Covid-19: New York cases reach 25,665 — five times higher than rest of US

  • 📰 BDliveSA
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 32 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 16%
  • Publisher: 63%

South Africa Headlines News

New York governor says the rate of Covid-19 infections is doubling about every three days

Arlington

New York has 10 times more cases than California, which has about 2,800 cases, he said, adding that the apex of the New York infections will hit in as soon as 14 days, higher and sooner than expected.The state now expects it will need as many as 140,000 hospital beds, up from an earlier projection of 110,000. The state has 53,000 hospital beds and 3,000 ICU beds, but will need as many as 40,000 ICU beds. “These are troubling and astronomical numbers,” he said.

“Clearly, the virus had been circulating there for a number of weeks to have this level of [penetration] into the general community,” Birx said.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

zozitunzi vala amacango ne festile Mamtolo...amanzi angene'ndlini eNY.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 12. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Covid-19: Mercedes Benz SA announces cutback in operations due to Covid-19As with BMW and Ford, the company says the decision to suspend production is driven by a mix of health and business demands I think someone needs to send them the definition of 'essential services'. Profit over People has never been a good look.
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

Covid-19 live updates: SA has 153 new casesThe number of Covid-19 cases has risen to 554, health minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Tuesday.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Oprah tries to bring calm over Covid-19 with new Apple TV+ showOprah Winfrey has launched a new remotely done talk show, Oprah Talks Covid-19, on Apple TV+.
Source: Channel24 - 🏆 48. / 51 Read more »

Every province hit as SA's confirmed Covid-19 cases move past 400BREAKING | The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in South Africa has risen to 402. Yoh kushibile😦 Capitalism has been exposed to be a useless system, President Ramaposa must read between the lines, the writing is on the wall that he must dump his bourgeoisie, capitalists friends, and urge for assistance from the Cuban Socialists on this corona virus.
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »

COVID-19 in SA: 402 confirmed casesThis is an increase of 128 COVID-19 cases from Sunday’s announcement. Mr Ramaphosa will be playing with lives if he doesn't announce a lock down tonight. I won't be suprised if it hits 900 Cases tomorrow 😱😱
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

Confirmed COVID-19 cases increase by 34The National Department of Health said the number has spiked by 34 new infections from Saturday. I guess is waiting for 1000 confirmed cases before he calls a SA lockdown Siyaqhuba, asimanga. For the first time in my life I wish I was a Rwandan. They have a leader of a president who is not afraid of taking difficult decisions and putting his people first. Race?
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »