Doctors Call for More Restrictions and Caution as Virus Surges More than 1 in every 400 people tested positive in the past week, and infections and hospitalizations have hit record levels across the country. “If we do the things that are simple public health measures, that soaring will level and start to come down,” he said. “Every social contact is one too many.” The new measures represent the kind of emergency lockdown Mr. Kurz had hoped to avoid. That, and releasing five coronavirus patients who no longer needed hospitalization, allowed the hospital to start taking ambulances again. Now, public health systems around the country are once again straining under the growing demand for testing.

Source: New York Times November 14, 2020 18:22 UTC