Covid Act Now Daily Download
By the numbers // 21:15 ET 11 August 2020
⬤ Active or imminent outbreak ⬤ At risk ⬤ Slow disease growth ⬤ On track to contain COVID
Cases: 5,116,474
+55,594 / 24h
Deaths: 156,273
+1,326 / 24h
Tests: 63,252,257
+739,083 / 24h
The Day’s Top COVID Stories- VICE covers recent evidence that gatherings among close friends and family are driving up cases of COVID across the country. While wearing a mask and social distancing around
strangers in public is now a force of habit, many people still view interactions with friends and family they don’t live with as inherently safer. As people let down their guard, they contract COVID and bring it back into their households.
The New York Times reports on new proof that floating respiratory droplets called aerosols contain live COVID virus, and not just fragments of genetic material. These airborne virus droplets play a significant role in community transmission, especially in hospital settings where cases are concentrated. - STAT News
suggests that scientists are on the brink of getting important data that may indicate whether monoclonal antibodies — antibodies that the body produces to neutralize invading viruses — could be genetically engineered into new medicines which could safely and effectively prevent COVID.
New COVID Literature & StudiesA study analyzed the cerebrospinal fluid (fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord) of COVID patients with neurological symptoms, and found no evidence of direct viral invasion of the central nervous system. The researchers suggest that the neurological symptoms of COVID patients are due to systemic inflammation and damage
to the blood vessels in the brain. Read the study. - A survey of reported COVID outbreaks further supports the finding that cluster infections play a very large role in viral transmission. The study characterizes types of clusters, including families, hospital-based infections, transmission on transportations, shopping malls, religious gatherings, prisons, office spaces, and nursing homes. Interventions to control COVID should include physical distancing in these situations. Read the study.
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⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤*Key Indicators (How we determine risk levels)Daily New Cases: How many new cases are confirmed daily? Infection Rate: Is the number of infections going down? Test Positivity: Is COVID testing widespread enough to identify new cases? ICU Headroom: Do hospitals have capacity to treat a surge of COVID hospitalizations? Contacts Traced: Are we finding and isolating most new cases before COVID spreads?
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