N.Y. Monthly Cases Hit High; New Strain in Germany: Virus Update Bloomberg 12/24/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) New York state’s Covid-19 cases have reached a new monthly high. New York City hospitals continue to report increasing virus caseloads, reaching their highest levels since late May. Virginia reported record new cases for the second consecutive day. Minnesota surpassed 5,000 fatalities.
Germany identified its first case of the coronavirus variant that has emerged in the U.K. A study showed that the variant is 56% more transmissible than other strains, although there’s no clear evidence it results in more or less severe disease. China said it would pause flights to and from the U.K.
The story Tony Robbins told on his podcast was harrowing if also a little convoluted. One of his staff members had come down with a fever of 102 when she started watching the news and freaking out. She went to the hospital, presumably with COVID-19, and began to hyperventilate. The doctors put her on a ventilator then in a medically induced coma. “The doctor said … ‘If she doesn’t wake up in three weeks, we’ll declare her dead,’” Robbins recounted.
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