United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (January 18th)

News

Fauci says 100 million vaccinations in 100 days 'absolutely a doable thing' https://t.co/hOo8d1fXOm pic.twitter.com/tiQ9RKri46

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 17, 2021

Regional Data

Here’s a look at today’s #COVID19 indicators:

• 285 new hospitalizations
• 4,645 new cases
• 8.6% positivity rate (7-day avg.)

If you feel sick, stay home.
Practice social distancing.
Wear your mask.
Get tested.

Find a site near you at https://t.co/hnU8YAS15r

— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) January 16, 2021

NYC vaccinations. The pace moved well above 30K/day on some days last week, showing that a more flexible prioritization (and more sites) can dramatically speed up the pace. From here, however, it will not be about logistics of administering the shots, but more about raw supply pic.twitter.com/F3ZcVqMgDa

— Jens Nordvig (@jnordvig) January 17, 2021

Today's update on the numbers:

Total COVID hospitalizations are at 8,771.

Of the 246,507 tests reported yesterday, 13,842 were positive (5.61% of total).

Sadly, there were 172 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/glA1He3L8M

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) January 17, 2021

NEW JERSEY #COVID19 UPDATE:
➡️4,686 new positive PCR tests
➡️565,097 total positive PCR tests
➡️710 new positive antigen tests
➡️62,124 total positive antigen tests
➡️26 new confirmed deaths
➡️18,348 total confirmed deaths
➡️2,091 probable deaths
https://t.co/JW1q8awGh7 pic.twitter.com/S26rQ5q7bn

— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) January 17, 2021

Like states across the country, Virginia is seeing an alarming rise in #COVID19 cases and hospitalizations.

The vaccines give us a lot of hope, but until they are widely available, we ALL must continue to treat this virus like the dangerous threat that it is.

— Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) January 17, 2021

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 17.4 new hospitalizations per 10k residents over four weeks. pic.twitter.com/UCrT3A2S1q

— Exante Data (@ExanteData) January 18, 2021

National data (CDC

We have seen nationwide decreases in all the 7-day averages of all four metrics. Many states are reporting a decrease in the number of new cases per million people, though CA, VA and SC reported more than 1,000 new cases per million today. pic.twitter.com/L1zimRM1EC

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) January 17, 2021

 

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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)