United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (December 14th)

December 14, 2020
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Covid-19

News

LOOK: Workers start sending the first U.S. shipments of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, from their manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, following emergency use authorization by the FDA.

More @business: https://t.co/fFaxjga93w pic.twitter.com/oEeIGC6zUZ

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) December 13, 2020

Restrictions (NYT Compilation)

Take a look at the new restrictions going into effect Monday: https://t.co/asVXo3Dohh

— Delaware Online (@delawareonline) December 10, 2020

Regional Data

Here’s a look at today’s #COVID19 indicators:

• 193 new hospitalizations
• 2,575 new cases
• 6.26% positivity rate (7-day avg.)

This weekend will be a pivotal moment in our fight. The vaccine is imminent. We need to keep our city safe in this last stretch.

— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) December 12, 2020

Today's update on the numbers:

Total COVID hospitalizations are at 5,410.

Of the 205,250 tests reported yesterday, 10,194 were positive (4.96% of total).

Sadly, there were 106 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/v9jhSYHZzK

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) December 13, 2020

NEW JERSEY #COVID19 UPDATE:
➡️4,170 new positive cases
➡️400,650 cumulative total cases
➡️24 new confirmed deaths
➡️15,883 total deaths

We must work together to beat back the second wave. Mask up. Social distance. Wash your hands. Use common sense.https://t.co/JW1q8awGh7 pic.twitter.com/qd6zbkcZOp

— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) December 13, 2020

OC, CA COVID Update (my home)https://t.co/t8RUk2Wopi
Record cases 3,121 reported today. Almost triple the summer peak.

Record Hospitalizations 1,236.

Record ICU 284.

SoCal ICU available down 4.2% (was 10.3% six days ago).

— Bill McBride (@calculatedrisk) December 13, 2020

Here are the 100 worst US counties in terms of weekly new #COVID19 cases per capita. Carson City County in Nevada had the most new cases per capita over the last week (1563 per 100,000) pic.twitter.com/j0wckWK5ok

— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 14, 2020

For the states without active hospitalizations figures for May 15, four-week rolling new COVID hospitalizations per 10k residents are shown here. Alabama leads with 12.0 new hospitalizations per 10k residents over four weeks. pic.twitter.com/dtfUix3SvJ

— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 14, 2020

National data (CDC, Covid Tracking Project, Johns Hopkins University, New York Times)

Almost every state reports more than 100 people hospitalized per million, while Nevada reports 592, which translates into 1 out of 1700 people in the state. pic.twitter.com/QMYfRDp9hI

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 14, 2020

The U.S. is now averaging 2,427 deaths per day. That's 300 deaths more per day than at the peak of the spring wave. pic.twitter.com/W8le35gaPr

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 14, 2020