这小说冠状病毒已经在全球范围内杀死了超过773，000人。
据报道，全球已有超过2150万人被诊断患有由新型呼吸道病毒引起的COVID-19约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心汇编的数据。据信实际数字要高得多，原因是检测短缺、许多未报告的病例以及怀疑一些国家政府隐瞒或淡化疫情范围。
美国是世界上受影响最严重的国家，确诊病例超过540万，至少有170，028人死亡。
(档案)在这张摄于2020年4月30日的档案照片中，一名邮政工作人员在加州洛杉矶的一家机构分拣邮件。——美国邮政服务因在下雪、下雨或炎热的情况下投递邮件而广为人知，但它面临着唐纳德·特朗普总统的新敌人。在11月3日的选举中，由于冠状病毒的威胁，预计数百万选民将通过邮件投票。在此之前，特朗普对美国邮政系统发起了前所未有的攻击，反对向资金紧张的美国邮政系统提供更多资金的努力，尽管该机构的改革导致邮件投递普遍延迟。
晚上9:05:美国死亡人数超过17万
在美国，超过17万人死于COVID-19。
约翰·霍普金斯大学在晚上9点前报告了170，028例确诊死亡
上周，疾病控制和预防中心在其最新预测中预测，到劳动节，美国冠状病毒死亡人数可能达到20万。
晚上8:45:新西兰因病毒推迟大选
新西兰总理杰辛达·阿德恩宣布，由于新的冠状病毒爆发，新西兰大选将推迟四周。
选举将从9月19日推迟到10月17日。
“最终这是我的决定，”正在寻求连任的阿尔登说。
2020年8月17日，新西兰总理杰辛达·阿德恩在议会新闻发布会上退场。杰辛达·阿德恩总理宣布，由于COVID-19限制造成的混乱，新西兰大选将推迟到10月17日。
在最初遏制病毒后，新西兰经历了一场COVID-19病例死灰复燃102天后没有社区传播的报告。
据卫生部称，新西兰在过去一天又记录了13例新的艾滋病病例，使确诊病例总数达到1，271例。
周五，阿尔登宣布奥克兰——新疫情爆发的中心城市——将继续封锁12天。
下午7:25:新病例减少，死亡人数比前一周略有上升
根据美国广播公司新闻获得的联邦应急管理局内部备忘录，新的19例病例持续减少，而上周全国范围内的新死亡人数略有上升。
备忘录称，与上周相比，上周新增病例减少了3.6%，新增死亡人数增加了0.8%。
全国测试阳性率也有所下降:根据备忘录，上周的阳性率为6.4%，低于上周的7.7%。
下午6:10:阿拉巴马高中暂时关闭
阿拉巴马州的一所高中在几起确诊的COVID-19病例后将于本周关闭。
石灰岩县埃尔克蒙特高中的校长在一封信中说，学校将从周一到周五关闭，影响到六年级到十二年级的学生。信中说，学生们将在学校进行净化的同时进行虚拟学习，并决定在本周晚些时候重新开放。
上周，四名学生的COVID-19测试呈阳性，40名学生——其中近一半是足球队成员——被送回家隔离，阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔，美国广播公司下属WAAY报道。据WAAY报道，石灰岩县学区的300多名学生被隔离。
据报道，这是阿拉巴马州自本月初学区重新开放以来，已知的第一所关闭的学校AL.com。
下午3:15:北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校宣布过去3天的第4组病例
位于教堂山的北卡罗来纳大学在一个住宅大厅宣布了一组病例，这是该大学在过去3天中发现的第四组病例。
该大学在一份声明中称，在辛顿·詹姆斯住宅大厅发现了这一集群，指的是五个或更多的案例。
2020年8月10日，北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校，尽管有冠状病毒大流行，学生们还是有第一天的课。
来自该集群的个人已经被识别、隔离并接受了医疗监测。奥兰治县卫生部也在努力确认其他可能接触过的人。
周五在住宅大厅发现了两个集群——埃灵豪斯社区和格兰维尔塔。据该大学称，周六在西格玛努兄弟会又发现了一个星团。另外两个住宅大厅也出现了集群
上午10:45:纽约州进行了700万次测试
纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫在周日的新闻发布会上说，自流感大流行开始以来，纽约州已经对COVID-19进行了700万次诊断测试。
该州连续第九天阳性病例的百分比低于1%。该州新增了607例冠状病毒病例，现在全州共有425，508例。
科莫称赞“纽约人的辛勤工作”导致了新病例的减少。
库莫说:“一个多星期以来，我们的阳性率一直保持在1%以下，到目前为止，纽约已经做了700万次测试——这些都是值得纽约人骄傲的非凡成就。”“但是，我们不能自满，否则就有倒退的危险——每个人都必须记得戴上口罩，保持社交距离，定期洗手，并保持纽约的强硬。”
新闻稿称，周六该州记录了6例死亡，使纽约的死亡总数增至25，250例。
凌晨3:52:儿童COVID病例比率“稳步上升”
美国疾病控制与预防中心已经发布了通知儿科医疗保健提供者的指南，并表示，虽然目前还不清楚儿童是否像成人一样容易感染传染性非典型肺炎病毒(SARS-CoV-2)，以及他们是否能像成人一样有效地传播病毒，但最近的证据表明，与成人相比，儿童可能具有相同或更高的病毒载量，并且儿童能够在家庭和营地环境中有效地传播病毒。
疾病预防控制中心的最新指南说:“从2020年3月到7月，美国儿童病例的数量和比率一直在稳步上升。”“由于缺乏广泛的检测以及对成年人和患有严重疾病的人进行检测的优先性，儿童中传染性非典型肺炎-冠状病毒2型感染的真实发病率尚不清楚。儿童的住院率明显低于患有COVID-19的成年人的住院率，这表明与成年人相比，患有COVID-19的儿童的病情可能较轻。”
2020年8月5日，得克萨斯州戈德利，学生们戴着口罩，步行去教室开始他们的学校生活。
声明继续说:“虽然与成年人相比，感染了SARS-CoV-2的儿童患严重疾病的可能性较小，但儿童仍有患严重疾病和COVID-19并发症的风险。”“最近的COVID-19住院监测数据显示，儿童住院率(每100，000人中有8.0人)低于成人(每100，000人中有164.5人)，但儿童住院率正在上升。
疾病预防控制中心还表示，虽然儿童的机械通气率和死亡率确实低于成年人，但在美国有三分之一的儿童因COVID-19并发症住院进入重症监护室，与成年人的比例相同。
凌晨3点04分:OSU说，在COVID-19的23次检测呈阳性后，校外女生联谊会被隔离
俄克拉何马州立大学官员周六宣布，一所校外女生联谊会的23名成员的COVID-19检测呈阳性。
根据新闻发布，俄克拉何马州立大学官员周五晚上在该大学的皮贝塔披分会(一个校外女生联谊会)获悉23例冠状病毒阳性病例。释放状态快速抗原测试是在校外卫生保健机构进行的。
新闻稿称:“由于这种情况的性质，整个分会房子是在隔离或隔离，将被禁止离开设施。”“住在其他地方的女生联谊会的一名成员也是检测呈阳性的成员之一，他们也将继续被隔离。”
俄克拉何马州立大学和佩恩县卫生部门的官员正在对所有相关人员进行监控，并且正在进行释放州联系人追踪，以进一步保护校园社区。
大学官员表示，已经聘请了第三方承包商对该设施进行消毒，并将在两周的隔离和检疫期后再次进行消毒。
上午12点11分:佐治亚州州长发布新命令，允许一些城市强制实施面具禁令
佐治亚州州长布赖恩·肯普发布了一项新命令，延长了对集会、避难场所和商业活动的现有限制。
他说，当地教育领导人将继续全权负责如何最好地教育学生，并保证他们在学校的安全。
坎普在周六发表的一份声明中说:“7月下旬，我要求格鲁吉亚人做‘四周四件事’来阻止COVID-19。”在没有授权的情况下，我们的公民响应了号召，我们正在取得进展。在佐治亚州，我们全州的病例数在过去两周下降了22%，在过去七天里，每日住院人数下降了7%。我们平均每天对31，000多名格鲁吉亚人进行180次性传播疾病检测，同时保持低传播率。阳性率正在下降，死亡率继续下降。"
肯普继续说道:“尽管受到数据的鼓舞，我们不能自满。该行政命令扩大了医疗脆弱人群的庇护场所秩序，继续禁止大型集会，并维护格鲁吉亚企业的健康和安全协议。该法令还通过限制对公共财产适用和强制执行地方掩蔽要求，保护佐治亚州的企业免受政府过度干预。虽然我支持地方控制，但它必须与财产权和个人自由适当平衡。一如既往，我们鼓励公民戴上口罩，保持距离，洗手，并继续遵循行政命令提供的指导。我们将共同保护所有格鲁吉亚人的生命、生计和个人自由。”
Coronavirus updates: New Zealand postpones general election due to COVID-19
Thenovelcoronavirushas now killed more than 773,000 people worldwide.
More than 21.5 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according todata compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks.
The United States is the worst-affected country in the world, with more than 5.4 million diagnosed cases and at least 170,028 deaths.
9:05 p.m.: US death toll surpasses 170,000
More than 170,000 people have now died from COVID-19 in the United States.
Johns Hopkins University reported 170,028 confirmed deaths right before 9 p.m.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted in its latest forecast that the U.S. coronavirus death toll could reach 200,000 by Labor Day.
8:45 p.m.: New Zealand postpones general election due to virus
New Zealand's general election will be pushed back by four weeks due to a new coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced.
The election will be postponed from Sept. 19 to Oct. 17.
"Ultimately this was my decision," said Ardern, who is seeking a second term.
After initially containing the virus, New Zealand has experienced aresurgence of COVID-19 casesfollowing 102 days without a report of community transmission.
New Zealand recorded an additional 13 new COVID-19 cases in the past day, according to the Health Ministry, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,271.
On Friday, Ardern announced that Auckland -- the city at the center of the new outbreak -- will remain under lockdown for another 12 days.
7:25 p.m.: New cases down, deaths slightly up from previous week
New COVID-19 cases have continued to decrease, while new deaths went up slightly last week nationally, according to an internal FEMA memo obtained by ABC News.
There was a 3.6% decrease in new cases and a 0.8% increase in new deaths last week compared to the previous week, the memo said.
The national test-positivity rate also decreased: Last week, the rate was 6.4%, down from 7.7% the previous week, according to the memo.
6:10 p.m.: Alabama high school to temporarily close
An Alabama high school will close this week after several confirmed cases of COVID-19.
In a letter, the principal of Elkmont High School in Limestone County said the school will be closed from Monday through Friday, affecting students in the sixth through 12th grade. Students will do virtual learning while the school undergoes sanitization, the letter said, with a decision on reopening to come later this week.
Last week, four students tested positive for COVID-19, and 40 students -- nearly half of whom were on the football team -- were sent home to quarantine, Huntsville, Alabama, ABC affiliateWAAY reported. More than 300 students in the Limestone County school district are under quarantine, according to WAAY.
This marks the first known school in the state to close since Alabama school districts started reopening earlier this month, according toAL.com.
3:15 p.m.: UNC-Chapel Hill announces 4th cluster of cases in past 3 days
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced a cluster of cases at a residence hall, marking the 4th cluster discovered at the university in the last 3 days.
The cluster -- which refers to five or more cases in close proximity -- was found in Hinton James Residence Hall, the university said in a statement.
The individuals from this cluster have been identified, isolated and have received medical monitoring. The Orange County Health Department is also working to identify anyone else who may have been exposed.
Two clusters were found in residence halls -- Ehringhaus Community and Granville Towers -- on Friday. An additional cluster was discovered at Sigma Nu fraternity on Saturday, according to the university. Two other residence halls have also seen clusters
10:45 a.m.: 7 million tests conducted in New York state
New York state has conducted 7 million diagnostic tests for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a press release Sunday.
For the ninth straight day the percentage of positive cases in the state was below 1%. The state saw an additional 607 coronavirus cases and now has a total of 425,508 cases statewide.
Cuomo praised the "hard work of New Yorkers" for the decline in new cases.
"For more than a week, we've seen our positivity rate stay below 1 percent, and to date New York has done 7 million tests—these are remarkable accomplishments that New Yorkers should be proud of," Cuomo said. "But, we must not become complacent and risk slipping backwards — everyone must remember to wear their masks, socially distance, wash their hands regularly, and stay New York Tough."
Six deaths were recorded in the state on Saturday, increasing the New York death total to 25,250, the release stated.
3:52 a.m.: Rate of COVID cases in children 'steadily increasing'
The CDC has issued guidance to inform pediatric healthcare providers and said that while it is unclear whether children are as susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2 compared with adults and whether they can transmit the virus as effectively as adults, recent evidence suggests that children likely have the same or higher viral loads compared with adults and that children can spread the virus effectively in households and camp settings.
"The number and rate of cases in children in the United States have been steadily increasing from March to July 2020," the CDC's updated guidelines read. "The true incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children is not known due to lack of widespread testing and the prioritization of testing for adults and those with severe illness. Hospitalization rates in children are significantly lower than hospitalization rates in adults with COVID-19, suggesting that children may have less severe illness from COVID-19 compared to adults."
"While children infected with SARS-CoV-2 are less likely to develop severe illness compared with adults, children are still at risk of developing severe illness and complications from COVID-19," the statement continued. "Recent COVID-19 hospitalization surveillance data shows that the rate of hospitalization among children is low (8.0 per 100,000 population) compared with that in adults (164.5 per 100,000 population), but hospitalization rates in children are increasing.
The CDC also said that while children do have lower rates of mechanical ventilation and death than adults, on in three children who are hospitalized with COVID-19 complications in the United States were admitted to the intensive care unit -- the same rate for adults.
3:04 a.m.: Off-campus sorority house quarantined after 23 test positive for COVID-19, OSU says
Oklahoma State University officials announced Saturday that 23 people in an off-campus sorority house have tested positive for COVID-19.
According to a news release, Oklahoma State University officials learned Friday night of 23 positive coronavirus cases at the university's Pi Beta Phi chapter, an off-campus sorority house. The release states rapid antigen testing was performed at an off-campus health care facility.
“Due to the nature of this situation, the entire chapter house is in isolation or quarantine and will be prohibited from leaving the facility,” the news release states. “One member of the sorority who lives elsewhere is among those who tested positive and will also remain in isolation.”
Everyone involved is being monitored by Oklahoma State University and Payne County Health Department officials, and the release states contact tracing is being conducted to further protect the campus community.
University officials said the services of a third-party contractor have been enlisted to disinfect the facility and will do so again after the two-week isolation and quarantine period.
Georgia governor Brian Kemp issued a new order which renews existing restrictions for gatherings, sheltering in place, and businesses.
He said that local education leaders will continue to have full authority on how best to educate students and keep them safe in school.
“In late July, I asked Georgians to do ‘Four Things for Four Weeks’ to stop COVID-19," Kemp said in a statement issued on Saturday. Without a mandate, our citizens answered the call, and we are making progress. In Georgia, our statewide case numbers have dropped 22% over the last two weeks, and daily hospitalizations have decreased by 7% in the last seven days. We are on average testing over 31,000 Georgians daily at 180 SPOCs while maintaining a low rate of transmission. The positivity rate is on the decline, and the mortality rate continues to fall."
Kemp continued: “While encouraged by the data, we cannot grow complacent. This Executive Order extends the shelter in place order for the medically fragile, continues the ban on large gatherings, and maintains health and safety protocols for Georgia businesses. This order also protects Georgia businesses from government overreach by restricting the application and enforcement of local masking requirements to public property. While I support local control, it must be properly balanced with property rights and personal freedoms. As always, we encourage citizens to wear masks, watch their distance, wash hands, and continue to follow the guidance provided in the Executive Order. Together, we will protect the lives, livelihoods, and personal freedoms of all Georgians.”
