Thread by @charles_gaba

⚠️ #COVID19 Data: Nightly update of the sick & the dead:
acasignups.net/20/05/09/covid…

NATIONALLY:
--8.28M tests completed in the U.S. (2.7% of pop)
--25.5K more Americans tested positive today.
--1.35M have tested positive to date, or 4.1 per thousand.

1,400 more Americans died of #COVID19 today.

80,000 have died of #COVID19 to date.

NEW YORK:
--Over 1.15M tests completed in NY (5.9% of pop)
--2,700 more New Yorkers tested positive today.
--343,000 have tested positive to date, or 1.8% of the population.

186 more New Yorkers died of #COVID19 today. 26,700 have died to date.

That's 1.4 out of every 1,000.

MICHIGAN:
--273K tests completed. 430 more Michiganders tested positive. 46,700 have tested positive to date.

133 more Michiganders died today. 4,500 have died to date.

We still have the highest CFR of any state (9.7%).

OTHER:
--Rhode Island has tested 8.3% of their population, the highest in the nation

--Minnesota's case load increased 70% over the past week

--Nebraska's per capita cases are now *higher* than Michigan's were just 8 days ago.