Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Weekly update. Easter messing with the already less reliable numbers.


In total 4.88 million new cases were reported last week (down from 6.10 million) to a total of 508,509,857
Also another 20,264 more deaths were reported (slightly down from 20,931) to a total of 6,240,191

The reported cases in the USA went up despite the Easter lull in measuring, reported deaths still dropped (2,797 vs 3,381)
The reverse in Europe, reported cases dropped again yet reported deaths went up (11,028 vs 9,668)

The continents

Oceania on par with North America, mostly due to differences in how cases are reported / measured. Reported deaths are about a factor 8 higher in NA.

Corners of the world

Australia, Japan and USA look close together in reported cases, yet 7 day average reported deaths are 30, 45 and 400 respectively.
South Africa looks to be dealing with a new outbreak.

We're said to peak next week in hospitalizations and should finally be heading down again
(Canada reported 68K new cases vs 63K last week and 365 deaths, 411 last week)

Europe in detail

Winter sports likely driving new waves, it never ends.

Immunity or protection from vaccines, unsurprisingly holds up better in people with a well working immune system to start with
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/how-well-is-our-immunity-holding-up-against-covid-19-1.5872833

Up to three months after a third dose, the vaccine's effectiveness against hospitalization was 85 per cent, but it fell to 55 per cent after three months. After a closer look, though, she found that these results were largely driven by immune status. "We saw no evidence of waning but in the immunocompromised," Tartof said. "In the immunocompromised, vaccine effectiveness basically starts low and gets lower." But for people with regular immune function, vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization stayed high -- about 86 per cent -- after three months.