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Covid infections plummet Link to report from Uganda, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOBlGKQd6pU&t=73s Covid infections plummet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYH8l9f9eo4 R = 0.8 Cases, + 120,946 Prevalence, 2,232,757 Down, all age groups, all UK regions Past 2 weeks, down 46% Prevalence, 1 in 26, down from 1 in 16 https://health-study.joinzoe.com/data UK official data https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk Case numbers, irrelevant (down 23.7% on the week) Hospital admissions, 6,697 over past week (Down 14.9% on the week) Deaths, 827 over past week (deaths within 28 days of a positive test) (Down 22.9% on the week) List of covid (mostly BA.5) symptoms Sore throat, 57% Headache, 47% Cough, no phlegm 41% Blocked nose, 37% Runny nose, 36% Cough with phlegm, 35% Hoarse, 34% Sneezing, 28% Fatigue, 28% Muscle pains 25% Dizzy, 18% Swollen neck glands, 14% Fever, 13% Altered smell, 13% Sore eyes, 13% Chest pain / tightness, 11% Hot flushes, 11% Chills or shivers, 10% Loss of smell, 9% Some get recurrence of symptoms a few weeks after the initial symptoms United states, covid https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html Daily new cases 103,614 (Down 13.8% on the week) Wastewater Surveillance SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in wastewater Over 1,000 testing sites Most of the country, moderate to high levels About half of sites reporting Currently seeing some of the highest levels since December 1, 2021 Sites reporting an increase, 41% Variant nowcast https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions BA.5 88.8% BA.4 5.3% BA.4.6 5.1% BA.2.12.1 0.8% BA.2 0% BA.1s 0% Delta 0% Others 0% BA.2.75 not listed New Hospital Admissions, daily average 6,003 (Down 2.6% on the week) Deaths The current 7-day daily average, 400 (Down 6.7% on the week) Official death number 1,030,777 Poliomyelitis, New York, D of H https://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/2022-08-04_polio_detected_nys.htm Polio, early June wastewater samples Seven positive samples (Rockland and Orange County) genetically linked to case of paralytic polio in Rockland County Transmission of a polio virus that can cause paralysis and potential community spread, underscoring the urgency of every New York adult and child getting immunized, especially those in the greater New York metropolitan area.

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