New Coronavirus Cases in U.S. Rise for Fourth Straight Day

[TomCADem]

Source: Wall Street Journal

New coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed above 40,000 for the second day in a row, as the impact of Hurricane Laura added to the challenges some states face in containing the virus’s spread.

In Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards said during an interview with MSNBC that Hurricane Laura, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm, was going to complicate efforts to contain Covid-19, and that it has been a significant challenge to deal with a natural catastrophe during the pandemic.

Louisiana reported 723 new coronavirus cases and 23 additional deaths, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.

Louisiana shut testing sites in advance of the storm, which left at least six dead and tens of thousands without power. Mr. Edwards said it would be difficult to get them running again because of storm damage and staffing issues. They were run by members of the National Guard working on storm relief.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-coronavirus-cases-in-u-s-rise-for-fourth-straight-day/ar-BB18sf8T?ocid=msedgdhp

[still_one]

1. Too much testing obviously

[louis-t]

2. Gatherings of unmasked Republicans, Sturgis, and forcing kids

to go back to school? I really thought the numbers would start going down!

[wiggs]

3. Even with testing rates going down. We don't know what the true number of

new cases is...

[DENVERPOPS]

4. I'm just waiting to see

if the RepubliCONs response to Laura can compare to "W"'s lack of response to Katrina........
Especially since FEMA's disaster funds have been pirated/looted for other pet projects by the RepubliCONs.....

[TomCADem]

5. We Already Saw That Response for Maria...

...where more Americans died than during Katrina. Trump already beat Dubya's hurricane death toll early in his Presidency.

[cstanleytech]

6. Question. Have the actual % of deaths nationwide increased significantly from last year?

Reason I ask is if it has not then is it possible we have had this virus circling around for alot longer killing people and simply did not know due to a lack of testing?

[TomCADem]

7. Coronavirus: Is the US the worst-hit country for deaths?

The U.S, has experienced over 200,000 excess deaths, though not all of them are necessarily due to COVID. Indeed, due to social distancing measures, you may actually get a reduction in certain types of fatalities.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53780196

First, there is no international standard for how you measure deaths, or their causes. And making comparisons is tricky as countries record deaths in different ways.

But experts say one of the most telling measures is how many extra deaths a country experiences above the number who would have been expected to die.



This "excess" death data captures some potentially unrecorded coronavirus deaths, and other deaths that might be the result of strain on healthcare systems and other indirect effects of the epidemic.

It can therefore provide a more complete picture of how a country has been affected overall.