United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (December 5th)
News
Governor Reynolds mimicked Trump’s posture toward the pandemic to help get him reelected. Ultimately, Trump won Iowa by 8 points. But Iowans lost much more.https://t.co/wyNIraQhz1
— Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey) December 4, 2020
Restrictions (NYT Compilation)
Stay-at-home order issued for #SanFrancisco Bay Area, ahead of state mandate – CNBChttps://t.co/BlT4jLYVl4
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 5, 2020
We're in a very dangerous situation, & I think we can all agree that we can't let our hospitals get to the point where healthcare is threatened. The curfew, mask-wearing, retail inspection have helped, but they haven't helped enough. We'll have to do more. We don't have a choice.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) December 4, 2020
Regional Data
Here are our #COVID19 indicators at the end of the week:
• 134 new hospitalizations
• 2,041 new cases
• 5.43% positivity rate (7-day avg.)If you’re a senior or have a pre-existing medical condition, stay home as much as possible this weekend. This is a serious situation.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) December 4, 2020
The test positivity rate in the focus areas under NY's Micro-Cluster strategy is 7.35%.
The statewide positivity rate excluding these focus areas is 4.79%.
We continue to take strong action to respond to outbreaks and to stop the spread.
Mask Up.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) December 4, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE Today we are reporting 5,673 new cases, 356,662 total and 48 new deaths for a statewide total of 15,419.
3,315 hospitalizations – 3,073 COVID-19 positive, 242 PUI
615 individuals in critical care
63% of ICU patients on ventilators pic.twitter.com/qsA3jlzhry
— NJDOH (@NJDeptofHealth) December 4, 2020
Today's #COVID19 update includes 2,080 new cases and, sadly, 33 additional deaths.
We have lost 202 of our fellow New Mexicans to COVID-19 in the last week alone, a number that took 46 days to reach at the outset of the pandemic.
Please do your part to slow the spread. pic.twitter.com/RfQFi2ERSs
— Michelle Lujan Grisham (@GovMLG) December 4, 2020
Today, we’re reporting 10,114 new cases, which is our highest number in over a week, and our 4th highest ever.
Hospital admissions are at 392.
Today is the third highest day for deaths reported at 129. pic.twitter.com/Q6wvAd7rHQ
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) December 4, 2020
This is the highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania.
The previous record was set yesterday. https://t.co/VgrrU3mwav
— Governor Tom Wolf (@GovernorTomWolf) December 4, 2020
Oregon reached a grim milestone on Friday as that state saw a record-high day for both COVID-19-related deaths and new coronavirus cases. https://t.co/in9RnC9at1
— News 10 (@KTVL) December 5, 2020
Here are the 100 worst US counties in terms of weekly new #COVID19 cases per capita. Matanuska-Susitna County in Alaska had the most new cases per capita over the last week (1382 per 100,000) pic.twitter.com/DRmDnE1o6x
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 5, 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 10.3 new hospitalizations per 10k residents over four weeks. pic.twitter.com/WrU8tJL9JC
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 5, 2020
Here are new daily #COVID19 cases by US region. The national implied (7-day geometric average) daily growth rate of cases on December 04 was 1.34%. pic.twitter.com/DZG2uTUeRM
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) December 5, 2020
States at record daily #COVID_19 deaths:
California 202
Tennessee 95
Iowa 83
Oregon 30Cumulative per capita COVID-19 deaths, with the states that never locked down in green (Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming): pic.twitter.com/Vz9tyGJCvR
— Unsilenced Science (@UnsilencedSci) December 5, 2020
National data (CDC, Covid Tracking Project, Johns Hopkins University, New York Times)
#Covid_19 (2) | Deaths rebounded sharply over the past four days probably reflecting post-#Thanksgiving normalization.
*If it continues in the new few days, we should be close to the higher bound of CDC forecast (by Dec. 26th) or even higher. pic.twitter.com/9y1O7EDfWv— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 5, 2020
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8 million tests, 225k cases, and 2,563 deaths. There are 101,276 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US. Both case and hospitalization counts surpassed yesterday's all-time highs. pic.twitter.com/Dp5ulEr0OA
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 5, 2020
The 7-day average for COVID-19 cases is at a record high, outpacing the 7-day average for tests. pic.twitter.com/696LskyC2b
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 5, 2020
Over the past few months, a hospitalization metric from the public @HHSGov hospitalization dataset has come into very close agreement with the hospitalization numbers publicly reported by most states. Our analysis: https://t.co/js1kMRNZQI
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 5, 2020
December 4 COVID-19 Test Results; Record Cases, Hospitalizations https://t.co/08SH22gak3 pic.twitter.com/irC5wwVYv1
— Bill McBride (@calculatedrisk) December 5, 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)