United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (December 29th)
News
What’s the Defense Production Act? Biden plans to use it for COVID vaccine production https://t.co/N0jtwFm3nA
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) December 28, 2020
Restrictions (NYT Compilation)
Officials are expected to extend the regional stay-at-home order in central and Southern California, set to expire Monday, as hospitals face low ICU capacity https://t.co/s8j2KrZQGG
— 10News (@10News) December 27, 2020
Regional Data
Today's #COVID19 indicators:
· 224 new hospitalizations
· 2,428 new cases
· 7.24% positivity rate (7-day avg.)The end of this battle is in sight — we can't let up the fight now.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) December 28, 2020
Today's update on the numbers:
Total COVID hospitalizations are at 7,559.
Of the 124,866 tests reported yesterday, 10,407 were positive (8.33% of total).
Sadly, there were 114 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/59DAGYAtSR
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) December 28, 2020
The percent positivity for all PCR tests recorded on 12/24 was 10.98 percent.
The statewide rate of transmission is .96. pic.twitter.com/D3qfARyFzp
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) December 28, 2020
Increase in #coronavirus admissions prompts a Los Angeles hospital to use chapel, gift shop for new patients – CNNhttps://t.co/JuLkIlm4be
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 29, 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 15.6 new hospitalizations per 10k residents over four weeks. pic.twitter.com/ktaHNVa61K
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 29, 2020
National data (CDC, Covid Tracking Project, Johns Hopkins University, New York Times)
Current hospitalizations remain the most reliable statistic. Hospitalizations are a much better reflection of reality than the other metrics through the holiday reporting bumpiness. pic.twitter.com/gsRTTIX3sU
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 29, 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)