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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2020 9:23:53 GMT -7
Covid 19 News for Tuesday April 7th, 2020
Montana jumps to 319 COVID-19 cases (4/06/2020 Monday afternoon) KBZK reports:
"According to the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map, Montana confirms 319 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday afternoon. The previously reported state total Monday morning was 299.
Gallatin County now reports 118 cases, more than any other county in the state.
There have now been 27 hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in Montana. As of Saturday evening, the DPHHS public health lab in Helena has completed 6,985 tests for COVID-19"
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2020 9:26:39 GMT -7
Montana COVID-19 model updated, fewer deaths forecast KBZK reports:
"The projection for Montana COVID-19 cases and hospital impact is looking better.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE) at the University of Washington has scaled back the projected number of hospital beds needed and the number of COVID-19 related deaths in Montana.
This model is being used by the White House Coronavirus Task Force for national and statewide projections. It was designed to help hospitals and local governments plan and give them an idea on how many resources they might need and when the peak of the virus may affect their community".
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2020 9:32:32 GMT -7
Montana unveils revamped Covid-19 response map KBZK reports:
"The Montana COVID-19 response map has a new look.
State officials announced Monday that the site will be undergoing cosmetic and technical changes. As part of these changes, the map will go from updating twice a day at 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to once a day between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. This change is being made to allow the staff of the Montana Public Health Lab to prioritize processing an increasing number of tests while still providing timely updates to the public.
The cosmetic changes to the map will involve reformatting the page and providing a mobile-friendly version.
The technical changes include automatically posting HIPAA-compliant COVID patient data so that researchers, journalists and interested members of the public are able to have access to more detailed information than is presented on the general map, such as numbers of recovered patients".
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2020 9:36:40 GMT -7
Social distancing working to "flatten the curve," Yellowstone Co. health officials tell Billings City Council KBZK reports:
"Social-distancing measures appear to be working to flatten the curve of COVID-19 deaths in the state of Montana, Yellowstone County Health Officer John Felton told the Billings City Council at its Monday virtual meeting.
"I know (the health officer orders) impact every single member of our community. I know the impacts of these orders. But I want to tell you that there’s evidence that we’re getting good results," Felton told the council.
University of Washington projections show Montana's peak of cases being pushed back about 15 days. The original peak was expected around April 25, now the peak is estimated to occur April 13, Felton said.
"The other thing is that it’s really not a large peak. Remember if we talk about flattening the curve, the idea is we’re still going to get cases, but you’re not going to have these big peaks and valleys. What you're looking for is, can you sort of level out over time? That’s actually what we’re seeing," Felton said".
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2020 9:39:18 GMT -7
Dr. Fauci: Return to normal will be gradual, but life may look different until vaccine is ready KBZK reports:
"The world is yearning to get back to normal, but what will normal mean when mitigation efforts are eased amid the spread of COVID-19?
While members of the White House coronavirus task force are hopeful that its social distancing guidelines will minimize the spread of the virus, there is concern that a second wave will return.
Adding to the fact that a vaccine likely will not be widely available for many months, perhaps even years, adds to those concerns.
Although the current wave of coronavirus is killing more than 1,000 Americans per day, there is unease that the virus could be a repeat of the 1918 flu pandemic, which saw a second wave that was much deadlier than the first".
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2020 9:41:56 GMT -7
COVID-19: why it's hard to determine exactly how many people have recovered KBZK reports:
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By: Jacqueline Howard and Gina Yu, CNN
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It's a question that many want answered: Exactly how many people recover from COVID-19?
Most people with COVID-19 have mild illness and are able to recover at home without medical care, while severe cases often receive supportive care in the hospital, according to the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Although there have been regional, national and global data on confirmed cases and deaths, not much has been reported on recovery.
Johns Hopkins University, which is among few institutions that have been tracking recovered cases, has been doing so since its data collection on Covid-19 cases was first made public in an online dashboard in January, Douglas Donovan, a spokesman for the university in Baltimore, said in an email on Friday".
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2020 9:52:10 GMT -7
Dow surges, S&P flirts with bear-market exit
S&P 500 now up more than 20% from its March low Fox Business News reports:
"U.S. equity markets soared for a second straight day Tuesday as COVID-19 continued to show signs of moderating in some of the so-called hot spots, putting the S&P 500 on track to exit its bear market.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 382 points, or 1.7 percent, in the opening minutes of trading while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were higher by 1.1 percent and 0.43 percent, respectively."
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2020 9:55:03 GMT -7
Mnuchin: Trump looking at how parts of US economy can be reopened
The result of the shutdowns has been an economic free-fall that experts warn will be worse than the 2008 financial crisis Fox Business News reports:
"Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday that President Trump is looking at how to reopen parts of the U.S. economy as the coronavirus pandemic forces an unprecedented shutdown of business throughout the country.
"The president is very much looking at how we can reopen parts of the economy," Mnuchin told FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo. "There are parts of the country, like New York, where obviously this is very, very concerning. There are other parts of the country where it’s not."
Restaurants, bars, hotels, gyms, beauty salons, entertainment venues and other businesses deemed nonessential have been ordered to close, while 41 states have enacted strict stay-at-home policies, bringing American life to a grinding halt.
The result has been an economic free-fall that experts warn will be worse than the 2008 financial crisis. In the final two weeks of March, a record-shattering 10 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits, a stunning sign of the depth of the downturn."
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