Very good day but w/some caveats
Newly reported deaths
Today: 837
Yesterday: 979
One week ago (5/4): 912
Newly reported cases
T: 18K
Y: 22K
5/4: 21K
Newly reported tests
T: 395K
Y: 278K
5/4: 232K
Positive test rate
T: 4%
Y: 8%
5/4: 9%
1) Mondays are typically slow for reporting, especially for deaths, so tomorrow's numbers may be a lot worse.
2) Looks like NJ reported a huge batch of >100K mostly negative tests. This happens from time to time; some states are slow to report negative test results.
* Most tests in a day
* Lowest positive test rate in a day
* Fewest deaths reported since 3/31
* Fewest cases reported since 3/26
Sort of outlierishly good and likely isn't representative of the new normal.
However, there have been signs of progress over the past week.