A Covid-19 testing site at the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego, Calif., on Tuesday.
Photo: Bing Guan/Bloomberg NewsNew coronavirus infections rose slightly in the U.S. for the second day but remained lower than in recent weeks.
The country reported about 38,200 new cases on Tuesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, up a few hundred from Monday but still an improvement from last week, when cases topped 40,000 most days and neared 50,000 on some.
In all, 5.78 million people in the U.S. have been infected, nearly a quarter of the global total, according to the Johns Hopkins data. There have been more than 178,000 deaths in the U.S. and more than 820,000 world-wide.
The seven-day average of new cases in the U.S. for Aug. 25 was about 42,185 new cases, the lowest it has been since June 30, and also lower than the country’s two-week average of over 45,464 new cases, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Johns Hopkins data. When the seven-day average is lower than the two-week average—which has been the case in the U.S. since July 26—it suggests cases are declining.
Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering
Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering
In Illinois, health officials and business leaders in rural parts of the state are raising alarms about rising infection rates that are fueling a steady increase in coronavirus cases statewide.
The state is one of 22 across the U.S. with a seven-day average of new cases that is higher than its 14-day new average. In six of those states, however, the difference is in the single digits. In Illinois, the difference between the seven-day average and 14-day average is about 92 cases.
Hurricane Laura threatened both Texas and Louisiana as it gathered strength in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday. Officials in the states issued mandatory evacuation orders in a dozen coastal cities and counties, and voluntary evacuation orders in numerous others.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that sheriffs have done 3,000 vehicle stops to work on enforcing rules for people coming into the city from certain states heavily impacted by the virus. There have been two citations.
“If someone won’t comply, then they’re ready to provide the penalties,” Mr. de Blasio said Wednesday. He said about one-fifth of the cases in the city are related to travel.
Mr. de Blasio also acknowledged that with schools reopening next month, there will likely be mixed results with some schools avoiding outbreaks while others reporting new cases. “We’ll have challenges undoubtedly but I think we see a lot of good examples from around the world of those challenges being managed well,” he said.
Separately, in a paper posted online Tuesday, researchers who conducted a genetic analysis found that an international meeting of Biogen Inc. managers in February was a “superspreader event,” in which clusters of infections are created through rapid transmission.
The conference likely helped spread the coronavirus from Boston to thousands of people as far away as Michigan, Virginia and Australia, the researchers said in the findings posted in a database for early versions of scientific papers. It hasn’t been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
“Any infection that happens early on in an outbreak like this, where it’s exponential, it’s either going to peter out very quickly or wind up infecting a lot of people very quickly,” said Stephen Schaffner, a study co-author and computational biologist at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.
Guam, where hospitals have been strained by the recent outbreak there, reported on Tuesday 77 new cases, bringing the total to 984, among its population of about 170,000. Of those, 27 were diagnosed at Defense Department facilities in the U.S. territory, an important military outpost. One was at an elementary school, authorities said. Restrictions on the U.S. island were tightened on Friday, with many businesses forced to close.
South Korea reported 320 new cases, bringing its nearly two-week surge in cases to about 3,400 and its overall total to 18,265. The wave of infections, after the country had early successes in containing the coronavirus, is largely tied to churchgoers but is spreading across the country. Almost all students in the Seoul metropolitan area shifted to online learning on Wednesday.
India reported about 67,000 new cases Wednesday, raising its total confirmed infections to 3.23 million, according to the Health Ministry. Protests have erupted in the country over the government’s decision to hold national college-entrance exams for about 2.5 million students. The tests, which students take at test centers in cities, have been repeatedly postponed over the past few months.
The Philippines reported more than 5,270 new cases Wednesday, its highest tally in nearly two weeks. More than 60% of the country’s 202,000 cases have been reported in the past month. Deaths increased by 99 to reach 3,137.
Russia’s case load rose by 4,676 to reach 970,865 confirmed infections. Gaza entered lockdown Tuesday after the first cases were detected. Tight controls on how can enter and leave the Palestinian enclave until now had prevented an outbreak.
The death toll in Iran passed 21,000 after the health ministry reported Wednesday that a further 119 people had died overnight. The total number of confirmed infections is more than 365,000.
In Australia, Victoria state recorded 149 new cases and 24 deaths, one of its deadliest days of the pandemic. New South Wales, home to Sydney, had six new Covid-19 infections, including in a trainee bus driver, and authorities said the source of five of those was under investigation. Alerts were issued for several venues including a gym, office tower and Apple store.
Sources: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering; the Lancet; Associated Press; U.S. Census
Sources: Johns Hopkins University (cases); Census Bureau (population)
New Zealand, which is dealing with the reappearance of the coronavirus after three months, recorded five cases, two in hotel quarantine and three in the community, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 1,344. In recent days, five people who attended an evangelical church in Auckland have tested positive for the virus, and officials urged anyone who attended recent services and a wedding at the church to be tested.
Japan on Wednesday reported 717 new cases for Tuesday, the fourth straight day the daily tally has stayed below 1,000.
China’s National Health Commission reported on Wednesday no new local transmission after recently battling an outbreak in the far-western Xinjiang region. The country had 15 imported cases, according to the health commission.
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