Weekly update. Overall downward trend continues with slight upticks in USA, South America and Asia
In total 2.60 million new cases were reported last week (down from 3.02 million) to a total of 635 million reported cases
Also another 11,175 more deaths were reported (slightly down from 11,267) to a total of 6,592,627
USA reported 276K new cases (up from 242K) and 2,560 more deaths (up from 2,317)
Europe reported 1.24 million new cases (down from 1.74 million) and 5,551 more deaths (down from 5,971)
The continents
Corners of the world
Brazil, South Korea and Japan are seeing a slight increase, the rest stable or heading down.
China is rolling out a needle free vaccine alternative
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/afraid-of-needles-china-rolling-out-oral-covid-19-vaccine-1.6125427
The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first.
The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people, according to an announcement on an official city social media account.
Fallout from the lock downs
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/test-scores-show-historic-covid-setbacks-for-kids-across-u-s-1.6122062
The COVID-19 pandemic spared no state or region as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children, erasing decades of academic progress and widening racial disparities, according to results of a national test that provide the sharpest look yet at the scale of the crisis.
Across the country, math scores saw their largest decreases ever. Reading scores dropped to 1992 levels. Nearly four in 10 eighth graders failed to grasp basic math concepts. Not a single state saw a notable improvement in their average test scores, with some simply treading water at best.
Those are the findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress — known as the “nation’s report card” — which tested hundreds of thousands of fourth and eighth graders across the country this year. It was the first time the test had been given since 2019, and it’s seen as the first nationally representative study of the pandemic’s impact on learning.
I'm not surprised having seen first hand what an inconsistent mess online learning was. In our kid's online classes drop out rate was 90%... And now it's still a mess at school as everyone has had different 'learning' during the pandemic. In some subjects some kids are ahead in others far behind.
