United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (March 4th)

News

Covid-19 vaccines could be available to all NYC residents as soon as late April. The city is already thinking ahead to how it will convince everyone to to receive one https://t.co/cYT6D0nFas

— angelicalavito (@angelicalavito) March 3, 2021

Restrictions

In his first news conference since a sexual harassment scandal engulfed his administration, Gov. Cuomo announced that New York would ease restrictions on residential and social gatherings this month and allow more people inside entertainment venues. https://t.co/PywNID48jU

— NYT Metro (@NYTMetro) March 3, 2021

Regional Data

Today's #COVID19 indicators:

• 276 new hospitalizations
• 3,395 new cases
• 6.30% positivity rate (7-day avg.)

More vaccine doses are on the way. We are turning the corner in the fight against COVID-19.

— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) March 3, 2021

Today's update on the numbers:

Total COVID hospitalizations are at 5,323.

Of the 218,069 tests reported yesterday, 7,704 were positive (3.53% of total).

Sadly, there were 75 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/BFPPhIcxiE

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 3, 2021

Many will make it home from our hospitals. Others will not, & their families will be added to the ranks of those who know too well the toll of this pandemic.

We’re exactly one week away from the commemoration of our first #COVID19-related death, & we’ve now lost a 23,449 lives. pic.twitter.com/ZRh7IjjJBE

— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 3, 2021

California COVID-19, By The Numbers:

Confirmed cases to date: 3,484,963
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/5XPyg8BgZ7

— CA Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) March 3, 2021

Today's COVID-19 update in Connecticut:

➡️22,165 tests were administered and 494 came back positive (2.23% rate)
➡️451 patients are currently hospitalized (increase of 38)
➡️There have been 20 additional deaths

Read today's full report: https://t.co/ZFYhasZgFM pic.twitter.com/2rDajvkUXS

— Governor Ned Lamont (@GovNedLamont) March 3, 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/ZtfpKIFDO4

— Exante Data (@ExanteData) March 4, 2021

National data (CDC)

The number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 has dropped dramatically since the start of the year. Each day, the total drops by about 2%. pic.twitter.com/bhSY4R2LxP

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 4, 2021

AL added over 2k cases to the data today which is reflected in today's total case count. pic.twitter.com/ijBN83GgnN

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 4, 2021

VACCINE DATA UPDATE (March 3)

⭐️Our U.S. 7-day average is now 2.01M doses/day, the first time above 2M. This appears to be driven by a combo of winter-storm make-up doses + increasing supply.

1.91M doses today; 7-day 2.01M
US: 80.5M doses totalhttps://t.co/0eOgSRxRUh pic.twitter.com/fSIkkkXT6K

— Drew Armstrong (@ArmstrongDrew) March 3, 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