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Covid Act Now Daily Download

By the numbers // 21:30 ET 24 June 2020

COVID Risk

⬤ Active or imminent outbreak

⬤ At risk

⬤ Controlled disease growth

⬤ On track to contain COVID

Risk Indicators

Is the number of infections and deaths going down?

Is COVID testing widespread enough to identify new cases?

Do hospitals have capacity to treat a surge of COVID hospitalizations?

Are we finding and isolating most new cases before COVID spreads?

U.S. Vitals

Cases: 2,411,542
+32,777 / 24h

Deaths: 123,077
+716 / 24h

The Day’s Top COVID Stories

The New York Times reports New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut will impose quarantine on visitors from states with big outbreaks and require visitors to quarantine for two weeks. Failure to quarantine in New York could result in thousand-dollar fines, but there will be no enforcement measures.
CNN writes about how we have entered the whack-a-mole stage of coronavirus. As communities around the world are opening up, public health officials are hoping they will be able to contain the outbreak by introducing more nuanced local measures and going all in on testing and contact tracing. When outbreaks are happening, companies and governments are having to work together to figure out solutions to contain the virus before it spreads to the larger community.
NPR reports on the EU's checklist for deciding which nations should enjoy relaxed travel restrictions, putting the U.S at risk to be barred from travel to Europe. The checklist looks at several key factors, from the recent number of new infections to the overall trend in cases. It also takes into account a country's response to the Coronavirus through testing, surveillance, contact tracing, containment, and treatment.

New COVID Literature & Studies

A study in Singapore and China finds that over half of those who have COVID were infected by people who hadn’t developed symptoms yet. Read the study.
A laboratory study finds that COVID can remain infectious in aerosol droplets for up to 16 hours. Read the study.
A study finds that children with COVID who are asymptomatic have detectable levels of Coronavirus for approximately as long as adults who are symptomatic do. Read the study, but also read this other study in Sweden, which finds that open daycare centers and primary schools did not lead to significant increases in COVID cases among children.