COVID-19 day 125 : 📈 1,643,246 cases; 97,720 deaths : 24 May 2020
Holiday weekend means regular weekend decline in reported cases is more pronounced than normal; reported (versus actual) deaths will not cross 100,000 on Memorial Day
It’s day 125 since the first case of coronavirus disease was announced in the United States. Sunday is always a “light” day, number-wise, for reasons that have nothing to do with the virus: testings centers may be closed, staff who manage paperwork may not be working, labs may be closed or running with reduced staff.
This Memorial Day weekend Sunday was notable for the number of states that did not update data with their per capital case rate (per 100,000 population).
Alaska (55.8, reported no new cases on Saturday)
Colorado (416.1, last update Saturday afternoon)
District of Columbia (1,128.7 last update Saturday)
Idaho (146.5 last update Saturday)
Kansas (307.5 last update Saturday)
Kentucky (191.9 last update Saturday)
Montana (44.8 last update Saturday)
Compare that with states like Vermont (153.2) that reported two new cases. Or Wyoming (144.8) that reported 25.
The number of new deaths reported for the country was about half of the rolling seven-day average: 633 versus 1,165.
With Monday being a national holiday, I do not expect reported deaths to exceed 100,000 until Tuesday or Wednesday. Actual deaths, I am certain, have crossed that psychological threshold.
🦠Sunday, Johns Hopkins reported 1,643,246 (1,622,612) cases and 97,720 (97,087) deaths in the US, an increase of 1.27% and 0.65%, respectively, since Saturday. A week ago, the reported numbers increased by 1.55% and 0.93%, respectively.
Seven-day average: 23,341 (22,104) new cases and 1165 (1,190) new deaths
Percent of cases leading to death: 5.95% (5.98%).
Today’s case rate is 496.44 per 100,000; the death rate, 29.52 per 100,000.
One week ago, the case rate was 449.17 per 100,000; the death rate, 27.06 per 100,000.
Note: numbers in (.) are from the prior day and are provided for context. I include the seven-day average because dailies vary so much in the course of a week, particularly over a weekend.
Sections (no jump links, sorry!)
1, Case count; 2, What you can do and resources
⓵ Case count
Lead chart is also from Professor Ravi.
There is a lag between being contagious and showing symptoms, between having a test and getting its results. The virus was not created in a lab and the weight of evidence is it was not released intentionally. Although early reports tied the outbreak to a seafood (“wet”) market in Wuhan, China, analyses of genomic data in January suggested that the virus might have developed elsewhere.
🌎 24 May
Globally: 5 204 508 cases (101 502 new) with 337 687 deaths (4 286 new)
The Americas: 2 338 124 cases (55 636 new) with 138 116 deaths (2 932 new)
Johns Hopkins interactive dashboard (11.00 pm Pacific)
Global confirmed: 5,410,439 (5,313,816 )
Total deaths: 345,104 (342,141)
Recovered: 2,169,005 (2,112,864)
🇺🇸 24 May
CDC: 1,622,114 (26,229 new) cases and 97,049 (1,047 new) deaths
Johns Hopkins*: 1,643,246 (1,622,612) cases and 97,720 (97,087) deaths
State data*: 1,636,233 (1,616,254) identified cases and 91,964 (91,295) deaths
Total tested (US, Johns Hopkins): 14,163,915 (13,784,786)
View infographic and data online: total cases and cases and deaths/100,000.
* Johns Hopkins data, ~11.00 pm Pacific.
State data include DC, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands
⓶ What you can do
Stay home as much as possible, period.
Digestive problems may be a symptom.
Resources
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