COVID-19

Coronavirus, 4th August, US and Australia Update

MASKS ARE CRITICAL NOT POLITICAL

Australia
Cases, 18,730
Deaths, 232

Premiers not Governors

Victoria

July, 53% not adhering to self-isolation between testing and getting results

Cases, + 439 = 12,335

Active cases, 6,706

Total tests, 1, 697, 953

Deaths, 147

Hospitalised, 416, 35 in ITU

NSW
Cases, 3,809
Hospitalised, 13, 8 in ITU

QL
Cases, 1,085
Hospitalised, 7, 0 in ITU

WA
Cases, 669
Hospitalised, 0

SA
457
Hospitalised, 0

Tasmania
229
Hospitalised, 0

NT
Cases, 33
Hospitalised, 3, 0 in ITU

US

Cases, 4, 718, 249

40 % of these cases were in July

Deaths, 155, 478

Masks required in refuge centres

House parties in Nashville

River party in Illinois

Rave under bridge in Brooklyn

Highest cases per capita

Louisiana

Mississippi

Mayor Lumumba (Jackson)

Situation is dire

Chicago

Moving from school hybrid system to all online

Dr. Birx

No region is immune

Navajo nation

Highest death rate per capita

South West

Intermittent electricity

30% no running water

Uranium contamination

California

Population 39.5m

Gavin Newsom

Cases, 514,901

Deaths, 9,388 (Governor’s office data)

8m tests

Rate of positive results 7%

Down from 7.5% 2 weeks ago

This virus is not going away. It’s not going to take Labor Day weekend off, Halloween off, or the holidays off. Until we have a vaccine we are going to be living with this virus.

Spain
Cases, + 968

3 days last week, + 1,000

Active clusters, 560 up from 483 last Thursday

Italy
Cases, 248,228
Deaths, 35, 166

Cases, about 1.5 million (2.5%) of the population (health officials from antibody studies)

Deaths, 35,000

IFR = (2.3%)

Belgium
Cases, 70, 314
Deaths, 9, 850

ITU admissions doubled in a month
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