United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (February 13th)

News

The Biden administration has ruled out requiring negative COVID-19 tests for passengers on domestic flight for now.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told "Axios on HBO" earlier this month that the U.S. was considering the possible mandate. https://t.co/TJWb0I875m

— Axios (@axios) February 13, 2021

CDC embraces this principle: “schools should be the last settings to close in a community and the first to reopen.” via @nytimes@SFUnified @sf_dtd https://t.co/z4lHrKwMGZ

— SF City Attorney (@SFCityAttorney) February 13, 2021

Restrictions

In today's coronavirus update, we look at changes in coronavirus restrictions in Washington and Nevada, an expired mask mandate in Montana, and much more. Find out what happened yesterday and what to expect over the weekend ahead: https://t.co/Z1ZenmSnjo pic.twitter.com/soa1U9MBxW

— Ballotpedia (@ballotpedia) February 12, 2021

Regional Data

Here are the #COVID19 indicators to close out the week:

• 266 new hospitalizations
• 3,896 new cases
• 7.91% positivity rate (7-day avg.)

This weekend stick with what works: avoid large gatherings, wear your mask and if you feel sick, stay home.

— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) February 12, 2021

Today's update on the numbers:

Total COVID hospitalizations are at 7,068.

Of the 237,134 tests reported yesterday, 8,404 were positive (3.54% of total).

Sadly, there were 135 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/ioQNhsY1OH

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) February 12, 2021

➡️3,285 new positive PCR tests
➡️660,067 total PCR tests
➡️775 new positive antigen tests
➡️79,995 total antigen tests pic.twitter.com/A9CEPRv7vi

— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) February 12, 2021

California COVID-19, By The Numbers:

Confirmed cases to date: 3,381,615
Note: Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed

More information at https://t.co/TLLUGwPGY7. pic.twitter.com/02BKnlQ9M6

— CA Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) February 12, 2021

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 TX, NC, GA, AZ & TN. Also, NY and the median across states are included for reference. pic.twitter.com/XVHvM2Quav

— Exante Data (@ExanteData) February 13, 2021

National data (CDC)

Since last Friday, the number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 has decreased by nearly 15k and no states are reporting an increase by 10% or more. pic.twitter.com/TRj9Pn6qK6

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) February 13, 2021

February 12 COVID-19 Test Results and Vaccinations https://t.co/Nn4C3hRFbR The 7-day average cases fell below 100,000 for the first time since November 2nd. pic.twitter.com/CggbObp4Gr

— Bill McBride (@calculatedrisk) February 13, 2021

VACCINE DATA UPDATE (Feb. 12)

The U.S. has now administered 50.1M doses and posted two 2M-dose days in a row

2M doses today; 7-day avg=1.66M/day
‍ ‍ 36.8M people w/ at least 1 dose, 12.8M completed vaccination
Time to 75% coverage down to 8 mos. https://t.co/5Of3UY74wf pic.twitter.com/kCIlUjRKoc

— Drew Armstrong (@ArmstrongDrew) February 13, 2021

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)

Daily New Confirmed Deaths (7-day moving average)

Cumulative Vaccination Doses Administrated