Our daily update is published. We’ve now tracked 5.2 million tests, up 300k from yesterday, another huge day.
Note that we can only track tests that a state reports.
For details, see: covidtracking.com
Note that we can only track tests that a state reports.
For details, see: covidtracking.com
Many states reported a huge number of tests, including a known backlog clearing from MA (30k+). NY reported almost 50k tests; TX over 20k.
AL, CA, FL, GA, IL, MA, NY, TN, TX all reported over 10k tests.
AL, CA, FL, GA, IL, MA, NY, TN, TX all reported over 10k tests.
Still, 300k tests is a huge number. We know some of the increase is due to reporting changes, as in California. But it does seem like there has been a substantial change over the last several days in the testing capacity of the United States.
The positive rate of these tests is dropping, at least a little. Overall, we're now looking at an 18% positive rate in the U.S.
After a time when it seemed testing numbers had settled down, there is a lot of change in the statistics coming out of the states right now. Testing is ramping; new systems are coming online; old reporting mistakes are being discovered; numbers are being restated.
It makes sense that these things are happening—and on-balance is good—but it can be frustrating as a user of this data on a day-to-day basis.
Deaths rose today in our dataset by 2,194 to 47,980.
***Note*** New York City is reporting 4,453 more confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths than the state government is for the city.
If you add those deaths into our dataset, our count (52k) falls between the CDC and JHU.
***Note*** New York City is reporting 4,453 more confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths than the state government is for the city.
If you add those deaths into our dataset, our count (52k) falls between the CDC and JHU.
On previous weekends, we saw smaller numbers of tests and deaths that seemed to be the result of reporting lags. That clearly didn't happen today.
