USA after Thanksgiving: highest number of new corona infections since the start of the pandemic

The US is facing new dimensions in the fight against the Crown. After Thanksgiving, the number of infections and deaths increases.

Updated from Friday 4 December 2020, 6:50 am: In United States of America are most of them New corona infections in one day from the start of Corona-Pandemics been reported. More than 210,000 new cases were registered nationwide within 24 hours, Johns Hopkins University said Thursday evening. The death toll thus reached with 2907 also one of the highest values ​​reported so far.

United States after Thanksgiving: Death numbers soar – California tightened measures

+++ 22:36: Due to the growing number of cases, the State of California tougher action in the fight against Corona-Pandemics one. As Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday (December 3, 2020), curfews and other requirements will be tightened in regions where there is a risk of overcrowding in intensive care units. The state is imposing one across much of California Order to stay at home. Many non-essential businesses also need to close. The order should initially be applied to the affected areas for three weeks.

With around 40 million inhabitants, California is the most populous US state. Overall I’ve been there since the beginning of Corona-Pandemics more than 1.2 million infections with the pathogen SARS-CoV-2 tried. According to the governor’s office, more than 19,400 people are at one time Coronavirus infection dead. In terms of population, the West Coast state is still better than many other states in the United States.

Crown in the United States: Johns Hopkins University corrects crown death toll downwards

The numbers of Wednesday (02.12.2020) in United States of America caught Corona-Toten it is slightly lower than initially stated by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Instead of the 3157 people originally confirmed in the course of a Corona infection died, the number of reported deaths dropped to 2,804 Thursday evening (3 December 2020, CET). Although the Johns Hopkins University website is usually up to date, the number of new infections or the Corona-Toten in some cases updated only later.

Corona in the US: deaths rise after Thanksgiving

First registration from Thursday (December 3, 2020): Baltimore – Die United States of America put the sad ones back on Wednesday (02.12.2020) Crown-Records on: For the first time since the beginning of pandemic has the number of registrations within 24 hours Corona-Toten exceeded the threshold of 3000. The authorities reported 3,157 deaths, one of which was confirmed Coronavirus infection, as emerged from data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore on Thursday morning (December 3, 2020, CET). The highest figure so far with 2,607 deaths was recorded on April 15.

Also, so many people stay with one Corona infection In hospital like never before: 100,000 patients are currently in hospital, of which nearly 20,000 are in hospital Intensive care unitas reported by the British Guardian. According to this, nearly 7,000 Ill ventilated. Also the number of subscribers in one day New infections with the Coronavirus is again extremely high: for the second time since the beginning of pandemic has passed the 200,000 mark. According to the JHU, the highest value to date was recorded on Friday (December 27, 2020) with around 205,000 new cases.

Crown in the United States: Thanksgiving will boost infection and death rates

All this happens in the aftermath of United States of America popular festival Thanksgiving, traditionally on the fourth Thursday of November in the circle of family is busy. The experts had dealt with Thanksgiving with an increase in infections nationwide expected. The CDC health authority had family visits in advance as well to travel strongly discouraged. However, many people did not join.

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert Redfield spoke on Wednesday (December 2, 2020) about the harsh winter months: “I think it will be the most difficult time in the history of this nation’s healthcare,” Redfield said. Even the President-elect Joe Biden warned: “Christmas it could be much more difficult. I don’t want to scare anyone, but understand the facts: we will probably lose another 250,000 people between now and January, “Biden said speaking to the economically strong workers. pandemic has been captured.

USA: Former presidents want to be vaccinated against the corona virus on television

The epidemiologist also made this very clear Ellie Murraywhat the United States is looking for Thanksgiving yet to come: this week and next would be over Thanksgiving added cases are logged. “We will see all the hospital admissions that result from this around the middle of December and we will see people dying from the Covid they got for Thanksgiving at the end of Christmas. DecemberMurray says. They fear, however, that many don’t understand that Thanksgiving is the spread of Coronavirus changed because the effect was only visible in numbers about two weeks later.

While still in office Donald Trump, president of the United States they are currently less with the skyrocketing Crown– Numbers committed in your country, but invested a lot of time on the issue of electoral fraud, three of your predecessors want to campaign for confidence in vaccinations. As reported by CNN, I want George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama get vaccinated on TV. That his predecessors anticipate this with this high-profile action shouldn’t please Trump, who is concerned about the rapid development of Vaccines brags and claims the results for himself. (Ines Alberti with dpa)

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