars-CoV-2 * infection

within 24 hours

.

US President

Donald Trump

*, who is currently playing a

hanging game

with challenger

Joe Biden

*

in the presidential election

, had repeatedly said during the election campaign that the US would

soon overcome

the

corona crisis

and that vaccines and new therapeutic agents would soon be available.

He categorically rejected

lockdowns

.

+

Medical staff in New York City take a patient who died with Covid-19 to a refrigerated truck.

© Angela Weiss / AFP

Update from November 5, 9:30 a.m.:

While

the remaining ballots for the

US presidential election are still being

counted

in large parts of the

United States

, the national

infection

situation is

probably

reaching

a new level of escalation.

As the

German Press Agency

announced, the US health authorities registered

new infections

in the six-digit range

within 24 hours for the first time since the start of the

pandemic

.

Coronavirus in the USA: New low point - for the first time over 100,000 new infections

102,831

new infections

with the

Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus

were therefore transmitted.

The number of

new infections

thus exceeds the

high of 99,000 reports within 24 hours, which was only reached last week.

Since the start of the

corona pandemic

in the spring, 9.4 million people in the USA have been

infected

with the

corona

virus.

233,000 people have died so far as a result of

Covid-19

.

Should there be a change of power in the White House in the presidential election, the strategy for combating the

coronavirus

in the

USA could also

change radically.

Incumbent

Donald Trump

had repeatedly stressed during the election campaign that the crisis would soon be over the top.

His challenger

Joe Biden

had sharply criticized the President's corona policy and accused Trump of failing to protect Americans.

Coronavirus in the US: New infections skyrocket on election day

Update November 4, 14:53:

The

United States

on Tuesday - the day of the

US election

with -

more than 91,000 new infections corona

the previously

second-highest daily value

recorded since the start of the pandemic.

That comes from data from the

Johns Hopkins University

in Baltimore on Wednesday.

The highest value so far was registered last Friday when more than 99,000 infections were registered.

In the United States,

more than 232,000 people have died

after being infected with the

coronavirus

.

US President

Donald Trump

repeatedly said during the election campaign that the

US

would soon be over the hill in the crisis - which there are no signs of.

His challenger

Joe Biden

has accused Trump of failing to protect Americans.

Corona in the USA: Fauci expert after criticism before dismissal

Update from November 2, 12:10 p.m.:

Most recently,

Anthony Fauci

, the

head of the highest epidemic authority in

the United States, made an extremely

negative forecast

regarding the corona pandemic.

In an interview with the

Washington Post

, he said the

US

could

"possibly not be worse positioned"

in dealing with the

corona crisis

before the fall and winter.

President

Donald Trump's

response

came at a campaign rally in

Opa-locka

, Florida last night.

Trump

indicated

that he wanted to

fire

Fauci

after the election

.

When the crowd in Florida shouted “Fire Fauci”,

Trump

said, “Don't

tell

anyone, but let me wait until a little while after the election.

I appreciate the advice. ”Fauci is on the

Corona Task Force of

the White House.

At the national health institute he reports to Director

Francis Collins

, who would have to implement a corresponding order from Trump.

The moment President Trump suggested he would fire Dr.

Anthony Fauci after the election.



Quite a closing message as COVID cases spike across the country.

pic.twitter.com/qHLaXVDPL4

- Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) November 2, 2020

Corona in the USA: Trump criticizes "draconian lockdowns" in Europe

Update from November 2, 7:40 a.m .:

US President

Donald Trump

* criticized the "

draconian lockdowns

" in

Europe

at an election campaign event

and

ruled out

such measures for the

USA

despite the sharp rise in the number of infections

.

"Look at what has happened in Europe," said

Trump

on Sunday evening (local time) in

Hickory

, North Carolina.

"People are revolting, they want and can no longer do that."

Trump

added: "Europe has imposed draconian lockdowns, and yet their case numbers are exploding, the number of their deaths is rising sharply, and their economies are - let's face it, You see what happens - you are in ruins. ”He added that the

US, of

course, only wished Europe well.

The Republican accused his Democratic challenger

Joe Biden of

imposing

a

lockdown

in the

US

and "turning America into a prison state"

if he won the presidential election on Tuesday

.

"The Biden lockdown will lead to

innumerable deaths

and wipe out a whole generation of dreams."

Trump

again praised his crisis management in the

corona pandemic

, which a majority of Americans have viewed negatively for months.

Biden

has not

announced

a

lockdown

but has promised

to listen

to the

advice of scientists

.

He wrote on Twitter on Sunday: "Donald Trump has given up trying to get the virus under control."

More than 230,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 –– and Donald Trump has given up on trying to get the virus under control.



He may have quit on you, but I promise I never will.

- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 1, 2020

Coronavirus in the USA: President Trump rules out lockdown

Update from November 1, 7:54 p.m.:

US President Donald Trump

has

ruled out

a

lockdown

, although the number of infections in the United States is currently increasing extremely.

"I'm delivering the big American comeback and we have no lockdowns," announced Trump in Michigan during an

election campaign appearance

.

He also criticized

Europe

and accused the countries there of

losing

control of the

corona pandemic

despite lockdown.

“Now you have to do everything all over again.

What the fuck are you doing?

I think I'll go over and explain it to them, ”said the 74-year-old.

In addition, Trump put forward

wild theses

about his democratic opponent in the race for the

US presidency

.

Joe Biden is

aiming for a seemingly endless lockdown in the

US

for "a few years"

if he

wins the election

, the Republican claimed.

Biden wants to LOCKDOWN our country, maybe for years.

Crazy!

There will be NO LOCKDOWNS.

The great American Comeback is underway !!!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

Sad corona record shortly before the US election - expert Fauci attacks Trump: "Couldn't be worse"

Update from November 1, 4:32 p.m.:

Two days before the

US election

*

, the

head of

the United States'

highest epidemic authority issued

an extremely negative forecast of the pandemic.

“We are facing a

lot of suffering

.

It's not a good situation, ”said

Anthony Fauci

in an interview with the

Washington Post

.

The doctor also said that one could

“not possibly be worse positioned”

in

the

USA

with regard to the coming winter.

Most recently, the country had

cracked

the

nine million mark

in corona infected people since the beginning of the pandemic

.

Coronavirus in the USA: Sad record exceeded

Update from October 31st, 1:40 p.m.:

The

USA is

again

breaking a bitter record

in the

coronavirus pandemic

: With almost

100,000 new infections

within one day, the country has reached

a new high

just before the

2020 presidential election

.

On Friday, the

Johns Hopkins University

reported 99,321 cases - almost 11,000 more infected than the day before.

According to her,

around

9.05 million

people have tested positive for the

coronavirus

in the

USA

- out of a total of around 330 million inhabitants - since the beginning of the

pandemic

.

The

United States is

also the

sad record holder for

the death toll in the

pandemic

.

Approximately 229,700 people are the

coronavirus

already fallen victim to date, more than in any other country in the world.

The number of

new infections

last week

exceeded

the

80,000 mark

for the first time since the beginning of the

pandemic

- and in spring and summer doctors and hospitals in many places were no longer able to cope with the mass of sick people.

Update from October 30th, 9:34 p.m.:

The

USA

has

broken

a sad

record

.

According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University

,

over nine million people

have

been

infected

with the virus

since the

coronavirus pandemic began

in the United States

.

The USA therefore had the

highest absolute number of detected infections

.

With more than eight million corona cases, India ranks second.

Brazil is in third place (just under 5.5 million).

In the USA, the threshold of eight million registered infections had only been exceeded two weeks ago.

In total

, around 230,000 Americans died

from the corona virus,

more than in any other country in

the world.

Coronavirus in the USA: Boston starts test initiative

Update from October 30, 2:45 p.m.:

Due to the 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 which 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

reached

a new

high

within one day in the

United States

.

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 popular dissatisfaction with 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

List of rubric lists: © dpa / Andrew Harnik

Source: merkur

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