Reports indicate that New York is flattening its curve of new coronavirus cases. Which is great news. But New Jersey is projected to hit its peak in 2 to 3 days. That might translate in to 14,000 people needing to be hospitalized.
Globally, Africa and South America should be cause for major concern. While the reported numbers have been slow to increase, I am confident that they are much higher. Consider that many of these countries do not have anywhere the level of medical support that developed countries have, and they do not have the same level societal controls. I read that many countries in Africa only have 5 hospital beds per million people. Imagine how many people will have access to a ventilator. Even basic safety procedures can not be practiced in many of these countries, especially if you don’t have clean water to drink. The death rate could explode in Africa and South America.
