The hospitalization rate for the most recent week is expected to be higher as additional data are reported. All data are preliminary and may change as more reports are received. A description of the surveillance systems summarized in COVIDView, including methodology and detailed descriptions of each data component, is available on the surveillance methods page.
Based on data reported to CDC by public health laboratories and a subset of clinical and commercial laboratories in the United States, 71,, specimens were tested for SARS-CoV-2 using a molecular assay since March 1, The percentages of specimens testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 each week, based on week of specimen collection, are summarized below.
This is an increase compared with week 44, during which 8. The percentages of specimens testing positive increased among all age groups. This graph includes public health laboratory data beginning in week 10, clinical laboratory data beginning in week 11 and commercial laboratory data beginning in week The regions with the highest percent positivity during week 45 were in the central part of the country, Regions 5 Midwest, These regions also reported the largest increases in percent positivity during week 45 compared with week Additional virologic surveillance information: Surveillance Methods.
Two syndromic surveillance systems, the U. Both systems are currently being affected by changes in health care seeking behavior, including increased use of telemedicine and increased social distancing. These changes affect the numbers of people seeking care in the outpatient and ED settings and their reasons for doing so. In ILINet, 1. For those 5—24 years, the percentage of visits for ILI increased during week 45 1. All age groups have experienced an increasing percentage of visits for ILI since September.
The mean reported percentage of visits due to ILI for the current week is compared with the mean reported during non-influenza weeks, and the activity levels correspond to the number of standard deviations below, at, or above the mean. The number of jurisdictions at each activity level during week 45 and the previous week are summarized in the table below. Differences in the data presented here by CDC and independently by some state health departments likely represent differing levels of data completeness with data presented by the state likely being the more complete.
A total of 70, laboratory-confirmed COVIDassociated hospitalizations were reported by sites between March 1, , and November 7, The overall cumulative hospitalization rate was Since the week ending September 26 MMWR week 39 , overall weekly hospitalization rates have increased, driven primarily by an increase in rates among adults aged 50 and older.
The hospitalization rate for the most recent week is expected to be higher as additional data are reported in future weeks. When examining overall age-adjusted rates by race and ethnicity, the rate for Hispanic or Latino persons was approximately 4. The first day of Liverpool's mass testing pilot ran "very smoothly," for the most part, said Matt Ashton, director of public health for Liverpool city council.
The city in the north of England is aiming to test up to 50, people a day once fully operational. There were some hiccups with the operation however, as some people claimed they were made to line up for tests alongside people they didn't know had symptoms of the virus. The UK government hopes to test the entire population of the city -- nearly , people -- in 10 days.
Liverpool has some of the highest infection rates in Britain. Weekly cases currently stand at Liverpool soccer star Trent Alexander-Arnold sent a message to the people of his native city on Friday.
The UK government has implemented a travel ban with Denmark from 4am local time on Saturday after a mutated strain of the coronavirus -- connected to the country's mink farms -- was detected. Visitors arriving into the UK from Denmark will not be permitted entry into the UK, except for freight and hauliers, said the Department for Transport. The Danish government announced new restrictions in seven municipalities on Thursday. According to the Danish government, the mutated form of the virus has been passed back to humans.
Statens Serum Institut, the Danish authority based in Copenhagen which deals with infectious diseases, found five cases of the virus in mink farms and 12 examples in humans that showed reduced sensitivity to antibodies. The travel ban and expanded self-isolation requirements will be reviewed after one week. Live Coronavirus pandemic. Live Voting rights legislation. ET, November 23, Sort by Latest Oldest Dropdown arrow.
A billboard with UK Government signage asks people to stay home in the Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford, London, as the four week national lockdown for England to combat the spread of Covid continues. Yellow colored coronavirus Covid positive samples are seen, as Viennese research institutes and the Agency for Health and Food Security present a new coronavirus Covid test method called "LAMP" during a media event on October 21, in Vienna.
North Dakota has a total of 53, cases and deaths, according to the North Dakota Department of Health. France's overall coronavirus death toll surpassed 40, on Saturday. The country's total death toll now stands at 40, after new deaths were registered in a hour period, according to the French Public Health Agency. France has the world's seventh highest coronavirus fatality count, according to official data from Johns Hopkins University, but that is still only a fraction of the death toll seen in the worst-hit countries: the United States and Brazil.
This grim milestone comes after France had two consecutive days of record new daily coronavirus cases, with more than 60, new coronavirus cases announced on Friday alone.
The French Public Health Agency has not yet specified the daily case count for Saturday to reflect the previous 24 hours. As Europe experiences its second wave of coronavirus cases with winter approaching, French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that his country needs to live with the virus in the longterm. Illinois Governor J. Pritzker and his staff tested negative for Covid, after being exposed to someone who tested positive in a meeting on Monday, according to a statement released by the governor's office on Saturday.
The statement says, per the CDC, that the group will not be required to quarantine for 14 days, since they are not considered "close contacts because they met with the individual prior to 48 hours before symptom onset. This was the second time the group tested negative, after undergoing a test on Wednesday. The Illinois Department of Public Health IDPH reported 12, new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 76 deaths on Saturday, making this third consecutive day of record high coronavirus case numbers and the second day that Illinois has reported over 10, daily coronavirus cases.
Illinois underwent "resurgence mitigations" earlier this week , after test positivity rates soared in all regions of the state. Election workers risked their health this year to staff polling and ballot counting centers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Now, more than two dozen are self-quarantining after being potentially exposed to other workers who recently tested positive for the virus.
The reported cases underscore lingering concerns about the impact of in-person voting amid a troubling spike in the severity of the pandemic. The fall surge has seen some of the highest days of newly reported Covid cases in the US.
On Election Day alone, the US reported about 85, cases. Democrats and public health officials advocated for mail-in ballots in the run-up to the election, urging voters to avoid polling centers to reduce risk of spreading the virus.
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