United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (December 15th)
News
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday just as the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots. The number of dead is equivalent to repeating a tragedy on the scale of Hurricane Katrina every day for 5 1/2 months. https://t.co/7ovEZZsvcu
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 14, 2020
U.S. could have bought additional Pfizer vaccines in November but passed, says Pfizer board member – CNBChttps://t.co/3m6sjp9wjh
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 15, 2020
Restrictions (NYT Compilation)
*#NYC SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBILITY OF FULL SHUTDOWN: DE BLASIO – BBG
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 14, 2020
Regional Data
The vaccine may be here, but we can’t let our guard down.
Here’s a look at our #COVID19 indicators:
• 185 new hospitalizations
• 2,137 new cases
• 5.50% positivity rate (7-day avg.)— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) December 14, 2020
Today's update on the numbers:
Total COVID hospitalizations are at 5,712.
Of the 159,844 tests reported yesterday, 9,044 were positive (5.66% of total).
Sadly, there were 83 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/tnpeMQ63pl
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) December 14, 2020
The positivity rate for all PCR tests recorded on December 10th was 10.95% – based on 38,861 PCR tests.
The statewide rate of transmission is 1.13. pic.twitter.com/EeGI2o0paQ
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) December 14, 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 (1751 per 100,000) pic.twitter.com/lyClZGPi2i
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 15, 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 12.6 new hospitalizations per 10k residents over four weeks. pic.twitter.com/ixr551oia8
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 15, 2020
National data (CDC, Covid Tracking Project, Johns Hopkins University, New York Times)
As of today, our cumulative total for COVID-19 deaths in the US is 292,404. The reason our total varies from other sources is due the inclusion of probable deaths in select jurisdictions. https://t.co/21z83bEE68
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 15, 2020
COVID-19 cases in the West have now outpaced the Midwest at 738 per million people. Today, cases in the West account for 31% of all reported cases. pic.twitter.com/AcytwSnrt0
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 15, 2020
Daily New Confirmed Cases
Daily New Confirmed Cases (7-day moving average)
Daily New Tests (7-day moving average)
Positivity Rates (7-day moving average)