By Carolyn Crist
Oct. 29, 2020
据CNN的数据，美国每天报道7万多例新的冠状病毒病例，41个州本周报道的病例至少比前一周多10%。
五天最高的天数中有四天发生在过去一周，以7天的病例为例，美国在周二创下了50 多万例新的感染病例。
据今日美国报道，每日死亡也在攀升，每隔107秒内有一名美国人死亡。
“没有办法让它包装甜衣外表：我们正面临紧急危机，而你、你的家人、朋友、你的邻居以及你关心的人都面临着迫切的危险，”威斯康辛州州长。 托尼·埃弗斯在新闻发布会上说。
他们一直在敦促居民留在家里，避免五人以上的集会，只有在绝对必要时才离开家里。 星期二是迄今为止国家最糟糕的一天。
国家过敏和传染病研究所所长 安东尼.福奇（Anthony Fauci, MD），周三在与美国医学协会，美国医学协会杂志JAMA(JAMA)的问答会上表示美国“不太好”。
他表示，随着冬季寒冷的月份和节假日聚会，给我们造成了“面对艰难的时刻这份坏礼單”。
福奇（Fauci）在星期三表示支持一项全国强制戴口罩，以减少冠状病毒的传播，减轻未来数月的负担。 但是白宫不太可能授权全国强制性戴口罩。
他告诉CNBC：“我们将有更多的人住院，这将不可避免地导致更多的死亡。 “这是一种无法维持的局面。
COVID-19住院率也在中西部地区急剧上升，根据COVID-19追踪项目介绍，13个州的住院率在周三达到峰值。
印第安纳州和威斯康星州报告了上周的峰值，堪萨斯州报告了ICU的COVID-19病人的人数最多，当天该州死亡人数超过1,000人。
据芝加哥 NBC 5报道，伊利诺伊州已加大了多数地区的限制，其中包括关闭室内餐饮，限制集会仅限于25人。 由于病例和住院人数继续增加，其余地区本周末可能会面临新的限制。
伊利诺伊州公共卫生署主任恩戈齐.埃齐克(Ngozi Ezike)周三表示，随着新的限制措施的公布，伊利诺伊州正在“接近整个州执行减缓措施”。
“这不仅仅是警告，而且是呼吁采取行动，”她表示。 “我们继续向后退，失去了我们夏天所取得的一切领地。”
世界卫生组织的数据显示，新冠病毒病例也在世界上迅速上升，上周，COVID-19病例的总数达到了最高。
一些欧洲国家已经宣布了新的限制。 法国、意大利和西班牙限制了非基本业务，实施了夜间宵禁，俄罗斯宣布了强制戴口罩令。
世卫组织紧急状况项目执行董事迈克.瑞恩(Mike Ryan)在新闻简报会上表示：“我们远远落后于病毒。
“我们必须先进于病毒，”他说。 “这可能需要许多人牺牲个人生活。”
U.S. Cases Spike as COVID Kills Every 107 Seconds
By Carolyn Crist
Oct. 29, 2020
This U.S. is reporting more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases each day, and 41 states are reporting at least 10% more cases this week than the week before, according to CNN.
Four of the five highest days occurred during the past week, with the U.S. setting a record on Tuesday of more than 500,000 infections in a 7-day period.
Daily deaths are also climbing across the county, with one American dying every 107 seconds, according to USA Today.
“There’s no way to sugarcoat it: We are facing an urgent crisis, and there is an imminent risk to you, your family members, your friends, your neighbors and the people you care about,” Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said during a news conference.
Evers and health officials are urging residents to stay home and avoid gatherings of more than five people, only leaving home when absolutely necessary. Tuesday marked the worst day so far for the state.
The U.S. is “not in a good place,” Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Wednesday during a Q&A session with JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association.
The rising surge, paired with cold winter months and holiday gatherings, creates a “bad recipe for a tough time ahead,” he said.
Fauci supported a national mask mandate on Wednesday to reduce the spread of the coronavirus and ease the burden of the months ahead. But a national mandate is unlikely to come from the White House, he said.
"We’re going to have many more hospitalizations, and that will inevitably lead to more deaths,” he told CNBC. “This is an untenable situation.”
COVID-19 hospitalizations are spiking in the Midwest as well, with 13 states reporting peaks on Wednesday, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Indiana and Wisconsin reported their peak days during the past week, and Kansas reported the highest number of COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit on the same day the state’s death toll passed 1,000.
Illinois has increased restrictions in most regions, according to NBC 5 Chicago, which includes a closure of indoor dining and limits on gatherings to less than 25 people. The remaining regions could face new restrictions this weekend as cases and hospitalizations continue to increase.
Illinois is “getting close to the entire state implementing mitigation measures,” Ngozi Ezike, MD, the director of the state’s Department of Public Health, said Wednesday as new restrictions were announced.
“This is not just a warning but a call to action,” she said. “We continue to move backwards, losing all the ground we had gained over the summer.”
Coronavirus cases are surging across the world as well, with last week marking the highest tally of COVID-19 cases so far, according to the World Health Organization.
Several European countries have announced new restrictions. France, Italy, and Spain have limited nonessential business and enforced overnight curfews, and Russia announced a mask mandate.
“We’re well behind this virus,” Mike Ryan, MD, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies program, said at a news briefing.
“We will have to get ahead of this virus,” he said. “That may require sacrifice for many, many people in terms of their personal lives.”
