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Jan 24, 2022, 8 tweets

As we approach the third year of the pandemic, we’ve revamped our COVID-19 tracker to give even more information on cases, hospitalizations, and deaths across the world 🧵

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Omicron has changed a lot when it comes to COVID, pushing us into a new stage of the pandemic where the situation is changing rapidly.

So we’ve provided more detailed and interactive charts to show how COVID is affecting where you live.

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There’s a new chart showing the number of people in the hospital with COVID across the US by date, dominated by the massive rise caused by Omicron in early 2022.

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Our new searchable charts show trends in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the past two weeks for each US state and territory.

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Due to Omicron, states across the US are seeing large spikes in COVID deaths. In the last two weeks, Tennessee has seen a 239% increase, Puerto Rico has seen a 225% increase, and Louisiana has seen a 170% increase in deaths.

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We’ve also added searchable charts for countries around the world, showing trends in cases and deaths over the past two weeks.

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Our charts and maps now have interactive tooltips to further explore the data 📊

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Take a look through our updated COVID tracker for the latest information on how the pandemic is affecting where you live.

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