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News Report: “Who Reports Most Coronavirus Cases in One Day as Total Number Nears 5 Million”

May 20th, 2020 – Greatest number of Coronavirus cases reported to WHO in preceding 24 hours.

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Some countries with significant number of new cases include:

  • Russia
  • Brazil
  • United States
  • United Kingdom

(fyi – The number of current cases in many hard-hit European countries is declining [for example – France, Italy, Spain])

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Children and the Coronavirus: New Problems Surfacing

COVID-19 is frequently stated to cause minor illness in children, though there are children who have died as a result of COVID-19.

However, there are recent findings of SARS-CoV-2 causing in some children a “kind of inflammatory shock syndrome affecting multiple organs.” This can cause very serious problems, including problems in the vessels of the heart. (1)

News Article: “Children Falling Ill with Perplexing Inflammatory Syndrome Thought to Be Linked to Covid-19”

Here are the take-aways from this article:

  • Mainly presents in children ages 5-10 years old.
  • Can cause problems in the blood vessels of the heart.
  • Behaves similar in some ways to Kawasaki disease.

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Source: (2020, May 6). The Washington Post. “Children Falling Ill with Perplexing Inflammatory Syndrome Thought to Be Linked to Covid-19.” Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/06/kawasaki-disease-coronavirus/.

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Mechanical Ventilators – To Use or Not to Use?

No one wants to be in a situation needing a mechanical ventilator.

In Covid-19 cases, is it best to use a mechanical ventilator?

This article expertly outlines the current observations regarding ventilators and Coronavirus.

News article concerning ventilator use

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Looking for Statistics – How Many Cases of Coronavirus in a Country? How Many Deaths?

In addition to the map, there is an excellent resource available which presents the number of cases in each country of the world.

Link to number of cases of COVID-19 by country

The above link presents the number of deaths by country.

The link below shows the trends in the major countries affected.

New cases of coronavirus in major countries of the world

Excellent resources!

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Cases Worldwide

The following is the site detailing global case amounts of COVID-19.

Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases

This is also a site used by many news sources.

Image: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
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