Here is an afternoon update on how humanity is doing against the COVID-19 Pandemic. The story is told from curated links to news articles, press releases, and research papers. Data from health agencies and private watchdog groups as well as videos are also included. This is to supplement the daily update published with the news and weather briefing from earlier today.
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Here are some numbers from the CDC, the NCDHHS, and the Johns Hopkins Dashboard. Macon Media prefers the Johns Hopkins Dashboard because the counts include those non-residents that are left out of the CDC and NCDHHS numbers.
The CDC website [LINK] reports 46,855 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,168 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 48,188 confirmed cases from 693,678 targeted tests, and 857 hospitalized and 1,175 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 46,934 people infected and 1,181 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).
Data from Macon County Public Health [LINK]
Detected 245
Recovered 27
Deceased 1
Actives 217
Testing Data
MCPH Tests 2,317 (+1 from yesterday)
Other Tests 593 (+100 from yesterday)
Total Tests 2,910 (+91 from yesterday)
Pending 182 (-43 from yesterday)
Here is a repeat of the weekly demographic data from Macon County Public Health. A new one will be published this coming Wednesday afternoon.
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
Videos
North Carolina Cornonavirus Update
World Update from Dr John Campbell
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 86: COVID-19 Testing & Cases Increasing but Daily Deaths Decreasing
Airrang TV
How Is Korea Beating COVID-19? - Part 1. Democracy
How Is Korea Beating COVID-19? - Part 2. Civic Awareness
PRESS RELEASES
Using European supercomputing, EU-funded research project demonstrates promising results for potential treatment [LINK]
Facilitating Diagnostic Test Availability for Asymptomatic Testing and Sample Pooling [LINK]
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey pilot [LINK]
News Articles
US Officially Passes 120,000 Deaths from Covid-19 [LINK]
Infectious disease doctor says economy reopened 'too soon,' causing coronavirus to spread more [LINK]
Wear a mask! Houston Mayor plans to mandate face masks as COVID-19 case surge [LINK]
Nebraska governor: Counties that require masks in government buildings won't get virus relief [LINK]
Fauci says "anti-science bias" is a problem in the US [LINK]
Navajo Nation reinstates lockdown as Covid-19 cases surge near reservation [LINK]
Experts say Florida has the makings of the next epicenter. [LINK]
Multiple Florida Hospitals Run Out of ICU Beds as Coronavirus Cases Spike - Newsweek June 18, 2020 [LINK]
China finds heavy coronavirus traces in seafood, meat sections of Beijing food market [LINK]
California sets new record for most new coronavirus cases in a day: exceeding 4,000 [LINK]
Californians must wear face masks in public under coronavirus order issued by Newsom [LINK]
12% of all New Jersey nursing home residents are dead from COVID-19 [LINK]
Arizona Sheriff Who Refused to Enforce Lockdown Restrictions Has COVID-19 [LINK]
3 Arizona casinos shut down again to reassess COVID-19 plan [LINK]
Field Museum scientist and ‘inspiration’ Lynika Strozier, 35, dies from coronavirus [LINK]
COVID-19 cluster in West Virginia county linked to travel to Myrtle Beach [LINK]
The Pandemic Isn’t Over. New Yorkers Are Acting as if It Were - NYT - Jun. 18, 2020 [LINK]
Gov. Wolf: Mask-Wearing is Required, Critical to Stop COVID-19 Spread [LINK]
Opinion
A Mask is a Stupid Hill to Die on, America [LINK]
Research
How deadly is the coronavirus? Scientists are close to an answer [LINK]
A controlled trial of methylprednisolone in adults hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia [LINK]
Challenges of “Return to Work” in an Ongoing Pandemic [LINK]
The Cardiac Toxicity of Chloroquine or Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-regression Analysis [LINK]
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 specific neutralising antibodies in blood donors from the Lodi Red Zone in Lombardy, Italy, as at 06 April 2020 [LINK]
Formal request for the retraction of Zhang et al., 2020 [LINK] [PDF]
Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19 [LINK]
Detection of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein in both serum and saliva enhances detection of infection [LINK]
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Published at 5:18pm on Thursday, June 18, 2020
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