US daily numbers via @COVID19Tracking:
Newly reported deaths:
Today: 2,700*
Yesterday: 2,198
One week ago (4/22): 2,037
Newly reported cases:
T: 28K
Y: 24K
4/22: 28K
Newly reported tests:
T: 230K
Y: 202K
4/22: 314K
Share of tests positive:
T: 12%
Y: 12%
4/22: 9%
* New high
Newly reported deaths:
Today: 2,700*
Yesterday: 2,198
One week ago (4/22): 2,037
Newly reported cases:
T: 28K
Y: 24K
4/22: 28K
Newly reported tests:
T: 230K
Y: 202K
4/22: 314K
Share of tests positive:
T: 12%
Y: 12%
4/22: 9%
* New high
A soberingly high death tally on a day that brought some good news on other fronts (e.g. clinical trials). Death tolls have been bouncing around lately as states seem to be reporting them in batches; 479 in PA today, for example. (PA typically reports 75-100 per day.)
Some of this may be states going back and counting deaths that they missed originally. But still, since a lot of deaths *were* missed, you can expect to see more days like this where states try to catch up to the *true* number
of fatalities.
of fatalities.
Between the *current* wave of COVID-19 remaining bad in many states, the possibility of either a long plateau or a second wave, and states going back and counting deaths they missed originally, any projections that have 5-figure death tallies for the US this year seem optimistic.
