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From March 1, 2020, through the end of 2020, there were 522,368 excess deaths in the United States, or 22.9% more deaths than would have been expected in that time period. [ 5 ] In February 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, a shortage of tests made it impossible to confirm all possible COVID-19 cases [ 6 ] and resulting deaths, so the ...
Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in India, 2020 coronavirus lockdown in India Prime Minister Narendra Modi extends India's nationwide lockdown until May 3. (Al Jazeera) COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines The Philippine Department of Health initiates a nationwide "mass" testing program, but prioritizes the critically ill and vulnerable ...
By late November 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 had broken out in Wuhan, China. [2]As reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases on November 30, 2020, 7,389 blood samples collected between December 13, 2019, and January 17, 2020, by the American Red Cross from normal donors in nine states (California, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin ...
As of April 22, 2020, about 25% of the pork processing capacity of the nation had been cut. [106] Beginning in late March 2020, weekly beef production was down 19% year-over-year. [ 107 ] As the fastest-growing mass-market meat animal in the United States, chickens were the most vulnerable to farms running out of capacity to hold an excess ...
May 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: The national unemployment level reaches 14.7%, with more than 33 million jobless claims having been filed since mid-March. [182] May 12 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Broadway League extends its shutdown of Broadway theatres for a second time, projecting reopening on September 6. [183]
The producer price index released a day earlier on January 14 reported a modest 0.3% increase in wholesale prices in December, rising 3.3% year over year, up from 3% in November.
April 2020 had an average global surface land and water temperature of 58.61 °F (14.78 °C), which was 1.91°F (1.06°C) above the 20th century average. The month was the warmest April on record for the Caribbean, with reliable records for the area beginning in 1910.
New Zealand confirmed that 61 new cases (47 confirmed and 14 probable) were reported, bringing the total to 708 (647 confirmed and 61 probable). [ 9 ] Palestine confirmed 17 new cases (15 in the West Bank and two in Gaza), bringing the total to 134.