United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (January 29th)
News
Novavax Soars After Upbeat Results From Covid #Vaccine Trial – Bloomberg
*Giant study in the U.K. finds Novavax vaccine is 89% effective
*Effectiveness lower in South Africa, where variant is dominanthttps://t.co/jitzHi1bsO— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 29, 2021
South Carolina health officials detect first-known U.S. #COVID19 cases of more problematic variant from #SouthAfrica https://t.co/9SiCgvl3wY
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) January 28, 2021
Restrictions
New York City will ask government workers to return to their offices in May https://t.co/Srodd44So8
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) January 29, 2021
Regional Data
Today's #COVID19 indicators:
• 232 new hospitalizations
• 4,561 new cases
• 8.09% positivity rate (7-day avg.)Our vaccine supply will only continue to grow and we're going to be ready for it. In the meantime, stay safe and get tested.https://t.co/hnU8YAS15r
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) January 28, 2021
Today's update on the numbers:
Total COVID hospitalizations are at 8,520.
Of the 250,668 tests reported yesterday, 13,398 were positive (5.34% of total).
Sadly, there were 162 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/voc6y8BxSR
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) January 28, 2021
NEW JERSEY #COVID19 UPDATE:
➡️3,962 new positive PCR tests
➡️610,324 total positive PCR tests
➡️1,012 new positive antigen tests
➡️70,959 total positive antigen tests
➡️82 new confirmed deaths
➡️19,172 total confirmed deaths
➡️2,129 probable deaths
https://t.co/JW1q8awGh7 pic.twitter.com/EKy3jDJveP— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) January 28, 2021
California COVID-19, By The Numbers:
Confirmed cases to date: 3,186,610
Note: Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayedMore information at https://t.co/TLLUGwPGY7. pic.twitter.com/dLgdo8jWQG
— CA Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) January 28, 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, AZ, GA & AL. Also, NY and the median across states are included for reference. pic.twitter.com/XGa8SMFogT
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) January 29, 2021
National data (CDC)Hospitalizations fell by over 3,000 today. There were big drops across all the major outbreak states. pic.twitter.com/UCKWGxjFCi
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) January 29, 2021
Hospitalizations fell by over 3,000 today. There were big drops across all the major outbreak states. pic.twitter.com/UCKWGxjFCi
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) January 29, 2021
Deaths remain very high nationally, driven by record numbers of deaths reported in the South and West. pic.twitter.com/aac5FjQovK
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) January 29, 2021
VACCINE DATA UPDATE (Jan. 28)
Record day of U.S. vaccinations added–>1.7M
US: 27.3M doses total
➕1.7M doses today; 7-day avg=1.3M
4.53M people completed vaccination86.4M doses (daily rate ~4.19M)
⚠️No update from NY state todayhttps://t.co/5Of3UY74wf pic.twitter.com/u2EtvL114t— Drew Armstrong (@ArmstrongDrew) January 28, 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)