US Cases: 1,936,161
US Deaths: 104,400
Worldwide Cases: 7,007,948
Worldwide Deaths: 402,709
Some grim new milestones were reached today, in that the total number of infections worldwide cracked the 7 million mark, AND the total number of deaths surpassed 400,000. The good news is, at the moment, the rate of deaths in the U.S. seems to be slowing down.
Sadly, that's unlikely to last.
Just recently, my attention was directed to this resource from the Washington Post. While the daily number of new cases nationally has been decreasing gradually since about the beginning of April, it appears that trend has started to reverse itself in the last week or so. And for some particular states, the situation looks very bad, indeed:
11/ And Arizona, North Carolina & South Carolina — each not just at the worst moments of the pandemic in that state, but new cases double what they were at reopening for each state.
— (((Charles Fishman))) (@cfishman) June 8, 2020
The pandemic is on fire in:
CA
TX
FL
NC
SC
AZ
It's unfortunate that new cases are spiking in North Carolina, where my parents live. Just today, my dad told me that EVERYONE in their retirement community (residents and staff) had been tested, and EVERYONE tested negative. Which means that they can return to more or less normal activity, such as eating in the main dining room (although apparently few people are doing that).
However, they can also leave campus and return without quarantining themselves. And given the alarming spike in new cases --- roughly 1,000 per day, compared to 500/day when the state reopened a month ago --- I fear it's just a matter of time until the virus makes its way in.
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