US numbers via @COVID19Tracking:
Newly reported deaths
Today: 1,186
Yesterday: 1,353
One week ago (5/22): 1,280
Newly reported cases
T: 23K
Y: 23K
5/22: 24K
Newly reported tests
T: 493K
Y: 415K
5/22: 394K
Positive test rate
T: 5%
Y: 6%
5/22: 6%
Newly reported deaths
Today: 1,186
Yesterday: 1,353
One week ago (5/22): 1,280
Newly reported cases
T: 23K
Y: 23K
5/22: 24K
Newly reported tests
T: 493K
Y: 415K
5/22: 394K
Positive test rate
T: 5%
Y: 6%
5/22: 6%
The story continues to be one of slow, steady progress. The 7-day average death total has fallen for 21 days in a row. And cases have ticked downward a bit after plateauing last week, despite increased testing...in fact, there were a record number of tests today, almost 500K.
Remember, though, that these numbers are backward-looking. There has probably been enough time to say that the initial, slow, cautious re-openings that began in late April aren't likely to cause huge spikes. However, there has been much more relaxation of distancing since then.
I cautioned people when states to began opening up that the changes were fairly incremental; hence the effect on the data would likely be fairly marginal, also. But now you have far more people out and about, states in deeper stages of re-opening, some big cities opening up, etc.
At the same time... it's important to look at the data in the aggregate. It's a big country. You can ALWAYS find SOME place where cases are increasing. Some of those increases will be real. Others may reflect increased testing or some quirk or change in how the data is reported.
