In Japan, more people died from suicide last month than from Covid in all of 2020.
In Japan, government statistics show suicide claimed more lives in October than Covid-19 has over the entire year to date. The monthly number of Japanese suicides rose to 2,153 in October, according to Japan's National Police Agency. As of Friday, Japan's total Covid-19 toll was 2,087, the health ministry said.
"This is like a natural disaster occurring in all 50 states at the same time. There are not adequate beds. There are not adequate staff. And because of the lack of national preparation, there are still not adequate supplies," said Ranney, a CNN medical analyst and director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health at Brown University.
"Here in Rhode Island, we are currently planning to open our field hospital on Tuesday because our hospitals are so full of sick Covid-19 patients. But not every state has that option," she said.
"And even if you open a field hospital, if you have hundreds of staff who are sick -- which is what many states across the country are currently facing -- if you don't have nurses and doctors and respiratory techs, even a field hospital isn't going to save you. Our health care system is literally at the breaking point right now, thanks to Covid-19."
今增115宗確診 包括24宗源頭不明 曾到3食肆者須強制檢測
新冠肺炎疫情肆虐，衞生防護中心傳染病處主任張竹君公布，今日（29日）新增115宗確診個案，破第4波疫情新高。其中，6宗屬輸入個案，24宗個案源頭不明，另有85宗屬相關個案，包括62宗與跳舞群組相關，該群組累計個案達479宗，本港至今累計6,239宗確診個案。另外，今日有50多宗初步確診個案。
張竹君指，疫情波及多間食肆，如市民於11月15日，曾光顧位於中環歷山大廈的意大利餐廳「8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA」、上環泉章居，以及灣仔星月居，須進行強制檢測，當局稍後將會發公告。
確診個案中，包括1名聖嘉勒小學學生，該校須停課，全校檢測，該學生1名親友同樣為學生，就讀聖保羅男女中學，該校同樣需停課等待其檢測報告。此外，1名就讀葵涌敬祖路祖堯天主教小學的學生被列為緊密接觸者，該小學需停課待其檢測報告。
另外，東華三院方樹泉日間活動宿舍1名員工確診，另有1名宿友初步確診，該院舍有約50名宿友及員工需檢疫。而大角咀東華三院何玉清翠柳頤庭有1名員工初步確診，全院需檢測。
至於源頭不明個案患者大多為家庭主婦，少外出，但個別有較多活動，例如打麻雀、聚餐等。
今日確診數字衝破百宗，恐又重現本港第3波疫情的嚴峻局面，7月中至8月初期間，本港有13日錄得破百宗個案。當時亦實施了疫情以來最嚴厲的社交距離措施，港府7月中要求食肆收緊至2人1枱、禁聚令由4人收緊至2人，並首度頒布口罩令，其後更一度實施食肆全日禁止堂食。