The more people that get vaccinated, the faster we will beat this pandemic. That’s why one of my first goals is to administer 100 million COVID-19 vaccine shots in our first 100 days.
I’m proud to say we’re over halfway to our goal and weeks ahead of schedule.
— President Biden (@POTUS) February 28, 2021
There’s now a third safe COVID-19 vaccine, so we asked Dr. Fauci to walk us through the newly-authorized Johnson & Johnson option: The way it works, it’s effectiveness, and whether he’d take it himself. (The answer is yes!) pic.twitter.com/Zb0eYQzNTU
— White House COVID-19 Response Team (@WHCOVIDResponse) February 28, 2021
Today's update on the numbers:
Total COVID hospitalizations are at 5,259.
Of the 273,720 tests reported yesterday, 7,580 were positive (2.77% of total).
Sadly, there were 90 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/piv57bC7Xn
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) February 28, 2021
NEW JERSEY #COVID19 UPDATE:
➡️2,171 new positive PCR tests
➡️701,725 total positive PCR tests
➡️321 new positive antigen tests⁰➡️87,631 total positive antigen tests
➡️15 new confirmed deaths
➡️20,921 total confirmed deaths
➡️2,331 probable deaths
https://t.co/JW1q8awGh7 pic.twitter.com/AOKNfwZ8O1— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) February 28, 2021
California COVID-19, By The Numbers:
Confirmed cases to date: 3,475,562
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/QSZjDWxGE4— CA Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) February 28, 2021
Today's COVID-19 update in Connecticut:
➡️35,512 tests were administered and 787 came back positive (2.22% rate)
➡️451 patients are currently hospitalized (decrease of 34)
➡️There have been 8 additional deathsRead today's full report: https://t.co/ZFYhasZgFM pic.twitter.com/nhBdOV5TQg
— Governor Ned Lamont (@GovNedLamont) February 26, 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, TN & AZ. Also, NY and the median across states are included for reference. pic.twitter.com/xOwU8QKcD4
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) March 1, 2021
While the case and death numbers continue to show wobbles because of storm-related data problems, the hospitalization numbers have continued to march downward. The Midwest is now approaching its summertime numbers. pic.twitter.com/qxYDyu9y5a
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 1, 2021
VACCINE DATA UPDATE (Feb. 28)
⭐️ 2.4M doses today; 7-day avg=1.7M/day
US: 75.2M doses total1)❄️The snowstorm make-up continues
2)☝️There's capacity to USE extra doses delayed b/c of storm
3)⚡️When more doses come online, that capacity is readyhttps://t.co/0eOgSRgh2J pic.twitter.com/bgfoZ0IYAJ— Drew Armstrong (@ArmstrongDrew) February 28, 2021