United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (January 2nd)
News
U.S. coronavirus cases crossed the 20 million mark on Friday as officials seek to speed up vaccinations and a more infectious variant surfaces in Colorado, California and Florida. https://t.co/nZALJtmhoB
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) January 2, 2021
Regional Data
2021 is here and it will be a better year for our city — but we have to keep up the fight against #COVID19.
Here’s a look at our daily indicators:
• 219 new hospitalizations
• 3,419 new cases
• 9.41% positivity rate (7-day avg.)— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) January 1, 2021
Today's update on the numbers:
Total COVID hospitalizations are at 7,886.
Of the 219,253 tests reported yesterday, 16,497 were positive (7.52% of total).
Sadly, there were 166 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/itJk26uUNj
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) January 1, 2021
NEW JERSEY #COVID19 UPDATE:
➡️ 5,541 new positive cases
➡️ 482,861 cumulative total cases
➡️ 119 new confirmed deaths
➡️ 17,139 total confirmed deaths
➡️ 2,021 probable deathsAs we begin the new year, stay vigilant. Social distance. Mask up. https://t.co/JW1q8awGh7 pic.twitter.com/vdz6pwUHBV
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) January 1, 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 16.4 new hospitalizations per 10k residents over four weeks. pic.twitter.com/bCYs5mWwk7
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) January 2, 2021
National data (CDC, Covid Tracking Project, Johns Hopkins University, New York Times)
As you can see here, there is a mix of states reporting very high numbers, probably due in part to backlogs, and other states reporting nothing for the day. pic.twitter.com/BbO0iGDZdv
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) January 2, 2021
We keep saying it, but it is still true: we don't expect the data to return to normal for at least a week.
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) January 2, 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)