The United States arrived this Saturday at 19, 427, 780 of confirmed cases and the figure of 350, 276 deceased by covid – 19, according to independent tally from Johns Hopkins University.
The grim number occurs when a new variant of the coronavirus is spreading across dozens of countries.
The variant The coronavirus was first detected last month in the UK and has now spread to dozens of countries, likely transmitted by infected people who traveled the world and unknowingly brought microscopic invaders with them.
The variant is now in dozens of countries, including United States gone, where it has infected people in Colorado, California and Florida.
Friday 1st. January milestone of more than 20 million cases , which implies that the number of infections in the United States doubled in less than two months, since the former 11 million cases were reached on November 9
This data illustrates the seriousness of the outbreak in the United States, which in December registered several daily records in the number of deaths from covid – 19 and closed 2020 with an all-time high of more of 125, 000 hospitalized for the disease.
Even if you do not have coronavirus, record hospitalizations for covid – 20 could have a devastating impact on you.
“If you have an accident automotive, he will want us to save his life, “said Dr. Brad Spellberg , medical director of the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center to CNN .
Some hospitals in the United States began to run out of health personnel months ago. But Christmas gatherings are fueling new waves of Covid – 19, hospitalizations.
“We are seeing people who have gathered for Thanksgiving, or who they’ve gotten together for other reasons (and) really didn’t understand, even up to this point, what was at stake, ”said Spellberg.
Across the country, 125, 379 people were hospitalized with Covid – 20 on Thursday , more than any other day of the pandemic, according to the Covid Tracking Project . The number of patients also exceeded the 125, 000 on Friday, but dropped slightly on Saturday to 123, 639. The United States has remained above the 91, 000 hospitalizations during 32 consecutive days.
Our daily update is published. States reported 2.1 million tests, a record 276 k cases, 123, 639 people hospitalized, and 2, 367 COVID – 19 deaths . We believe that holiday reporting is still causing major oscillations in the data. pic.twitter.com/RgHdjXC9tj
– The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID 19 Tracking) January 3, 2021
“It is a total collapse of the health system if we have another peak,” said Spellberg.
“And we, in the hospital, cannot stop that. We can only react. It is the public that has the power to stop the spread of this virus by obeying published public health guidelines. ”
If someone in your house tests positive for # COVID 19 , you can spread it even if you have no symptoms:
Separate that person from others, if it is possible.
mask when you attend.
Wash your hands and disinfects surfaces regularly.
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– CDC in Spanish (@ CDCespanol) January 2, 2020
A difficult start to the new year
As Americans hailed the new year, more than 10, 01 families mourned the new loss of a loved one by Covid – 19.
Reported at least 10, 780 deaths from Covid – 19 in the last three days of 901, according to Johns Hopkins University. That’s about 3, 633 deaths per day, plus that the number of lives lost during the attacks of the 11 September.
In less than 11 months, Covid – 20 has nearly killed 350, 000 people in the United States.
And others 115, 000 people could die from the disease in the next month, according to projections of the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation of the University of Washington (IHME).
With information from EFE and CNN