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US With Record 3,900 Single Day Corona Deaths-Worldwide Numbers

2021-01-08 FreeNews

Two nurses put a ventilator on a patient in a COVID-19 unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. California health authorities reported Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

AP- The U.S. registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before — nearly 3,900 — on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have hampered the battle against the pandemic.

The virus is surging in several states, with California hit particularly hard, reporting on Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths. Skyrocketing caseloads there are threatening to force hospitals to ration care and essentially decide who lives and who dies.

“Folks are gasping for breath. Folks look like they’re drowning when they are in bed right in front of us,” said Dr. Jeffrey Chien, an emergency room physician at Santa Clara Valley Regional Medical Center, urging people to do their part to help slow the spread. “I’m begging everyone to help us out because we aren’t the front line. We’re the last line.”

Meanwhile, the number of Americans who have gotten their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine climbed to at least 5.9 million Thursday, a one-day gain of about 600,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hundreds of millions will need to be vaccinated to stop the coronavirus.

About 1.9 million people around the world have died of the virus, more than 360,000 in the U.S. alone. December was by far the nation’s deadliest month yet, and health experts are warning that January could be more terrible still because of family gatherings and travel over the holidays

A new, more contagious variant is spreading around the globe and in the U.S. Also, it remains to be seen what effect the thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump who converged this week in Washington, many of them without masks, will have on the spread of the scourge.

Trump has long downplayed the virus and scorned masks, and many of his ardent supporters have followed his example. He has also raged against lockdowns and egged on protesters objecting to restrictions in states such as Michigan, where armed supporters invaded the statehouse last spring.

On Wednesday, the day a horde of protesters breached the U.S. Capitol, disrupting efforts to certify the election of Joe Biden, the U.S. recorded 3,865 virus deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. The numbers can fluctuate dramatically after holidays and weekends, and the figure is subject to revision.

“The domestic terrorists overran the Capitol police, just as the virus has been allowed to overrun Americans,” said Dr. Eric Topol, head of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. “The U.S. lost control of a Trump-incited mob and a Trump-played-down pandemic virus.”

Some of the forces contributing to the eruption of violence were partially foreseen by experts in global disease planning when they held a tabletop exercise in 2019, said Dr. Eric Toner, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security who directed the drill.

“We did consider the possibility of active disinformation and using a pandemic for political gain,” Toner said. “Real life turned out to be much worse.”

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In California, health authorities Thursday reported 583 new deaths, a day after 459 people died. The overall death toll there stands at more than 28,000. The state also registered more than a quarter-million new weekly cases, and only Arizona tops California in cases per resident. Florida broke its record for the highest single-day number of cases with over 19,800, while its death toll reached 22,400.

Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous with 10 million residents, and nearly two dozen other counties have essentially run out of intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients.

“This is a health crisis of epic proportions,” said Barbara Ferrer, public health director for Los Angeles County.

Guidelines posted on the website for Methodist Hospital of Southern California warned: “If a patient becomes extremely ill and very unlikely to survive their illness (even with life-saving treatment), then certain resources … may be allocated to another patient who is more likely to survive.”

Associated Press writers Olga Rodriguez in San Francisco and Tamara Lush in Tampa, Florida, contributed to this report

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Coronavirus Cases Worldwide

88,595,887

view by country

Deaths:

1,908,608

Recovered:

63,685,869

#	Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Total Recovered	Active Cases	Serious, Critical	Tot Cases/ 1M pop	Deaths/ 1M pop	Total Tests	Tests/ 1M pop	Population
	World	88,595,887	+110,854	1,908,608	+2,911	63,685,869	23,001,410	108,401	11,366	244.9
1	USA	22,137,009		374,197		13,143,317	8,619,495	29,034	66,675	1,127	265,444,863	799,501	332,013,304
2	India	10,414,044		150,606		10,037,398	226,040	8,944	7,508	109	179,336,364	129,293	1,387,049,203
3	Brazil	7,961,673		200,498		7,096,931	664,244	8,318	37,318	940	28,600,000	134,055	213,345,480
4	Russia	3,355,794	+23,652	60,911	+454	2,731,129	563,754	2,300	22,990	417	92,900,000	636,445	145,967,164
5	UK	2,889,419		78,508		1,364,821	1,446,090	2,821	42,447	1,153	58,231,730	855,446	68,071,770
6	France	2,727,321		66,841		198,756	2,461,724	2,616	41,735	1,023	36,890,043	564,509	65,348,904
7	Turkey	2,296,102		22,264		2,172,251	101,587	3,201	27,073	263	25,681,213	302,809	84,809,974
8	Italy	2,220,361		77,291		1,572,015	571,055	2,587	36,752	1,279	27,439,249	454,177	60,415,307
9	Spain	2,024,904		51,675		N/A	N/A	2,307	43,300	1,105	27,839,319	595,312	46,764,242
10	Germany	1,869,306		39,258		1,474,000	356,048	5,569	22,274	468	35,118,592	418,459	83,923,689
11	Colombia	1,737,347		45,067		1,580,285	111,995	3,482	33,956	881	8,489,080	165,918	51,164,327
12	Argentina	1,690,006		44,122		1,484,794	161,090	3,559	37,216	972	5,099,516	112,296	45,411,216
13	Mexico	1,493,569	+13,734	131,031	+1,044	1,127,471	235,067	3,913	11,521	1,011	3,781,625	29,171	129,635,780
14	Poland	1,365,645	+8,790	30,574	+332	1,104,599	230,472	1,616	36,104	808	7,490,336	198,026	37,824,927
15	Iran	1,268,263		55,933		1,050,553	161,777	4,745	15,000	662	7,993,502	94,542	84,549,961
16	South Africa	1,170,590		31,809		938,216	200,565	546	19,609	533	6,967,478	116,716	59,696,176
17	Ukraine	1,105,169	+5,676	19,588	+83	778,345	307,236	177	25,350	449	5,645,178	129,489	43,595,887
18	Peru	1,026,690		38,049		964,354	24,287	1,375	30,915	1,146	5,616,880	169,134	33,209,627
19	Netherlands	850,790		12,084		N/A	N/A	708	49,595	704	6,352,647	370,316	17,154,662
20	Czechia	809,601	+14,780	12,800	+98	651,814	144,987	1,093	75,527	1,194	4,001,781	373,323	10,719,354
21	Indonesia	808,340	+10,617	23,753	+233	666,883	117,704		2,939	86	7,713,307	28,046	275,024,619
22	Romania	658,958		16,410		591,596	50,952	1,106	34,374	856	4,934,119	257,383	19,170,321
23	Belgium	658,655	+2,923	19,936	+53	45,744	592,975	405	56,703	1,716	7,166,986	616,997	11,615,913
24	Canada	635,134		16,579		538,267	80,288	847	16,752	437	14,330,564	377,974	37,914,109
25	Chile	629,176		16,913		593,235	19,028	862	32,767	881	6,709,041	349,402	19,201,479
26	Iraq	600,755		12,869		551,127	36,759	141	14,765	316	4,774,142	117,339	40,686,723
27	Bangladesh	520,690	+785	7,734	+16	465,279	47,677		3,145	47	3,331,491	20,125	165,541,245
28	Pakistan	497,510	+2,435	10,558	+47	453,828	33,124	2,285	2,230	47	7,002,706	31,388	223,103,549
29	Philippines	483,852	+1,776	9,364	+8	449,330	25,158	727	4,385	85	6,925,504	62,767	110,336,466
30	Sweden	482,284		9,262		N/A	N/A	387	47,600	914	4,516,665	445,780	10,132,046
31	Switzerland	474,764		8,178		317,600	148,986	389	54,649	941	3,795,457	436,885	8,687,544
32	Israel	474,018	+2,970	3,587	+35	406,991	63,440	894	51,537	390	8,742,628	950,535	9,197,590
33	Portugal	456,533		7,472		355,701	93,360	514	44,841	734	5,896,460	579,155	10,181,138
34	Morocco	448,678		7,645		420,569	20,464	698	12,082	206	4,559,754	122,781	37,137,391
35	Austria	376,793	+2,063	6,641	+73	349,215	20,937	371	41,712	735	3,857,382	427,025	9,033,158
36	Saudi Arabia	363,485		6,278		355,037	2,170	328	10,357	179	11,250,266	320,573	35,094,202
37	Serbia	353,907		3,479		31,536	318,892	229	40,591	399	2,366,947	271,472	8,718,926
38	Hungary	337,743	+2,907	10,440	+115	186,449	140,854	372	35,008	1,082	2,798,939	290,120	9,647,507
39	Jordan	304,071		3,968		284,343	15,760	211	29,649	387	3,345,942	326,251	10,255,724
40	Panama	269,091		4,321		212,656	52,114	226	61,862	993	1,391,279	319,843	4,349,882
41	Nepal	264,159	+554	1,909	+6	257,229	5,021		8,983	65	1,974,561	67,145	29,407,274
42	Japan	258,393		3,791		210,451	44,151	796	2,046	30	5,205,293	41,222	126,273,665
43	Georgia	236,028	+537	2,728	+34	224,189	9,111		59,227	685	2,005,244	503,178	3,985,159
44	Azerbaijan	222,885		2,845		203,527	16,513		21,880	279	2,241,908	220,083	10,186,657
45	UAE	221,754		694		199,178	21,882		22,282	70	21,903,309	2,200,818	9,952,348
46	Ecuador	218,385		14,158		190,350	13,877	382	12,282	796	767,133	43,142	17,781,616
47	Croatia	217,946	+1,098	4,304	+38	207,848	5,794	194	53,262	1,052	1,061,953	259,521	4,091,981
48	Belarus	208,601	+1,805	1,498	+9	190,966	16,137		22,080	159	4,114,543	435,507	9,447,698
49	Bulgaria	207,259		8,017		130,191	69,051	377	29,947	1,158	1,205,134	174,128	6,920,971
50	Lebanon	204,699		1,566		137,582	65,551	517	30,061	230	2,137,904	313,963	6,809,421
51	Slovakia	201,164	+2,980	2,788	+71	141,490	56,886	463	36,836	511	1,506,971	275,950	5,461,024
52	Dominican Republic	177,493		2,423		135,587	39,483	290	16,277	222	892,748	81,871	10,904,386
53	Denmark	176,837		1,487		147,867	27,483	134	30,474	256	11,099,561	1,912,781	5,802,840
54	Costa Rica	176,407		2,286		135,475	38,646	231	34,466	447	513,929	100,410	5,118,283
55	Bolivia	168,891	+1,910	9,304	+17	136,266	23,321	71	14,367	791	439,058	37,349	11,755,469
56	Armenia	161,415	+361	2,908	+7	147,961	10,546		54,419	980	604,686	203,863	2,966,135
57	Kazakhstan	160,650	+831	2,262		147,512	10,876	221	8,503	120	5,250,104	277,884	18,893,145
58	Lithuania	156,539	+1,993	2,119	+43	87,963	66,457	195	57,929	784	1,715,301	634,765	2,702,260
59	Kuwait	152,978		938		148,239	3,801	55	35,549	218	1,300,034	302,105	4,303,246
60	Tunisia	152,254		5,052		113,415	33,787	352	12,813	425	658,772	55,439	11,882,802
61	Moldova	148,294		3,106		136,800	8,388	245	36,806	771	571,141	141,756	4,029,055
62	Egypt	146,809		8,029		116,775	22,005	90	1,421	78	1,000,000	9,678	103,329,879
63	Qatar	145,466	+195	246	+1	142,453	2,767	26	51,808	88	1,278,353	455,286	2,807,805
64	Palestine	145,252		1,536		127,495	16,221	107	28,137	298	918,207	177,865	5,162,369
65	Greece	142,777		5,146		9,989	127,642	391	13,733	495	3,503,690	337,011	10,396,357
66	Guatemala	141,074		4,928		129,542	6,604	5	7,800	272	658,693	36,419	18,086,541
67	Slovenia	136,590	+2,045	2,947	+25	110,925	22,718	191	65,697	1,417	708,811	340,924	2,079,087
68	Oman	130,070		1,505		122,556	6,009	29	25,143	291	571,472	110,466	5,173,268
69	Myanmar	128,772		2,799		112,048	13,925		2,358	51	1,940,621	35,543	54,599,613
70	Malaysia	128,465		521		102,723	25,221	142	3,943	16	3,524,996	108,192	32,580,853
71	Ireland	127,657		2,307		23,364	101,986	101	25,704	465	2,548,991	513,247	4,966,398
72	Ethiopia	127,227		1,966		113,021	12,240	226	1,093	17	1,836,527	15,774	116,425,550
73	Honduras	125,118	+219	3,200	+8	57,348	64,570	182	12,529	320	311,072	31,151	9,986,037
74	Venezuela	115,322		1,052		109,364	4,906	83	4,062	37	2,430,062	85,584	28,393,746
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina	113,392		4,211		79,465	29,716		34,675	1,288	524,907	160,517	3,270,109
76	Paraguay	112,856		2,352		88,724	21,780	170	15,723	328	577,229	80,417	7,177,949
77	Libya	103,515		1,558		78,268	23,689		14,960	225	566,709	81,898	6,919,675
78	Algeria	101,382		2,792		68,589	30,001	42	2,291	63			44,259,691
79	Kenya	97,733		1,702		80,306	15,725	29	1,797	31	1,075,673	19,780	54,380,681
80	Nigeria	95,934		1,330		77,982	16,622	10	460	6	1,004,915	4,814	208,762,568
81	Bahrain	94,633		353		91,630	2,650	12	54,648	204	2,439,685	1,408,841	1,731,697
82	China	87,331	+53	4,634		82,176	521	13	61	3	160,000,000	111,163	1,439,323,776
83	North Macedonia	85,494		2,581		66,209	16,704	138	41,037	1,239	411,040	197,300	2,083,329
84	Kyrgyzstan	81,991	+165	1,365	+2	77,547	3,079	50	12,461	207	607,755	92,367	6,579,811
85	Uzbekistan	77,485	+73	616	+1	75,875	994	157	2,298	18	1,377,915	40,863	33,720,205
86	S. Korea	67,358	+672	1,081	+35	48,369	17,908	404	1,313	21	4,630,004	90,267	51,292,237
87	Albania	61,705		1,223		36,535	23,947	39	21,454	425	275,982	95,955	2,876,153
88	Singapore	58,836	+23	29		58,562	245	1	10,016	5	5,617,894	956,357	5,874,266
89	Ghana	55,461		336		54,164	961	19	1,766	11	697,087	22,195	31,406,949
90	Norway	53,792		467		46,611	6,714	28	9,882	86	2,943,056	540,677	5,443,283
91	Afghanistan	53,332		2,257		43,291	7,784	93	1,354	57	210,839	5,354	39,379,235
92	Montenegro	51,160		712		41,191	9,257	68	81,451	1,134	191,516	304,909	628,108
93	El Salvador	48,255	+307	1,398	+8	42,902	3,955	101	7,420	215	640,908	98,552	6,503,256
94	Luxembourg	47,592		521		44,187	2,884	26	75,394	825	1,716,089	2,718,596	631,241
95	Sri Lanka	46,780		222		39,661	6,897		2,180	10	1,342,305	62,549	21,460,052
96	Latvia	46,545		790		34,268	11,487	68	24,821	421	934,742	498,470	1,875,221
97	Finland	38,068	+296	584		31,000	6,484	32	6,865	105	2,558,008	461,300	5,545,215
98	Uganda	37,074		297		12,544	24,233		798	6	771,238	16,593	46,478,600
99	Estonia	32,537	+788	270	+5	22,124	10,143	40	24,519	203	667,782	503,226	1,327,001
100	Australia	28,571	+25	909		25,817	1,845		1,114	35	11,851,275	461,978	25,653,312
101	Cameroon	26,848		448		24,892	1,508	46	999	17	149,000	5,542	26,885,072
102	Namibia	26,682		240		22,666	3,776	38	10,404	94	220,769	86,081	2,564,652
103	Cyprus	26,208		140		2,057	24,011	49	21,625	116	811,937	669,953	1,211,931
104	Zambia	24,297		423		19,980	3,894		1,303	23	662,227	35,513	18,647,600
105	Uruguay	23,807		231		17,098	6,478	79	6,841	66	679,681	195,310	3,480,009
106	Sudan	23,316		1,468		13,524	8,324		525	33			44,375,461
107	Ivory Coast	23,173		138		22,301	734		867	5	271,353	10,158	26,713,623
108	Senegal	20,672	+296	446	+8	18,016	2,210	34	1,218	26	282,887	16,670	16,970,172
109	Mozambique	19,961		176		17,455	2,330		630	6	280,786	8,857	31,703,840
110	DRC	18,969	+231	611	+1	14,743	3,615		209	7			90,953,024
111	Zimbabwe	18,675		446		12,083	6,146		1,247	30	219,437	14,654	14,974,879
112	Angola	17,974		413		11,955	5,606	11	538	12	174,111	5,215	33,388,496
113	Madagascar	17,767		262		17,298	207	16	633	9	101,223	3,608	28,056,218
114	French Polynesia	17,195		121		4,842	12,232	19	61,028	429	26,355	93,539	281,754
115	Botswana	16,050		48		12,927	3,075	1	6,755	20	559,538	235,487	2,376,091
116	Mauritania	15,214		378		13,037	1,799	65	3,229	80	130,310	27,653	4,712,328
117	Maldives	13,988		49		13,238	701	29	25,644	90	333,836	612,028	545,459
118	Guinea	13,904		81		13,222	601	24	1,044	6	110,040	8,264	13,315,335
119	French Guiana	13,825		73		9,995	3,757	4	45,679	241	109,658	362,323	302,653
120	Malta	13,776		228		11,613	1,935	18	31,156	516	533,029	1,205,520	442,157
121	Cuba	13,479		148		11,390	1,941	18	1,190	13	1,553,574	137,205	11,323,001
122	Jamaica	13,368		306		11,253	1,809	8	4,504	103	142,518	48,020	2,967,904
123	Tajikistan	13,305		90		13,153	62		1,379	9			9,647,824
124	Cabo Verde	12,146		113		11,665	368	23	21,723	202	107,817	192,833	559,120
125	Syria	12,084		755		5,824	5,505		682	43			17,718,999
126	Belize	11,152		267		10,344	541	1	27,786	665	61,511	153,259	401,353
127	Eswatini	10,773		268		7,377	3,128	67	9,236	230	96,091	82,383	1,166,399
128	Haiti	10,203		236		8,725	1,242		889	21	42,080	3,667	11,474,580
129	Thailand	9,841	+205	67		5,255	4,519	1	141	1.0	1,217,873	17,425	69,891,383
130	Gabon	9,641		66		9,453	122	7	4,280	29	384,216	170,556	2,252,721
131	Rwanda	9,225		113		6,940	2,172		703	9	756,051	57,639	13,117,049
132	Réunion	9,173		42		8,706	425	4	10,208	47	61,124	68,019	898,636
133	Hong Kong	9,108		154		8,258	696	41	1,210	20	5,548,765	737,025	7,528,601
134	Guadeloupe	8,776		154		2,242	6,380	3	21,931	385	105,991	264,872	400,160
135	Andorra	8,348		84		7,615	649	15	107,953	1,086	180,088	2,328,825	77,330
136	Bahamas	7,959		175		6,297	1,487	1	20,139	443	53,842	136,242	395,195
137	Burkina Faso	7,713		89		5,533	2,091		364	4			21,196,924
138	Malawi	7,611		203		5,791	1,617	4	393	10	91,068	4,698	19,383,519
139	Mali	7,427		286		5,161	1,980		361	14	136,739	6,654	20,549,328
140	Trinidad and Tobago	7,210		127		6,774	309	3	5,143	91	74,705	53,290	1,401,852
141	Congo	7,127		108		5,846	1,173		1,275	19	73,120	13,086	5,587,825
142	Suriname	6,750		130		6,080	540	7	11,453	221	28,734	48,754	589,363
143	Guyana	6,469		167		5,990	312	5	8,204	212	39,892	50,590	788,530
144	Nicaragua	6,097		166		4,225	1,706		915	25			6,665,417
145	Martinique	6,091		43		98	5,950	4	16,238	115	75,034	200,030	375,113
146	Mayotte	6,045		56		2,964	3,025	4	21,887	203	37,719	136,566	276,196
147	Aruba	5,883		50		5,323	510	4	54,980	467	70,661	660,371	107,002
148	Djibouti	5,857		61		5,766	30		5,884	61	102,004	102,472	995,434
149	Iceland	5,845		29		5,690	126		17,071	85	446,042	1,302,708	342,396
150	Equatorial Guinea	5,286		86		5,154	46		3,706	60	77,991	54,673	1,426,496
151	CAR	4,969		63		4,885	21	2	1,020	13	35,523	7,290	4,873,126
152	Somalia	4,726		130		3,639	957		293	8			16,120,299
153	Curaçao	4,405		18		3,479	908	3	26,787	109	38,347	233,193	164,443
154	Lesotho	4,351		76		1,549	2,726		2,023	35	37,944	17,640	2,151,079
155	Togo	3,845		72		3,560	213		459	9	184,257	21,992	8,378,441
156	Gambia	3,838	+5	125		3,677	36	1	1,566	51	30,094	12,276	2,451,432
157	Niger	3,706		119		2,253	1,334	3	150	5	64,778	2,628	24,652,377
158	South Sudan	3,589		63		3,131	395	2	319	6	77,161	6,852	11,261,774
159	Benin	3,304		44		3,185	75		269	4	396,208	32,249	12,286,038
160	Channel Islands	3,210		67		2,756	387	10	18,375	384	274,437	1,570,949	174,695
161	Gibraltar	2,928		11		1,639	1,278	86	86,920	327	129,962	3,858,042	33,686
162	Sierra Leone	2,757		77		1,973	707		342	10			8,060,553
163	San Marino	2,583		64		2,179	340	10	76,042	1,884	27,992	824,070	33,968
164	Guinea-Bissau	2,455		45		2,398	12	5	1,232	23	37,546	18,849	1,991,902
165	Chad	2,358		105		1,918	335		141	6			16,667,091
166	Liechtenstein	2,309		48		2,084	177	18	60,469	1,257	21,443	561,556	38,185
167	New Zealand	2,188		25		2,101	62		437	5	1,426,787	285,238	5,002,100
168	Yemen	2,104		610		1,405	89	23	70	20	17,404	577	30,163,934
169	Liberia	1,779		83		1,406	290	2	348	16	39,870	7,789	5,118,771
170	Sint Maarten	1,531		27		1,394	110	3	35,499	626	11,535	267,460	43,128
171	Vietnam	1,509		35		1,353	121		15	0.4	1,431,631	14,639	97,793,604
172	Eritrea	1,445		3		740	702		405	0.8	23,693	6,633	3,571,832
173	Mongolia	1,395	+33	2		896	497	14	422	0.6	689,486	208,583	3,305,576
174	Comoros	1,050		16		802	232		1,194	18			879,137
175	Sao Tome and Principe	1,035		17		988	30		4,678	77	7,498	33,888	221,258
176	Saint Martin	1,025		12		855	158	7	26,277	308	12,433	318,738	39,007
177	Monaco	1,018		3		793	222	1	25,846	76	51,953	1,319,039	39,387
178	Turks and Caicos	956		6		799	151	2	24,520	154	12,078	309,788	38,988
179	Burundi	885		2		773	110		73	0.2	90,019	7,457	12,071,873
180	Taiwan	825	+3	7		714	104		35	0.3	130,891	5,491	23,839,282
181	Papua New Guinea	799		9		755	35		88	1.0	39,761	4,401	9,034,430
182	Barbados	780	+37	7		335	438	1	2,712	24	79,057	274,924	287,559
183	Bhutan	767				459	308		988		315,958	407,154	776,016
184	Diamond Princess	712		13		699	0
185	Faeroe Islands	643		1		584	58	1	13,133	20	207,127	4,230,535	48,960
186	Bermuda	641	+5	12	+1	538	91	6	10,313	193	147,773	2,377,415	62,157
187	Mauritius	539		10		514	15		423	8	289,552	227,480	1,272,870
188	Tanzania	509		21		183	305	7	8	0.3			60,605,147
189	Seychelles	420		1		229	190		4,257	10	5,200	52,704	98,664
190	Isle of Man	390		25		349	16		4,574	293	22,289	261,402	85,267
191	Cambodia	386	+1			362	24		23		349,402	20,750	16,838,756
192	Saint Lucia	383		5		304	74		2,081	27	20,411	110,891	184,064
193	Cayman Islands	359		2		310	47	1	5,429	30	61,935	936,678	66,122
194	Caribbean Netherlands	249		3		181	65		9,450	114	4,453	168,994	26,350
195	St. Barth	206		1		172	33		20,823	101	8,518	861,013	9,893
196	Brunei	173		3		149	21		393	7	83,920	190,877	439,654
197	Antigua and Barbuda	163		5		149	9	1	1,657	51	6,752	68,653	98,350
198	St. Vincent Grenadines	149				100	49		1,341		21,273	191,435	111,124
199	Grenada	128		1		123	4		1,135	9	6,781	60,118	112,795
200	Dominica	105				93	12		1,457		7,844	108,825	72,079
201	British Virgin Islands	97		1		84	12		3,198	33	13,223	435,885	30,336
202	Fiji	53		2		44	7		59	2	19,883	22,097	899,824
203	Timor-Leste	49				40	9		37		17,502	13,146	1,331,395
204	Macao	46				46	0		70		4,238	6,481	653,918
205	Laos	41				40	1		6		93,619	12,772	7,330,191
206	New Caledonia	40				39	1		139		19,305	67,283	286,923
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	33				31	2		618		5,593	104,748	53,395
208	Falkland Islands	29				27	2		8,211		5,689	1,610,702	3,532
209	Greenland	27				25	2		475		16,113	283,575	56,821
210	Vatican City	27				15	12		33,666				802
211	Solomon Islands	17				10	7		24		4,500	6,470	695,533
212	Saint Pierre Miquelon	16				15	1		2,769		3,246	561,689	5,779
213	Anguilla	15				13	2		995		5,337	354,077	15,073
214	Montserrat	13		1		12	0		2,603	200	626	125,350	4,994
215	Western Sahara	10		1		8	1		17	2			604,880
216	MS Zaandam	9		2		7	0
217	Marshall Islands	4				4	0		67				59,398
218	Wallis and Futuna	4				1	3		359		1,149	103,188	11,135
219	Samoa	2				2	0		10				199,100
220	Vanuatu	1				1	0		3				310,834
	Total:	88,595,887	+110,854	1,908,608	+2,911	63,685,869	23,001,410	108,401	11,366.0	244.9

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231 new cases and 1 new death in the DR Congo [source]

8,790 new cases and 332 new deaths in Poland [source]

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Dr. Laws reports on new SARS-CoV-2 variant strain reported in most of UK

2021-01-08 FreeNews

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — There is a new variant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 found in South Africa and Nigeria, and a new variant spreading across most of England, reported Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws, during the January 6 National Emergency Operation Centre COVID-19 Press Briefing.

“The science seems to suggest that these three strains of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus are different,” said Dr. Laws. “The scientists have done quite a lot of work on the new variant circulating in the United Kingdom (UK). They are saying is that this new variant is highly more transmissible than the virus’ previous version.”

Because of this, the UK is experiencing a surge in the number of cases. Dr. Laws said that on January 5, the number of new daily confirmed cases in the UK topped 60,000 for the first time. The BBC stated that the number of patients in hospitals in the UK is 40 times higher than what they experienced during the first peak in 2020.

“As a result, England is in its third national lockdown which came into force yesterday,” said Dr. Laws. “This may extend until approximately mid-February of this year.”

Dr. Laws said the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is more transmissible at 56 to 70 percent than the previous forms. It spreads more easily between people but does not seem to make people sicker. It will spread faster and infect more people, Because of this, the death toll will increase.

Dr. Laws said that as a result of this, returning nationals from the UK must be quarantined (confined to their rooms) for the two-week quarantine period. They will then have the requisite RT-PCR test done. After the test results are negative, they will be able to integrate into society.

“Travellers returning national from the United Kingdom, won’t be allowed to vacation in place,” said Dr. Laws. “Travellers will be quarantined and confined to their rooms for a two-week period.”

According to the New York Times, the new variant has been found in Florida, Colorado and California. It is rare now in the United States. Dr. Laws said that more testing needs to be done to determine the extent and ultimately its prevalence in the United States.

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Sixth group of RUSVM students arrive in St. Kitts and Nevis from Miami, Puerto Rico

2021-01-08 FreeNews

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — On January 6, two chartered flights arrived in St. Kitts and Nevis from Miami and Puerto Rico carrying students for the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM).

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws, said during her Health Emergency Operations Centre presentation at the National Emergency Operations Centre Press Briefing, this is the sixth batch of students for the university.

The charter flight from Miami brought 87 students, while five students arrived on the charter from Puerto Rico. Ninety-two students transferred from the RLB International Airport to the dorm on the RUSVM campus.

“The students had their pre-arrival RT-PCR tests done in Miami on Monday,” said Dr. Laws. “Only those with negative results boarded the charter. Upon arriving at the RUSVM campus this afternoon their Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken upon arrival.”

Dr, Laws said test samples will be processed and the students have been placed in quarantine at the dorms for 14 days. Then they will receive their exit RT-PCR tests. After their tests are negative, the students will be free to attend classes and integrate into society.

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Family Matters Programme’s Counselling Unit helps families function holistically

2021-01-08 FreeNews

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — The Family Matters Programme, being carried out by the Counselling Unit within the Ministry of Social Development, is helping families to function holistically, says Family Counsellor, Jeremy Thomas.

Thomas said there is a referral process that families must go through first. He noted that the youth are being contacted as an entry point into the families.

“When you think about it, a lot of the referrals that we get are usually from schools,” said Thomas. “The school counsellors say this is the issue that we have with this particular child. Their parent keeps on coming back and they are saying this is the issue. So we say listen, we have a programme now, which is part of the Family Matters Services.

“Parents have to sign off and agree for the services to commence,” he said. “Without that signature, or without them saying yes, we can’t do anything. Even if the school counsellors say that this child is problematic without their consent, we can’t do anything further than that.”

Thomas said that after the information is received from the counsellor or the school, information about the child is entered into a data system.

“We meet with a guardian and ask them a few questions,” said Thomas. “What’s happening, what is taking place in the home, and then the information is entered into our system. It calculates some of the risk factors that exist within the family. After going through those risk factors, we determine what we are going to do next.

“The department uses the risk factors as an entry point into the family,” said Thomas. “Based on what the system tells us about the risk factors we enter into the family.”

The Family Matters Programme began with recognition that the family has many functions. Its main focus is the social function of the family.

The goal of the programme is to work specifically with families to reduce risk factors so that families are better able to protect their children.

“Ultimately, we have young people who will grow into healthy citizens,” said Family Counsellor, Alicia Collins.

The programme was initiated by the USAID in three territories in 2017. They include St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Guyana. The Counselling Unit facilitated the programme because of its work. USAID financed the programme for the first year, and the government has given its assistance over the years.

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Republic of China (Taiwan) pledges US$600.000 to Federation for COVID-19 vaccines

2021-01-07 FreeNews

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — The Republic of China (Taiwan) has pledged to assist St. Kitts and Nevis’ effort to procure additional COVID-19 vaccines when they become available under the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX).

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hazel Laws said that the pledge was made by Taiwan’s Resident Ambassador His Excellency Tom Lee during a visit to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, January 6.

“The Republic of China (Taiwan) is making a very generous donation to the Federation of US$600,000 towards the procurement of vaccines,” Dr. Laws stated during the National Emergency Operations Centre COVID-19 Briefing.

Dr. Laws said St. Kitts and Nevis previously made the required down payment to the COVAX arrangement to make available enough vaccines to cover 20 percent of the population in the initial stages.

Taiwan has been a reliable partner in St. Kitts and Nevis’ war against the novel coronavirus. The ROC previously made donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the government. These included ventilators, N-95 facemasks, thermal camera sets, forehead thermal guns, protective clothing, isolation gowns, and testing machines.

Several countries have given emergency approval to use vaccines against COVID-19 among their populations. Persons are receiving vaccines manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech as well as Moderna. The United Kingdom recently approved a vaccine manufactured by Oxford-AstraZeneca for emergency use by its population.

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Post-Cabinet briefing for Monday, January 4, 2021

2021-01-07 FreeNews

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — The Team Unity Cabinet of Ministers met on Monday, January 4, 2021, at the Ministry of Finance Conference Room, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris. Several issues affecting the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis were deliberated on.
• Cabinet was advised of the usual statistics locally, regionally, and globally on the COVID-19 situation. The Director of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) and the CEO of SCASPA (St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority) gave the updated arrival and departure figures including totals up to the present and from the reopening of the borders. The Chief Medical Officer spoke to the new variant of the virus, the availability of the vaccine, and the preferred type of vaccine for the Federation considering the storage requirements for vaccines. It was also reported that the KOI Resort has come on board for quarantine and isolation with 13 rooms available.
• The Cabinet was advised by the Commissioner of Police on the crime statistics that are trending downwards, while the detection rate is trending upwards.
• The Acting Comptroller of Customs spoke to the Cabinet on the new method for handling and clearing of non-commercial baggage and informed that the new system was much more efficient. Examination of goods is carried out jointly by Customs shipping agents and Port Authority at all times, and CCTV cameras are in use at examination facilities.
• Cabinet was advised that the legal framework has been put in place for the COVID-19 monitoring app to be rolled out in mid-January.
• Cabinet approved a submission for the appointment of members of the board for the Medical Cannabis Authority.

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Travellers urged, be patient until they receive novel coronavirus test results

2021-01-07 FreeNews

Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph N. France General Hospital, Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, asked travellers to be patient until their test results are available.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — More than 6,000 COVID-19 tests have been processed as part of the robust efforts by health authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis to detect and control any cases of the novel coronavirus.

The opening of the borders to regional and international passengers on October 31, 2020, has seen a significant increase in the demand for COVID-19 testing. This has caused some delays in the return of test results, which is normally produced less than 24 hours after samples are taken.
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8 Times Elected Congresswoman Yvette Clarke Takes Oath of Office

2021-01-07 FreeNews

Jamaican-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has taken her 8th Oath of Office at the start of the historic 117th United States Congress.

“We ushered in the 117th Congress — the most diverse Congress in our nation’s history — and I proudly took my 8th Oath of Office to represent New York’s 9th Congressional District,” Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) on Tuesday following her swearing-in for her eight consecutive, two-year term.

“While this is often a celebratory occasion, we must not forget we are beginning this new Congress during a time of extraordinary difficulty,” added the representative for the predominantly Caribbean 9^th Congressional District in Brooklyn, New York.

“Since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, we have experienced more than 350,000 tragic deaths, over 20 million infections, an unprecedented economic crisis, a racial reckoning,” continued Clarke, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security Committees.

“The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated many of the inequalities plaguing our nation. Still, it has served as an opportunity for House Democrats to focus on the critical issues to the American people.”

With the passing of the US$900 billion pandemic relief bill, the congresswoman said communities have begun receiving enhanced unemployment benefits, US$600 direct cash payments and protections against evictions.

She said the legislation is “a strong beginning to continued efforts to accomplish all that we had hoped.”

Clarke said navigating this pandemic has been “extremely challenging,” adding, however, that “we have seen many within our communities that have been most adversely impacted and marginalized arise as true champions for democracy.

“Additionally, I find it alarming that some of my colleagues are utilizing this difficult time to advance divisive agendas to contest the electoral college results,” she said, alluding to a statement by late US Congressman John Lewis.

“‘The vote is precious. It is almost sacred. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy,’” she quoted Lewis as saying.

“These efforts are futile and harmful to our democracy; now is not the time for division,” Clarke said. “Now is the time for unity, and the strengthening and preservation of our democracy.

“I am proud to continue representing the residents of the 9th Congressional District as we strive towards more accountability, transparency and truth in supporting the needs of the American people,” she added.

CMC

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UK Records Highest Daily COVID Deaths at 1,041

2021-01-07 FreeNews

The UK recorded its highest number of COVID-related deaths since mid-April, and the highest daily increase in virus cases.

The government figures reported on Wednesday afternoon showed another 1,041 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus. This is the 10th time since the pandemic began that the daily number of deaths has been above 1,000, Sky News reported.

The figure was a significant increase from the 830 deaths reported on Tuesday, with both days likely to contain some deaths that took place over the Christmas and New Year period that have only just been reported.

There were also another 62,322 cases reported, an increase from Tuesday’s 60,916 cases.

It brings the total number of test-confirmed cases in the UK to 2,836,801.

It was also reported on Wednesday that the number of COVID patients in UK hospital, as of Monday, has passed 30,000 for the first time – reaching 30,451.

This includes 26,626 patients in England, 1,966 in Wales, 1,282 in Scotland and 577 in Northern Ireland.

As of Tuesday, 2,645 hospital patients were on ventilators.

It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the public that the easing of England’s third national lockdown will be a “gradual unwrapping” and not a “big bang”.

The prime minister told MPs earlier that the government will use “every available second” of the current shutdown to place an “invisible shield” around elderly and vulnerable people through the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.

The locations of seven mass vaccination centres were revealed by the government, along with plans to open them next week.

Wednesday’s figures also show that 5,085 people died between December 24 and January 1, all of whom had tested positive for COVID-19 within 28 days of their death.

The full death toll for this period, which includes everyone who had COVID-19 recorded on their death certificate, will not be known until later in January.

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Bahamas: Sir William Allen, 83, Dies after Long Illness

2021-01-07 FreeNews

Sir William Allen, who served as governor of The Central Bank of The Bahamas and later minister of finance, died at his New Providence home yesterday after a long illness. He was 83.

Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, in expressing condolences to Sir William’s family, said his contribution to the development and advancement of The Bahamas is immeasurable.

Ingraham noted that Allen returned home from the United States in 1970 to take up a post as research manager at the Central Bank. He went on to serve as deputy governor and ultimately as governor of the bank. He was appointed to that post on June 1, 1980 after the resignation of the late Timothy Baswell Donaldson from the post.

“In 1992, I persuaded Bill to join my new government as a senator and accept an appointment as minister of state in the Ministry of Finance and Planning,” the former prime minister added.

“Following his election to Parliament in 1994, he became my portfolio minister of finance, a position which he held through to the end of our second term in office in 2002.

“Bill’s experience and advice was invaluable to me and to each of the governments I was privileged to lead. I credit him for the new levels of discipline introduced into the government’s budget process and for setting the country on a path of financial reform that ushered in greater degrees of transparency and accountability in government financing.”

Ingraham said, “Bill has been in declining health for some time and early last year suggested to me that he knew that his time was limited. He was gracious in expressing appreciation for having had the opportunity to serve our great country.

“He said that he believed that we had made our country better. And of course, we had, in no small part because of the commitment and dedication of men like him; men of great talent and character who placed love of country and duty to public service ahead of personal gain.”

In 2017, Ingraham hosted a luncheon in honor of Sir William, who turned 80.

At the time, he described his former minister as “one of the unsung heroes in terms of public service in The Bahamas”.

Zhivargo Laing, former minister of state for finance who was one of the former ministers who attended the luncheon, remarked at the time: “In almost every way that a friend and professional colleague could impact a person, Sir William Allen has impacted me.

“His intellectual capacity, his authenticity, his seriousness about the task and assignment and his desire to see you grow as an individual, was all the experience I had with him, as a Cabinet colleague, as a parliamentary colleague, and simply as a friend.”

In a statement last night, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis offered condolences to Sir William’s family on behalf of the Bahamian people and said he was saddened to learn of his death.

“The Bahamas was fundamentally bettered by Sir William’s service,” Minnis said.

“He was a man of integrity who gave his all to his country. I also wish to express my gratitude for his advice and assistance when I served as leader of the opposition.”

Minnis said The Bahamas has lost a distinguished statesman.

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