A pandemic of the new coronavirus has caused more than 946,000 people to die worldwide.
More than 30. 1 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused through the new respiratory virus, according to knowledge collected through Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Diagnostic criteria: through clinical means or a laboratory. check – vary from country to country. However, the actual figures are believed to be much higher due to lack of control, many un reportered instances, and suspicions that some national governments hide or minimize the extent of their epidemics.
Since the first cases were detected in China in December, the virus has spread to all continents except Antarctica.
The United States is the most affected country, with more than 6. 6 million cases diagnosed and at least 197,643 deaths.
California has the highest instances of any state in the US, with more than 775,000 other people diagnosed, according to the knowledge of Johns Hopkins. California is followed through Texas and Florida, with more than 701,000 instances and more than 674,000 instances, respectively.
Nearly 170 applicants for COVID-19 vaccines are being monitored through the World Health Organization, of which at least six are in 3 critical trials.
A debatable directive issued through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month on who to turn to for COVID-19 has been approved through agency director Dr. Robert Redfield. , according to Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary of physical conditioning in the United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
“It’s probably from the CDC,” Giroir, a key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force that coordinates the government’s screening efforts, told ABC News’ CEcilia Vega in an interview Friday on “Good Morning America. “.
The directive in question stated that it is not mandatory to check other people without symptoms of COVID-19, even if they have been exposed to the virus.
“There are thousands more people at the CDC. I have no idea who the New York Times is talking to, but I know for a fact that the edition that was sent to the task force was reviewed and approved through Dr. Redfield,” Giroir continued. . “It was reviewed and approved by the senior scientist at fault for the incidents and in several emails sent to me, he told me that the applicable issues had been tested by experts in the field. “
Giroir referring to a recent New York Times article reporting that the directive had not been written through CDC scientists and had been published on the agency’s online page despite its serious objections. The article quoted several people close to the case, as well as internal documents received through the newspaper.
During the interview on “GMA,” Giroir questioned that the directive should not review asymptomatics and said further clarifications will soon be published.
“In fact, there were express recommendations for controlling asymptomatic (individuals) in epidemic areas,” he noted. “What they said is that if you are asymptomatic after exposure, you do so as a component of public aptitude or medical advice. “.
“I need other people to know that if you’re asymptomatic, you can still spread the virus and we need you to get tested,” he added.
Giroir, who is also a doctor, said that politics is not a component of the decision-making procedure that takes position within the organization executing the coronavirus and that it is a “procedure based on science and evidence . . . with the scientists. in mind”.
He agreed with Redfield’s recent Capitol Hill that a possible COVID-19 vaccine would not be available until midway through next year.
“But the point I should emphasize is that we can also simply immunize 5% or 10% of the population and get 90% of the benefits by ousting vulnerable people, such as in nursing homes or vaccinating our teachers or those who are suffering. sickness. ” Hypertension,” Giroir says. If we had a vaccine, even a few million in November, it could also have a massive effect on the country’s fitness. But it’s also true that anyone who needs a vaccine may not be able to get it until the middle of next year. “
Kelly McCarthy of ABC News contributed to the report.
Weekly comparisons show the number of new instances of COVID-19 and the number of new deaths in the United States is increasing, according to an internal memorandum from the Federal Emergency Management Agency received through ABC News on Thursday night.
Eleven U. S. states and territories But it’s not the first time They are on an upward trajectory of new cases, while 12 jurisdictions are on a plateau and 32 are down, according to the memo.
There were 269,769 new cases shown across the country during the September 10-16 era, a 5. 3% increase from last week. Meanwhile, 6,015 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded at the same time, an increase of 16. 3% in the last seven days. , according to the note.
The national positivity rate for COVID-19 tests fell to 4. 5% from 5. 1% last week, according to the note.
FEMA maps and charts also show a number of COVID-19 hot spots in Wisconsin, which on Thursday reported a record 2034 new cases.
Meanwhile, in Arkansas, 12. 9% of the new instances of September 11 were attributed to schools and universities. Half of all instances in the state are other people between the age of 18 and 44, according to the memorandum.
In Florida, knowledge released through the state fitness branch shows that cases among youth under the age of 18 have increased 26% since schools reopened for in-person training a month ago. The northern city of Gainesville reported a 91% relative increase. In new instances the era From September 7 to 13, compared to the last seven days, the peak was similar to the epidemics among sports groups and other academics at the University of Florida, where the positivity rate of the control of COVID- 19 is 27. 1%, according to the note.
In Monroe County, Indiana, new cases increased through a relative rate of 61. 9% in the era of September 7-13 last week. positivity rate on the COVID-19 check of 24. 56% for the week ending September 11, according to the memo.
Josh Margolin of ABC News contributed to the report.
There were 44,360 new instances of COVID-19 known in the United States on Thursday, to a real-time recount through Johns Hopkins University.
Thursday’s death toll is well below the country’s record set on July 16, when there were 77,255 new instances over a 24-hour period.
Another 870 coronavirus-related deaths were also reported on Thursday, with a peak of 2666 new deaths reported on April 17.
A total of 6,675,564 more people in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, and at least 197,643 of them have died, according to Johns Hopkins. Cases come with Americans from all 50 U. S. states. Washington, D. C. and other U. S. territories, as well as repatriated citizens.
By May 20, all U. S. states. They had begun to lift housing maintenance orders and other restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. the first time in mid-July. The count of new instances has gradually declined since then.
India has shown 96,424 more COVID-19s and 1,174 more deaths in the last 24 hours.
The number of cases is just below the world record that India had set the previous day with 97,894 cases of COVID-19 over a 24-hour period. The country’s cumulative total is now more than 5. 21 million cases with 84,372 deaths, according to the most recent knowledge of the Indian Ministry of Health and Family.
India has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world and the third highest number of deaths in the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Johns Hopkins University count. However, based on the existing infection rate, India is expected to be affected by the maximum pandemic in a few weeks, surpassing the United States , where more than 6. 6 million other people have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
India reported more than a million cases this month alone, which the Ministry of Health attributed to an increase in testing. The vast country of 1. 3 billion more people conducts more than one million COVID-19 tests on a constant basis.