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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for November 18th, 2020. 800 Philadelphia-area nurses walked off the job yesterday, apparently burned out from record hospitalizations. The point of the strike is to pressure their hospital into increasing staff. Their union has pushed for bills requiring hospitals to set limits on how many patients a nurse cares for in a day.Similar concerns in Hungary as doctors there warn a lack of qualified ICU medical staff could lead to soaring deaths and a breakdown of the country’s health care system. The recent sharp rise in hospitalizations has led to a patient-to-doctor ratio of 20-to-1 in some ICUs.An analysis from the Federation of American Scientists says North Dakota’s coronavirus mortality rate is the highest of any U.S. state or country. 18.2 deaths per 1 million people. South Dakota is close behind at 17.4 deaths per million, that’s the third-worst rate in the world. The famous have gotten COVID, but so have the infamous. Doctors believe Harvey Weinstein, now an inmate in New York, has it. Sources say it’s anything but a mild case. He’s in isolation with a 101-degree temperature. And that’s on top of an existing heart condition, high blood pressure and spinal stenosis. You’ll have to get your beads another way this Mardi Gras. New Orleans officials say parades will not be allowed at next year’s festival in mid-February. While it may not look like it, Mardi Gras is actually a religious holiday, and thus can’t be completely canceled.The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Crowley, CO. Jones, TX. Lee, KY. Foster, ND. Dewey, SD. Stutsman, ND. Pierce, ND. Gray, TX. Johnson, NE. And Dade, MO. There are now 4,353,660 active cases in the United States. The current Top 10 states by number of active cases: California, Illinois, Florida, Arizona, Texas, Missouri, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and Michigan. The five states with the most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are North Dakota, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Minnesota.The reproduction rate is currently highest in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and Washington. There is one state with a reproduction rate below 1 and that is Mississippi.There’ve been a total 248,555 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 2.23%.The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: Texas 117. Illinois 113. Wisconsin 92. Indiana 89. Florida 86. Michigan 80. Tennessee 72. Missouri 56. Alabama 52. And Georgia 41. Globally, there are now 15,636,601 active cases.There are 536,653 new cases around the world in the last 24 hours against a high of 656,099 on November 12. The five countries with the most new cases: the United States 157,261. India 38,532. Brazil 35,018. Italy 32,191. And Russia 22,410. There have now been 1,336,892 deaths worldwide. Up 35% over 14 days. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Coronavirus 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.