1/10 - USA. Apr 05 to Apr 11- #COVID19 situation is safe (green) in Texas; improving (orange) in Alaska, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia; and plateauing/deteriorating (red, R<0.9) elsewhere.
9 states detailed: renkulab.shinyapps.io/COVID-19-Epide…
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2/10 - Massachusetts is experiencing an increase in its #COVID19 epidemic activity (R-eff=1.08), at high levels of activity, and is decreasing in mortality, although still at high levels, for 7 more days.
3/10 - Vermont is experiencing a rise in its #COVID19 epidemic activity (R-eff=1.16), at high levels, with no expected mortality, for 7 more days.
4/10 - New York is plateauing in its #COVID19 epidemic acvitivity (R-eff=1.01), at high levels of activity, and is plateauing in mortality, at high levels too, for 7 more days.
5/10 - Pennsylvania is experiencing a rise at high levels in its #COVID19 epidemic activity (R-eff=1.10), while plateauing in mortality at high levels, for 7 more days.
6/10 - Florida is experiencing an increase at high levels in its #COVID19 epidemic activity (R-eff=1.05), and is increasing in mortality, at high levels too, for 7 more days.
7/10 - Texas has landed in its #COVID19 safety zone (R-eff=0.70), and should remain in, or close to, it, while decreasing in mortality, although still at high levels, for 7 more days.
8/10 - South Dakota is plateauing in its #COVID19 epidemic activity (R-eff=0.96), at medium levels, with no expected mortality, for 7 more days.
9/10 - California will be slowly landing towards its #COVID19 safety zone (R-eff=0.94), very close to reach it, and is decreasing in mortality, although still at high levels, for 7 more days.
10/10 - Washington is experiencing a rise in its #COVID19 epidemic activity (R-eff=1.12), at medium levels, with low levels of mortality, for 7 more days.
A few definitions:
Safety zone: nb of forecast cases/day < 4.29/100K pop 4.3 < Medium level of epidemic activity < 20 cases/day
20 < High level < 100
Very high level > 100
12/10 -
... Definitions (cont'd):
Very low mortality: nb of forecast deaths/d < 0.05/100K pop
0.05 < Low mortality < 0.10
0.10 < Medium mortality < 0.20
0.20 < High mortality < 0.50
Very high mortality > 0.50
Alarming mortality > 1.0
Very alarming mortality > 3.0
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1/6 - “The Indian state of Maharashtra, home to financial capital Mumbai and more than 100m people, introduced sweeping restrictions on the public and businesses as the country’s daily Covid-19 caseload hit a record high.” ft.com/content/5b5443…
2/6 - “India reported 103,000 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, registering the highest number of daily infections globally. It surpassed its previous peak of nearly 100,000 daily cases in September.”
3/6 - “The restrictions in Maharashtra include a night-time curfew and weekend lockdown, while all but essential shops are to close. Most private offices will shut, restaurants only be available for takeaway and public gatherings have been curtailed.”
1/15 - “More than a year after the start of the pandemic, Europe is enduring a grim spring. #COVID19 infections, hosp and deaths are rising in many countries [...] with a more infectious variant, a shortage of vaccines and public weariness with lockdowns.” ft.com/content/d1af35…
2/15 - “In 2 weeks, the number of recorded new cases in France had risen 55% to about 38,000 a day. This 2-week growth compares with a rise of 95% in Belgium and 48% in the Netherlands; in Germany, they have risen 75%. Part of this increase reflects an expansion in testing.”
3/15 - “The latest pandemic surge in Europe, triggered by the spread of the now dominant B.1.1.7 strain of the virus first noted in England, is often called a “third wave”, but observed across the continent as a whole it is more like a confused sea.”
2/22. Portugal (and the United-Kingdom) have both landed in their #COVID19 safety zones, and will stay in them, R-eff=0.94 (and 0.77), with very low levels of mortality, for 7 more days.
In PRT (and the UK), 13% (and 45%) received at least one dose of vaccine.
3/22. Ireland (and Denmark) are slowly landing towards their #COVID19 safety zone, with R-eff=0.93 (and 0.96), at medium levels, and decreasing (plateauing) in mortality, at low (very low) level, for 7 more days.
2/11 - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is experiencing a rise, at high level, in its #COVID19 epidemic activity (R-eff=1.11), increasing in mortality at high levels, for 7 more days.
Bourgogne-et-Franche-Comté are rising at high level too (1.13), with high mortality.
3/11 - Corsica is plateauing at high levels of activity, in its #COVID19 epidemic activity (R-eff=1.04), with no expected mortality, for 7 more days.
1/9 - “On July 18, 2020, the Western Sydney Public Health Unit was notified of a positive #SARSCoV2 test result for an 18-year-old man. He reported symptom onset of malaise and headache on July 16 and cough and fever on July 17. He was a church chorist.” wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27…
2/9 - “The case-patient had sung from a choir loft, elevated 3.5 m above the congregation, which he entered before and left after the service. He denied touching objects in the church or mixing with the congregation. Video recordings of the services corroborated this history.”
3/9 - “On July 19, the church informed the community about the case-patient, prompting testing among members. On July 20, 2 additional case-patients who reported attendance on July 15 and 16 [were notified]. Neither was known by the primary case-patient.”
1/9 - “Millions of Hindus have gathered on the banks of India’s sacred Ganges river to celebrate the Kumbh Mela, even as health officials warned that the country’s health system was at serious risk from surging #COVID19 cases.” ft.com/content/1b50e4…
2/9 - “Public health experts feared the month-long festival, which is expected to draw tens of millions of pilgrims to the temple town of Haridwar in Uttarakhand province, will accelerate infections. Cases have already risen sharply across the country in recent weeks.”
3/9 - “It’s obviously a matter of great concern,” said K Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India, a charity. “Any large gathering of people has the potential to be a superspreader event.”