# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [February 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758 "2020-02-11T01:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 257
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5143 "2020-10-21T02:21:24Z")
Wales going into three week lockdown: > **[Covid: Wales to go into 'firebreak' lockdown from Friday](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54598136)** > > People in Wales told to stay home from Friday, with pubs and restaurants ordered to close. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5144 "2020-10-21T04:14:09Z")
41,042,579 total cases 1,129,591 dead 30,628,417 recovered In the US: 8,520,307 total cases 226,149 dead 5,545,619 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 40,648,536 total cases > 1,122,992 dead > 30,353,355 recovered > > In the US: > > 8,456,653 total cases > 225,222 dead > 5,503,268 recovered ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5145 "2020-10-21T22:27:53Z")
I haven’t posted in this thread for a while, so I’ll add my thanks to @SnowboarderBo. Re: Wales: a good thing, I think, but the infrastructure is so connected to England that these lines in the sand don’t help much if England isn’t on board. My in-laws are taking a bit of a holiday this week (very carefully: renting a cottage, not socializing) in time to be back for Friday lockdown. My Welsh family has already has two cases of covid despite being very careful; my American relatives are rather less careful, and covid-free (though to still pending one autopsy report). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5146 "2020-10-22T04:03:41Z")
41,484,634 total cases 1,136,335 dead 30,910,879 recovered In the US: 8,584,819 total cases 227,409 dead 5,602,116 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 41,042,579 total cases > 1,129,591 dead > 30,628,417 recovered > > In the US: > > 8,520,307 total cases > 226,149 dead > 5,545,619 recovered There were more than 400,000 new cases today. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5147 "2020-10-22T04:07:24Z")
**Snowboarder\_Bo** , no doubt this task is depressing to you–just reading it is depressing to me–but please realize the number of folks who appreciate what you’re doing. I show your update posts to my friends here and they thank you also. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5148 "2020-10-22T14:32:22Z")
Yeah, I must chime in also, **Bo**. This is one of my starting points for the Dope each day, and the one tracker I always see. Thanks for your dedication to the task. j ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5149 "2020-10-22T17:49:51Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > **Snowboarder\_Bo** , no doubt this task is depressing to you–just reading it is depressing to me–but please realize the number of folks who appreciate what you’re doing. I show your update posts to my friends here and they thank you also. Same here. Thanks @Snowboarder_Bo! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5150 "2020-10-22T23:34:55Z")
> **[The Worst Virus Outbreaks in the U.S. Are Now in Rural Areas (Published 2020)](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/22/us/covid-rural-us.html?campaign_id=154&emc=edit_cb_20201022&instance_id=23397&nl=coronavirus-briefing®i_id=35181819&segment_id=41955&te=1&user_id=e7ef30a42952da41e1799362ca85af83)** > > Rural counties of fewer than 10,000 people are seeing more coronavirus cases than at any other time during the pandemic. > ## The virus is now ravaging rural areas > > Unlike the surges in the spring and summer, when cases were concentrated mainly in cities and suburbs, [many of the worst outbreaks in the U.S. right now are in rural areas](https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/TCwPZ0l49uh-2benJHD0fQ ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdI4pP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMC8xMC8yMi91cy9jb3ZpZC1ydXJhbC11cy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1NCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jYl8yMDIwMTAyMiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMzM5NyZubD1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1icmllZmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTM1MTgxODE5JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDE5NTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWU3ZWYzMGE0Mjk1MmRhNDFlMTc5OTM2MmNhODVhZjgzVwNueXRCCgA6KQmSX7ZZ3MdSEnNhc2hhOTlAcnVuYm94LmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ). > > None of the country’s biggest hot spots are in a large city. Almost all the counties with the largest outbreaks have populations under 50,000, and most have populations under 10,000. Nearly all are in the Midwest or the Mountain West. > The total number of coronavirus cases and deaths in rural areas remains smaller than those in cities because of the comparatively low population in the counties. But the rural share of the virus burden has grown over time. Since late summer, per capita case and death rates in rural areas have outpaced those in metropolitan areas. Now, about one in four deaths from the virus is recorded in a rural county. > > A telling example of this trend can be found in Foster County, N.D., a community of just over 3,000 people that recorded just one positive case in the spring. In mid-July, it recorded just two more. But by Tuesday, about one in every 20 residents had tested positive for the virus. More than half of those cases were reported in the past two weeks. > … ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5151 "2020-10-23T00:36:03Z")
Here’s some news: > **[FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir](https://apnews.com/article/us-news-science-virus-outbreak-e03b6e713ad5e7b7ad74f23001a94f63)** > > U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients through an IV... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5152 "2020-10-23T04:18:14Z")
41,994,442 total cases 1,142,744 dead 31,187,231 recovered In the US: 8,661,651 total cases 228,381 dead 5,655,301 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 41,484,634 total cases > 1,136,335 dead > 30,910,879 recovered > > In the US: > > 8,584,819 total cases > 227,409 dead > 5,602,116 recovered Yesterday we crossed the mark of 400,000 new cases in a day. Today there were more than 478,000 new cases worldwide; the US added over 74,000 new cases. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5153 "2020-10-23T13:20:37Z")
I see that a number of states in the Midwest and Middle West have either hit new high levels of new cases yesterday, or are maintaining the high level from a couple of days ago. Rhode Island has also hit a new high yesterday, well above the previous high in May. The states with new highs in reported daily cases are Rhode Island Wisconsin Idaho Montana Wyoming Ohio Kentucky Colorado New Mexico Kansas Arkansas Pennsylvania Stares that had their highest peak daily reported cases a few days ago are North Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, South Dakota, Indiana, Alaska, and Utah Turning the corner, we are. ---
**Author:** ![SayTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@SayTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SayTwo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5154 "2020-10-23T13:23:05Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Turning the corner, we are. Gettin’ there… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5155 "2020-10-23T13:24:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Turning the corner, we are. But in which direction? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5156 "2020-10-23T13:33:12Z")
One thing we don’t do enough of is look at the international scene. I notice that several countries, which had been doing quite well in keeping cases down, are now experiencing damned near exponential rises in new cases. These include: France Spain The UK Switzerland Czechia Italy Belgium Poland Germany Netherlands France is poised to overtake the daily new case rate from India, which is still falling rapidly. That would place it second to the US. It’s hitting new highs of daily reported cases in several other countries, too – Argentina, Russia, Ukraine, and others – but it’s not as striking or as sudden in those. > **[New COVID-19 Cases Worldwide - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center](https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases)** > > Have countries flattened the curve? Daily confirmed new COVID-19 cases for the most affected countries over time. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5157 "2020-10-23T13:39:47Z")
Switzerland’s screwed. > **[Switzerland becomes one of the worst-hit countries from coronavirus in Europe](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/covid-switzerland-cases-swiss-germany-europe-b1221495.html)** > > Switzerland has gone from one of the least-affected countries in Europe to one of the worst-hit in just three weeks. According to today’s press conference we will run out of ICU beds before the middle of November. At least one canton already has 100% occupancy. [https://icumonitoring.ch/](https://icumonitoring.ch/) Most of the measures are still at canton level, but the federal council is hinting at a nationwide slowdown, which is basically a lightened lockdown. The federal council is not (yet) willing to take control as they did in March. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5158 "2020-10-23T13:45:50Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Turning the corner, we are. You are holding that picture sideways-We are actually going over the cliff. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5159 "2020-10-23T16:48:56Z")
Despite having opened up most of its economy (with the exception of bars, discos, and movies and the like), Panama seems to have been on a plateau of an average of 600-700 new cases per day, and around 10 deaths per day, for the last six weeks. Two weeks ago it looked like new cases were on a slight upward trajectory, now it looks like they are trending slightly downward again. ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5160 "2020-10-24T01:05:27Z")
> The virus is now ravaging rural areas > Unlike the surges in the spring and summer, when cases were concentrated mainly in cities and suburbs, [many of the worst outbreaks in the U.S. right now are in rural areas]([https://nl.nytimes.com](https://nl.nytimes.com) My rural community is currently being hit hard. This is hardcore Trump country, and after months of anti-maskers sneering at the sheeple afraid of the hoax/plandemic, it’s suddenly very quiet. ---
**Author:** ![yohan\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yohan_go/32/3620_2.png) [@yohan\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yohan_go)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5161 "2020-10-24T01:11:04Z")
Yep. Slovenia too. 800 cases per million a day this week and raising. Second total lockdown this year is scheduled for today. So what went wrong? Well, obviously restrictions went to loose at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5162 "2020-10-24T04:27:25Z")
42,489,905 total cases 1,149,229 dead 31,427,020 recovered In the US: 8,746,953 total cases 229,284 dead 5,698,161 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 41,994,442 total cases > 1,142,744 dead > 31,187,231 recovered > > In the US: > > 8,661,651 total cases > 228,381 dead > 5,655,301 recovered The world was just shy of half a million new cases today with over 490,000 recorded (a new one day record). The US also set a new one day record with over 81,000 new cases. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=256) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=258)