US records 2400 deaths due to COVID 19 in one day

Washington , USA :  Daily US deaths from Covid-19 reached to 2400 in a single day, for the first since May and with hospitals across the country now full, portending a surge in mortalities to come as the deadly coronavirus pandemic casts a darkness over the festive season.

The death toll touched 2,157 on Tuesday - one person every 40 seconds - with another 170,000 people infected, numbers that specialists say could grow with millions of Americans defying clear warnings and travelling for Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday.

US hospitalizations for Covid-19 surpassed 87,000 on Tuesday, an all-time high, while 30 of the 50 states recorded a record number of Covid-19-related hospitalizations this month.

The daily record of 3,384 deaths came on April 14, in the initial stages of the pandemic.

“The US ‘ everybody for himself’ mindset is killing hundreds of thousands of us. Devastating to watch,” Prowell said.

With caseloads rising, more than half the nation’s governors imposed or reimposed statewide measures this month. But despite more stringent face-mask requirements, curfews and limits on bars and restaurants, the metrics of the virus have only worsened.

US President-elect Joe Biden has assured to make battling the pandemic his top priority upon holding office on January 20 and will deliver a talk on Wednesday that is meant to assist Americans and focus on the sacrifices they are making, his office said.

Outgoing President Donald Trump has continued mostly silent on the subject, making a one-minute feature the White House instructions room on Tuesday to talk about the stock market.

Meantime, school districts across the United States face force from all sides as they grapple with how to teach children during the pandemic, a Reuters survey of 217 districts showed.

Many parents are baulking at online instruction, seeing it as lower to classroom learning and disruptive to living at home and work. Other parents fret about sending kids back into classrooms prematurely amid a raging pandemic. Teachers say they are non-comfortable teaching in person, fearing infection.

“All school district across the nation is in the position in which no matter what decision they execute and how well thought out it is, it will leave some in the community thinking it’s the wrong decision,” said Larry Rother, senior executive director of pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade educational services in Chandler, Arizona.

Help may be coming with vaccines showing promise, If all goes well 40 million doses will be distributed by the end of the year, an official stated.

A Food and Drug Administration ruling on emergency use for Pfizer Inc’s vaccine is expected on December 10.