Wednesday, January 13, 2021

"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 1/13/21"

"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 1/13/21"
January 13, 2021: "Things are likely to get worse before they get better. The virus is spreading so rapidly that hospitals are struggling to keep up. About 130,000 Americans are hospitalized with Covid symptoms, more than double the number two months ago. The strain on hospitals raises the possibility that many patients will not receive the best available treatments.

Los Angeles has recently had to ration oxygen. And Esteban Trejo, an executive at a company in El Paso, Texas, that provides oxygen to temporary hospitals, told Kaiser Health News, “It’s been nuts, absolutely nuts.”

The recent data on cases and deaths is noisy, because diagnoses artificially slowed during the holidays, says Mitch Smith, a Times reporter who follows the numbers. Still, deaths have already hit a record this week - more than 3,000 a day, on average - and the recent explosion of cases suggests they may be heading to above 3,500 and perhaps to 4,000."

 Jan. 13, 2021 12:17 AM ET: 
The coronavirus pandemic has sickened more than 91,602,200 
people, according to official counts, including 22,903,333 Americans.
Globally at least 1,961,600 have died.

"The COVID Tracking Project"
Every day, our volunteers compile the latest numbers on tests, cases, 
hospitalizations, and patient outcomes from every US state and territory.
https://covidtracking.com/

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