COVID-19 killing an American a minute

[struggle4progress]

By Holly Yan and Christina Maxouris, CNN
Updated 11:28 AM ET, Wed November 18, 2020

... 1,707 new Covid-19 deaths .. reported Tuesday ... highest daily death toll since May 14 ...

... "On average, two to three weeks ago, we were seeing 70,000 to 80,000 (new) cases per day. Yesterday, there were about 155,000 (new) cases. So if you're alarmed at the 1,700 deaths today, two to three weeks from now, we're going to see 3,000 deaths a day" ...

As of Wednesday, 47 states had at least 10% more new daily cases than this time last week, according to Johns Hopkins data ...

... new cases .. increased 29% over the past week .. testing nationwide .. increased only about 11% ...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html

[Blue Owl]

1. Stats like these should be the wake-up call this country needs