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Asia Today: India’s virus cases jump on New Delhi resurgence

India’s coronavirus outbreak increased by more than 50,000 cases Thursday amid a resurgence of infections in the capital.

The Health Ministry also reported another 704 fatalities in the past 24 hours across the country, raising India’s overall death toll to 124,315.

Nerves are frayed in New Delhi after it reported a record 6,842 new cases in the past 24 hours. It has more than 37,000 active cases.

The ministry has attributed the surge in New Delhi to the festival season and warned that the situation can worsen due to people crowding markets for festival shopping.

Source: Asia Today: India’s virus cases jump on New Delhi resurgence

Covid: Liverpool testing trial sites doubled after queues on first day – BBC News

Queues outside a Liverpool testing site The number of coronavirus testing sites in Liverpool has doubled after “really good interest” in the scheme, its public health director has said.

Matthew Ashton said a total of up to 12,000 people were tested at six centres on Friday as England’s first trial of city-wide testing began.

Mr Ashton said a further eight sites were brought in on Saturday.

The city council said it could extend the two-week pilot scheme as more opened.

All residents and workers in Liverpool – the first area to be placed under England’s tier three restrictions – have been offered regular tests, regardless of whether they display symptoms.

Source: Covid: Liverpool testing trial sites doubled after queues on first day – BBC News

Coronavirus cases spike in L.A. County – Los Angeles Times

For the first time since mid-August, Los Angeles County on Friday announced more than 2,100 new coronavirus cases, bringing the county back to the type of daily numbers it saw during the summer spike.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a statement that Friday was the third day in a row the county had seen more than 1,800 cases; over the past three days, 6,016 cases were reported. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the county is now 317,656.

Source: Coronavirus cases spike in L.A. County – Los Angeles Times

WW1 grave of one of Britain’s first black officers–Barbadian Walter Tull–is found after 102 years — Repeating Islands

Andy Robertshaw believes Tull is buried at the Héninel-Croisilles Road cemetery  He is thought to have originally been buried in a shell hole made by the Germans The headstone in the cemetery carries the badge of his regiment Ex-Tottenham Hotspur footballer Tull was one of the first black officers in Army A report by Amelia […]

WW1 grave of one of Britain’s first black officers–Barbadian Walter Tull–is found after 102 years — Repeating Islands
Tull (left) - who died during the war in 1918 -  is pictured with two other members of his regiment

Five things that October data says about COVID-19 – USAFacts

17 jobs remain lost for every 10 coronavirus cases.

The latest state-level data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 12.3 million fewer people were employed in September than in February. No state has fully regained the jobs lost during the pandemic.

With 7,174,631 known cases at the end of September, there were 1.7 fewer jobs for every known COVID-19 case in the US compared to February employment levels. States with lower case counts compared with other states tend to have the highest ratio of jobs lost. In Vermont, where there have been 1,752 known cases through September, there were also 23,800 fewer jobs. That’s 13.6 jobs lost per case. In Hawaii, which had a 12,410 cumulative case count at the end of September, it still had 131,000 fewer jobs than in February. That’s 10.6 jobs lost per case.

On the other end, Mississippi had 98,189 cases as of September 30. It also had 3,800 fewer jobs than in February. That’s one job lost for every 25 cases.

Source: Five things that October data says about COVID-19 – USAFacts

CDC Library: COVID-19 Science Update: 11/06/2020 – ICE Detention

Monthly COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 persons for ICE detainee and US populations from April 2020 to August 2020. Note: Adapted from Erfani et al. Monthly COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 persons for ICE detainee and US populations from April 2020 to August 2020. Reproduced with permission from JAMA. Erfani et al., COVID-19 testing and cases in immigration detention centers, April–August 2020. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.21473. Copyright©2020 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Source: CDC Library: COVID-19 Science Update: 11/06/2020

Coronavirus In Illinois: More Than 10,000 New COVID-19 Cases, A New High – CBS Chicago

As of Thursday night, 4,090 coronavirus patients were being treated in Illinois hospitals, including 786 in intensive care, and 339 patients on ventilators. It’s the first time Illinois has surpassed 4,000 hospitalizations since May 20.

IDPH said 75 counties and the city of Chicago are now at warning level for a resurgence of the virus. The “warning level” list includes: Adams, Alexander, Bond, Boone, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicago, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, DeKalb, Douglas, DuPage, Effingham, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Madison, Marion, Mason, Massac, McHenry, Mercer, Monroe, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Rock Island, Saline, Sangamon, Scott, Shelby, St. Clair, Stephenson, Tazewell, Vermilion, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Whiteside, Will, Williamson, Winnebago, and Woodford.

Chicago alone is now averaging 1,400 new coronavirus cases a day. Over the summer, there were only 184 on average.

Source: Coronavirus In Illinois: More Than 10,000 New COVID-19 Cases, A New High – CBS Chicago

Crossroads Community Church: COVID-19 Outbreak Grows at Fitchburg Church – NBC Boston

More than 200 cases of COVID-19 have now been linked to a church in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and over 80% of them are symptomatic, health officials said Friday.

The confirmed coronavirus cases have all been traced back to services and programs held on and around Sunday, Oct. 18, at Crossroads Community Church, located at 839 Ashby State Road, according to the Fitchburg Health Department.

Source: Crossroads Community Church: COVID-19 Outbreak Grows at Fitchburg Church – NBC Boston