United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (December 3rd)
News
CDC chief warns Americans face ‘rough’ winter from #COVID_19 surge – Reutershttps://t.co/0InVQT4cys
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 3, 2020
“December, January and February are going to be rough… I actually believe they’re going to be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation”
U.S. CDC Director Redfield
— Jonathan Ferro (@FerroTV) December 3, 2020
Restrictions (NYT Compilation)
*#LA MAYOR SAYS CITY IS CLOSE TO ‘DEVASTATING’ TIPPING POINT – BBG
*LA MAYOR ORDERS RESIDENTS TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES
*Link: https://t.co/i4Wl78sj8r pic.twitter.com/sF7E5qiAzW— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 3, 2020
Regional Data
Today’s #COVID19 indicators:
• 146 new hospitalizations
• 1,809 new cases
• 4.8% positivity rate (7-day avg.)Let’s double down on what works. Wear a mask, practice social distancing and if you feel sick, please STAY HOME.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) December 2, 2020
The test positivity rate in the focus areas under NY’s Micro-Cluster strategy is 5.88%.
The statewide positivity rate excluding these focus areas is 4.21%.
We continue to take strong action to respond to outbreaks and to stop the spread.
Mask Up.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) December 2, 2020
➡️3,287 patients in our hospitals
➡️599 patients in our ICUs
➡️354 ventilators in use
➡️367 patients discharged yesterday
➡️507 COVID-positive residents admitted yesterday
➡️51 in-hospital deaths yesterday pic.twitter.com/ftPXZfebvu— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) December 2, 2020
Today New Mexico passed multiple tragic & heartbreaking thresholds in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our state became the 37th in the nation to record 100,000 cases of COVID-19.
Sadly, 40 deaths were announced today, a terrible record.
Hospitalizations are at a new record high of 940. pic.twitter.com/0NB4n79Cje
— Michelle Lujan Grisham (@GovMLG) December 2, 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 (1602 per 100,000) pic.twitter.com/tjmS9h3plg
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 3, 2020
Here are new daily #COVID19 cases by US region. The national implied (7-day geometric average) daily growth rate of cases on December 02 was 1.23%. pic.twitter.com/Ni3WHoJFOl
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 3, 2020
This chart shows active COVID hospitalizations, indexed to facilitate comparison across US states. The 5 largest states with most elevated levels vs mid-May baseline are OH, TX, TN, NC & AL. Also, NY and the median across states are included for reference. pic.twitter.com/AolYDVsCbd
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 3, 2020
National data (CDC, Covid Tracking Project, Johns Hopkins University, New York Times)
#Covid_19 (2) | Deaths are catching up with data normalization (post Thanksgiving holidays).
*On a daily basis, death count was the second highest on record after May 7th.
*It was also the first time deaths exceeded 5k in a 2-day period. pic.twitter.com/EboNIyYvDU— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 3, 2020
#Covid_19 (4) | WIth ICU beds reaching capacity in several counties, I expect more lockdown announcements in the coming days.https://t.co/owZmNHHwX2
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 3, 2020
CA reported over 20k COVID-19 cases today. This is the highest daily case count for a state to date. pic.twitter.com/W1gaCVlVqY
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 3, 2020
The holiday effect is still noticeable as some states are only providing partial data updates. https://t.co/Jg1jqYFAzs
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 3, 2020
December 2 COVID-19 Test Results; Over 100,000 Hospitalizations https://t.co/gJlBBZha4X pic.twitter.com/N0KtAcm8n3
— Bill McBride (@calculatedrisk) December 3, 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)