(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of confirmed new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeds 5 million
China News Agency, Washington, August 9 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeded 5.02 million on the 9th local time, and the death toll exceeded 162,000.
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 16:00 on the 9th, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeded 5.024 million and 162,707 people died. Among them, 555,000 were confirmed in California, 532,000 were confirmed in Florida, 498,000 were confirmed in Texas, and 420,000 were confirmed in New York. The total number of cases in these four states accounts for 40% of the total number of confirmed cases in the United States.
According to statistics, it took 99 days from the first confirmed case of new crown to 1 million in the United States; 43 days from 1 million to 2 million cases; 28 days for 2 million to 3 million cases; 15 days for 3 million to 4 million cases ; 4 million to 5 million cases took 17 days.
In recent days, the number of new cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has dropped slightly, but the number of deaths in a single day has remained at a "peak" of about 1,000. Among them, various data in California, the "hot spot" of the epidemic, have begun to decline recently. There were 7,000 new cases on the 8th. The positive rate in the past two weeks was 6%, and the number of hospitalizations also declined. In another “hot spot” of the epidemic, Texas, the average positive rate in the past 7 days has reached 19.41%, the highest value since the outbreak, and the situation is still not optimistic.
The state of New York State, which was previously "the hardest hit area," is doing well. New York Governor Cuomo said on the 9th that the positive rate of new crown testing in New York State on the 8th was 0.78%, the lowest value since the outbreak, and other data remained stable.
With the coming of the autumn semester, whether schools should resume offline teaching has become an urgent issue, and many places have announced the "start of school" plan in recent days. On the 5th, the Mayor of Chicago announced that all schools in the Chicago school district will adopt online teaching methods this fall semester. On the 7th, New York Governor Cuomo announced that given that the New York State epidemic is basically under control, all schools in the state will be allowed to resume offline teaching during the fall semester.
According to US media reports, some schools in Georgia are currently open. One week after a school district in the suburbs of Atlanta resumed offline teaching, 11 students and 2 school staff were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia, resulting in at least 260 students being isolated.
Many medical experts said that the way in which classes will resume this fall semester will depend on the epidemic situation in the school. If offline teaching is adopted, measures such as maintaining “social distancing” and wearing masks should be adopted as much as possible.
Due to the deadlock between the two parties in Congress on the new round of economic stimulus plan negotiations, US President Trump signed four administrative documents on the 8th to extend the partially expired financial rescue measures. This "bypassing Congress" approach was strongly opposed by Democrats.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and Democrat Pelosi said on the 9th that Trump’s actions were “ridiculous and against constitutional provisions” and did not include assistance to schools. Pelosi said the Democrats will continue to negotiate with the Republicans, hoping to reach an agreement. It is reported that the two parties currently have major differences on a number of issues including school resumption assistance and unemployment benefits. (Finish)