Dear Reader:

Worldometer, January 5, 2021: so far, there have been a pandemic total of over 365 thousand Covid-19 deaths in the U.S., almost 200 thousand deaths in Brazil, more than 150 thousand deaths in India, more than 76 thousand deaths in the UK (and a new all-time record high of almost 61 thousand new case), and more than 76 thousand new cases in Italy,  more than 66 thousand deaths in France,  almost 60 thousand deaths in Russia, more than 51 thousand new cases in Spain.

CNN: Los Angeles County ambulance crews are told not to transport Covid-19 patients with little chance of survival, Jan 5: “Hospitals are declaring internal disasters and having to open church gyms to serve as hospital units,” County Supervisor Hilda Solis said. ‘Our health care workers are physically and mentally exhausted and sick.’ Solis called the situation a ‘human disaster.’ Almost 7,900 people are hospitalized with Covid-19, in just Los Angeles County. And 21% of them are in intensive care units, officials said Tuesday…On Tuesday, another 224 deaths were announced, bringing the total in the county to more than 11,000. Now, ambulance crews in LA County have been told not to take patients with little chance of survival to hospitals.”

anita

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