United States
CDC trends
https:/covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
https://covidtracking.com
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5
Cases, + 243,346 + 266,197 + 310,080 = 21,654,108
Up 23.2% in 7 days
Testing, + 1,914,839 + 2,137,494
Up 4.9% in past 7 days
Positivity rate, 13.8%
Hospitalizations, 131,889 (23,886) (7,909)
Up 5.3% in past 7 days
Deaths, + 3,915 = 367,000
This is an underestimate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/12/fauci-puts-it-bluntly-coronavirus-deaths-are-undercounted/
Vaccinations
Sent out, 17.3 million
Given, 6,688,000
UK
London ICU
Dr. Zudin Puthucheary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Auq9mYxFEE
Full beyond bursting
More patients than we have ever had
Less staff
Rest of hospital full beyond bursting
It’s not going to be enough
Average age 60
90% were working before getting sick
30% mortality
70% disabled for years to come
Younger patients all around the country
Staff getting vaccinated
Decision making likely to be taken away from intensivists
TFL footfall double first wave
https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases
Data, 9th Jan 2021
Cases, 60,916 + 62,322 + 52,618 + 68,053 = 2,975,427
Hospitalised, + 3,600 + 3,876 = 31,624 (ventilated, 2,929)
Deaths, + 1,041 + 1,162 + 1,325 = 79,833
Vaccinations
First dose, 1,296,432
Second dose, 21,313
Australia
https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert?gclid=CjwKCAiAouD_BRBIEiwALhJH6DlSdomSJv4kPoKkdzFgaxqUFxG5a1pPOhu3IlBBZ_eKiaaMRbI2HRoCtyIQAvD_BwE
Vaccination
Late February
80,000 per week
Finishing October
Community detection
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/09/one-new-case-in-australia-as-woman-released-from-hotel-quarantine-tests-positive-for-covid-variant
Queensland
One case new UK variant
Person released from quarantine hotel in Victoria after 10 days
Tested positive in the Queensland community
Brisbane, 3 day snap lockdown
New South Wales
One case new UK variant
Person released from quarantine hotel
Tested positive in the community, low level of infection
Five other cases detected in hotel quarantine
Points
Quarantine now mostly 14 days
No ongoing community transmission detected
Does infection last for longer with new variant
Increased travel supervision
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/08/scott-morrison-unveils-new-measures-to-stop-dangerous-covid-19-super-variant
Reducing arrival caps, to 15th February, from 5,000 a week to 2,500
(38,000 Australians still stranded abroad)
Mandating masks, flights and airports
Masks at domestic airports
Pre-departure tests for returning travellers
Air crews, tested every week
Quarantine in dedicated facilities between international flights or for 14 days
AMA president, Omar Khorshid
New variant appears to be a greater risk of breaking out of hotel quarantine
It must be stopped before it enters the community
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