Thread by @TWMCLtd

Sunday's #Coronavrus thread starts with developments in the #USA

Fewer testing centres open, fewer labs analysing results and fewer people wanting to be tested over the long holiday weekend, so as expected the drop in #Covid19 infections continues.

143,373 new cases, down 32k

There were signs the #Covid19 case load in #USA was about to naturally lower before Thanksgiving, so whether infections bounce back to previous levels remains to be seen.

Now a new worry as another mink outbreak is discovered in #Oregon

https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1332841863871684610

#Bulgaria and #Czechia continue to see case numbers fall

Bulgaria's finally getting good downward momentum with just 1,792 new #Covid19 infections overnight, down almost 500.

Czech Republic's fall is lower than of late, with 2,665 cases which is 522 fewer than last Sunday

Back to #USA where another indicator shows the #Coronavirus crisis is a long way from over.

There are a record 91,000+ #Covid19 patients in hospitals in the States

It's feared the number will rise as a result of extra travel and close contact over Thanksgiving

Misleading headlines and poor journalism annoys me.
Look at this. Some may read it and ease up on obeying social restrictions.

The headline is nonsense of course, today's total of new #Covid19 infections in #Ukraine is 12,978, up 7.4% from last Sunday

unian.info/society/covid-…

#Georgia (990) is within a hair's breadth of reaching an infection rate of 1,000 AD/M. That's 1 in every 1,000 of the population being infected EVERY day, within 3 weeks more than 2% of the entire population catching #Covid19
Today another near 10% climb to 4,425 new infections

#Hungary - we didn't even have to wait until Monday.

The country's 13 day old record is broken today with 6,819 cases of #Covid19 - up more than 50% on seven days ago.

As Sunday is usually a little lower this seems to signify a major outbreak despite the restrictions in place.

For the first time in 13 days #Lithuania sees a real fall in its' infection rate.
1,976 new cases of #Covid19 today, down from 2,307 last Sunday.

#Estonia is up slightly 355 vs 349
#Latvia also up, but not by too much: 414 vs 376

Both #Russia and its neighbour #Belarus publish daily updates with new #Covid19 cases just under the national record.

Russia with 26,683, down 400 from yesterday
Belarus 1,684 just 7 off the record. Oh and of course Minsk keeps the daily death figure within the 6 to 9 parameters

A sizeable drop in Europe's most infected nation*

#Croatia registers 2,919 new cases of #Covid19 today, a 12% fall compared to last Sunday. The infection rate dips below 800 AD/M

A joint record 57 new deaths today in Croatia

*excluding small territories

After two weeks of continued #Coronavirus growth, good news today for #Finland

322 new #Covid19 infections today - that's virtually a quarter wiped off last Sunday's total. However, weekly comparisons are not quite as good a guide as in other nations so more data needed yet.

#Austria also sees a fall by almost 25% today compared to a week ago

4,047 new cases of #Covid19 today

Austria peaked on 13 Nov at 828 AD/M. The infection rate now is 516

#Poland beware. While cases are falling, I've pointed out that testing's fallen off a cliff too. This leaves a nation open to new outbreaks

Today only 11,483 new #Covid19 cases way down from 18,467 last Sun
But compare testing 42.8k last Sun, 24.6k today
Positive test rate is UP

Another 23% rise in new #Covid19 cases for #Serbia, which is very close to being crowned most infected country in Europe.

6,179 new infections up from 4,995 last Sunday.
The rate of increase has slowed but Tues perhaps, and certainly Weds expected to bring new records.

#Netherlands - yesterday it looked good with a decent fall in new cases.
Today a worrying rise, albeit smaller, of 200 #Covid19 infections
5,585 is today's number - it's probably better to take the average of the two days which shows NL is still heading down, but work to be done

#UK enjoys a very big fall in new cases of #Covid19 this evening

Infections were 18,662 last Sunday, while today a drop of over a third to 12,155

215 new deaths in the past 24 hours

Another worrying sign for #Denmark - following yesterday's surprising record, the theme is continued.

Sundays are usually low, but today's 998 new #Covid19 infections is over 15% up on this time last week.

#Albania has been pushing back against #Covid19 with a succession of good days.

But suddenly today a huge surge - more than 50% up on last Sunday, and 835 new infections is just one short of the record. This may be an anomaly due to yesterday being Albania's National Day.

#Italy and #Greece continuing falling infection rates too, but still high deaths

Italy has 20,648 new cases of #Covid19 down almost 8,000
Greece 1,193 new infections, a fall of over 300 or 20%

However 98 deaths in Greece and 541 in Italy

I don't know the Turkish for "Glasnost" but it seems appropriate following the country's Mea Culpe over the manipulation of #Covid19 figures until this week.

Another 29,281 "new" cases in #Turkey today and 185 deaths.

A smaller drop for #Ireland today, but still heading down.

299 new cases of #Covid19, a reduction of just 19 from last Sunday.

#Iceland has recently got its infection rate under the Irish rate, but both countries can be proud of their efforts to combat #Coronavirus