The infection situation in the USA continues to worsen.
New York City threatens to become a coronavirus hotspot again.
The governor reacts with new measures.
One week after the
2020 US election
,
new corona infections
* in the
US
continue to
rise
.
Johns Hopkins University
* has been
reporting
more than 100,000 new cases every day for
seven days
.
The
situation is also coming to a head again
in the metropolis of
New York City
.
This news ticker is updated regularly.
Update from November 13, 10:02 a.m.:
Texas was
the
first US state to
exceed the
one million confirmed corona cases
mark.
Around 10,000
new infections are known
there every day
.
The number of patients who have to
be treated in hospital
in connection with the
coronavirus
is almost 7,000, of which around
1,900 are
infected in an
intensive care unit
.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been almost 20,000 corona deaths in Texas, 141 on Wednesday alone.
Most of the new infections have been found in the border town of
El Paso
in recent weeks
.
Every seventh
corona patient
hospitalized in Texas is in El Paso.
Almost 300 people are in the
intensive care unit
.
The hospitals there
no
longer
have
any capacity
, as
reported by
focus.de
.
A
temporary hospital
was therefore
built
in the city's convention
center.
In addition, tents were set up to take care of patients.
Six mobile cooling devices
have already been
delivered
that can
hold
a total of
176 corpses
.
“It could be up to 20 a day for the next two to three weeks.
The number of deaths could continue to rise, ”said District Judge
Ricardo Samaniego
the local
broadcaster KFOX
.
A nurse said what he was currently
experiencing
in
El Paso
was "harder" than the time he spent in
New York
, the country's
Corona hotspot,
in the spring
.
BREAKING: Judge Ricardo Samaniego says El Paso will have to move to 10 mobile morgues as COVID-19 deaths continue to spike.
El Paso set up its 4th mobile morgue just a week ago.
Six more are now needed.
Judge says he's now leaning toward extending the county's shutdown order.
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- Keenan Willard (@KeenanKFOX_CBS) November 9, 2020
District judge
Samaniego
ordered a two-week closure of all non-essential shops at the end of October.
Governor
Greg Abbott
described the order as unlawful.
Even
Dee Margo
, the mayor of
El Paso
, leaning Samaniegos arrangement, and even appealed on television to citizens to leave open shops.
Several companies and the Texas Attorney General joined forces in a lawsuit to block the judge's order.
The
state court
ruled in favor of Samaniego's restrictions.
On Wednesday these were extended until December 1st.
Corona in the USA: Governor of New York calls on citizens - "Take it seriously"
First report from November 12th:
New York City - In
spring, the
metropolis of
New York City
stood like no other city for the extreme severity with which the United States was
hit
by the first wave of the
corona pandemic
.
In
April,
US President
Donald Trump
*
made the infection process in New York, which had got out of control, a top priority in April, at least insofar as he sent a US hospital ship to the Big Apple.
The "USNS Comfort" should help
to relieve
the hopelessly overloaded
hospitals
in the metropolis.
More than half a year later,
Donald Trump
missed re-election as US President - in the opinion of many experts, not least because of his
Corona policy
- and
New York City could
again develop into a
second wave *
Corona hotspot
.
"It's getting really worse every day," said New York State Governor
Andrew Cuomo
of the Democrats on Wednesday.
In order to ease the burden on the
health system
, Cuomo ordered stricter measures.
“The increase in cases is there.
We're taking
action
, but
we
need New Yorkers to do their part.
Wear a
mask
.
Let yourself be tested *.
Follow the health guidelines.
Take it seriously, ”Cuomo wrote on Twitter.
COVID is getting worse by the day.
All around the country.
The fall surge is here.
We are taking action but we need New Yorkers to do their part.
Wear a mask. Get tested.
Follow all health guidelines.
Take this seriously.
- Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) November 11, 2020
Corona in the USA: New restrictions in New York - "last chance"
As of Friday, restaurants, bars and fitness studios should close at 10 p.m.
Private indoor meetings are limited to a maximum of ten people.
If the
measures
did not ensure relaxation of the
infection
situation,
the interior rooms
could also be completely
closed
,
Cuomo
said
.
Bill de Blasio, the Mayor of
New York City
, also described the measures as a “last chance” to
avert
an escalation in the second
corona wave
.
+
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, wears a face mask during a press conference in Terminal B at Laguardia Airport.
© Mark Lennihan / AP / dpa
Across the US, the number of
new infections
has risen significantly again in recent weeks.
The
Johns Hopkins University
from Baltimore has reported daily new infection values of over 100,000 for a week.
On Wednesday, 136,325
new infections
were reported
for the entire country
.
In addition, 1,420 people died within 24 hours as a result of
Covid-19
*
.
Corona worries in the White House too: Trump's political director tested positive
Meanwhile, there are also
new
corona worries
for
US President Donald Trump
, who continues to refuse to defeat
Joe Biden
in the US presidential election
*
to admit.
Less than a month after the
US President's
corona infection
, another
White House
employee
tested positive *.
According to information from CNN and the New York Times, this is Trump's political director Brian Jack.
Jack had attended an election party at the White House last week.
(fd) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network
List of rubric lists: © Seth Wenig / AP / dpa
