United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (March 2nd)

News

NEW: today’s update of UK vaccine effect

Safe to say the effect on cases has moved from "maybe" to "definitely"

As predicted, that has been driven by a slowdown in the rate of decrease among unvaccinated groups, while rates among vaccinated keep marching downwards pic.twitter.com/60aqpVk383

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 1, 2021

Beginning today, we will label Tweets that may contain misleading information around COVID-19 vaccinations. This is in addition to our ongoing efforts to remove the most harmful COVID-19 misleading information from Twitter.

To learn more, visit our blog.

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) March 1, 2021

Restrictions

Governors lift COVID-19 restrictions despite risks of new spike https://t.co/pPuYjEoewg pic.twitter.com/EZUa85C7Cn

— The Hill (@thehill) March 1, 2021

Effective statewide today, I am revising and lifting some COVID-19 mitigation restrictions in Pennsylvania.

First, I am revising maximum occupancy limits for both indoor and outdoor events. Second, I am eliminating out-of-state travel restrictions.

— Governor Tom Wolf (@GovernorTomWolf) March 1, 2021

California Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders say they’ve struck a deal that would push school districts to reopen by April https://t.co/sccH5psxu8

— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) March 2, 2021

Regional Data

Today's #COVID19 indicators:

• 233 new hospitalizations
• 3,358 new cases
• 6.13% positivity rate

If you’re eligible to get vaccinated, go to https://t.co/tgaFXTIlet, and anyone can get tested for free. Go to https://t.co/hnU8YAS15r.

— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) March 1, 2021

Today's update on the numbers:

Total COVID hospitalizations are at 5,307.

Of the 174,158 tests reported yesterday, 6,235 were positive (3.58% of total).

Sadly, there were 80 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/evixK3MRzq

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 1, 2021

As of last night:
➡️1,865 patients in our hospitals
➡️387 patients in our ICUs
➡️226 ventilators in use
➡️178 live patients discharged
➡️203 COVID-positive patients admitted
➡️26 in-hospital deaths pic.twitter.com/zrAXtCIIz9

— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 1, 2021

California COVID-19, By The Numbers:

Confirmed cases to date: 3,479,078
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/pewex6ipTB

— CA Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) March 1, 2021

Today's COVID-19 update in Connecticut (since Friday):

➡️114,157 tests were administered and 2,680 came back positive (2.35% rate)
➡️417 patients are currently hospitalized (decrease of 34)
➡️There have been 29 additional deaths

Read today's full report: https://t.co/ZFYhatgRxk pic.twitter.com/cO2YCFm3iT

— Governor Ned Lamont (@GovNedLamont) March 1, 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/FqaX05pBqg

— Exante Data (@ExanteData) March 2, 2021

National data (CDC)

For the first time since Oct 18, the number of new COVID-19 cases is below 50k. pic.twitter.com/FCkKyYIPfM

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 2, 2021

As we noted yesterday, VA has been reconciling death certificates for the last 9 days which resulted in nearly 1,500 additional deaths. That number had a noticeable impact on national figures. Here's a look at the 7-day day average excluding VA. pic.twitter.com/dD8gOhaFeE

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 2, 2021

VACCINE DATA UPDATE (March 1)

1.7M doses today; 7-day avg=1.82M/day
US: 76.9M doses total

⚠️"That seems low after yesterday's 2.4M doses!" you say. Read on for the Monday-Tuesday vaccine reporting slowdown analysis…. https://t.co/0eOgSRgh2J pic.twitter.com/LiV9l6AdJ4

— Drew Armstrong (@ArmstrongDrew) March 1, 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