United States Covid-19: Daily Summary (March 5th)
News
Good move by @Marriott to reward employees for getting vaccinated with 4 hours additional pay: pic.twitter.com/VfpaV6yILh
— JT Genter (@JTGenter) March 4, 2021
Restrictions
U.S. States Can’t Resist Reopening Amid Daunting Case Counts – Bloomberghttps://t.co/RJGxM5jPs7
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) March 5, 2021
BREAKING: Effective March 19 … Connecticut is lifting ALL capacity limits on restaurants, retail, libraries, personal services, indoor recreation, gyms, museums, offices & houses of worship #nbc4ny pic.twitter.com/kV1qylyvjI
— Steven Bognar (@Bogs4NY) March 4, 2021
Businesses React to Lifting of Capacity Restrictions https://t.co/nG46n5YXy4
— NBC Connecticut (@NBCConnecticut) March 5, 2021
BREAKING: Alabama’s governor extends mandatory mask order for another month, bucking the trend among other Republican governors. https://t.co/iEGWmPBgBb
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 4, 2021
Regional Data
Today's #COVID19 indicators:
• 212 new hospitalizations
• 3,270 new cases
• 6.40% positivity rate (7-day avg.)We are not out of the woods, but this is a strong sign we're on the road to recovery.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) March 4, 2021
Today's update on the numbers:
Total COVID hospitalizations are at 5,177.
Of the 270,089 tests reported yesterday, 7,593 were positive (2.81% of total).
Sadly, there were 60 fatalities. pic.twitter.com/TcZLOHaFD5
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 4, 2021
NEW JERSEY #COVID19 UPDATE:
➡️2,605 new positive PCR tests
➡️712,585 total positive PCR tests
➡️796 new positive antigen tests
➡️90,084 total positive antigen tests
➡️42 new confirmed deaths
➡️21,094 total confirmed deaths
➡️2,397 probable deaths
https://t.co/JW1q8awGh7 pic.twitter.com/FR9VAETj59— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 4, 2021
California COVID-19, By The Numbers:
Confirmed cases to date: 3,488,467
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/ptgI0yEQm3
— CA Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) March 4, 2021
COVID-19 vaccination update in Connecticut:
681,488 1st doses administered
361,046 2nd doses administered
➡️TOTAL: 1,042,534 doses administeredSo far, we've vaccinated:
74% of people 75+
59% of people 65-74
17% of people 55-64 pic.twitter.com/lWSP2YqW7J— Governor Ned Lamont (@GovNedLamont) March 4, 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/OzLsKMvlfB
— Exante Data (@ExanteData) March 5, 2021
National data (CDC)
Today’s update includes 31k previously unreported tests in MN and 2125 previously unreported cases in TX.
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 5, 2021
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 per million has decreased over the past month. 4 states currently have more than 200 people hospitalized per million, while on Feb 4 more than half of states did. Many states decreased their hospitalizations by more more than half. pic.twitter.com/7wPdlaAxOv
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) March 5, 2021
VACCINE DATA UPDATE (March 4)
2M doses today; 7-day avg=2.04M/day
US: 82.6M doses totalhttps://t.co/0eOgSRgh2J pic.twitter.com/9KjWMc8D9a— Drew Armstrong (@ArmstrongDrew) March 4, 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