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Our daily update is published. States usually report the lowest numbers of the week on Mondays. Today is no exception: states reported 761k tests, 55k new cases, and 428 deaths* today.
(*) Texas has begun using death certificates to count COVID-19 deaths, and has added 675 deaths to their cumulative total, only 44 of which are meant to be associated with today’s data update.
We have located backfill dates for the remaining 631 deaths, but that manual work will take some time. For today, all 675 are in the API but removed from the charts (both here and on the website).
Once again, the state data on current COVID-19 hospitalizations is unstable. CA, SC, and TX have all posted notices stating their hosp. data is incomplete because of the HHS changeover. We’ve maintained the freeze on their hospitalization data again. More on that tomorrow.
Nationally, new case growth seems to be flattening, which would be very good news. Testing growth has also slowed, and reports of testing backlogs make the data harder to interpret, but we may really be seeing cases plateau again.

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Our update is published. States reported 733k new tests, the 2nd-lowest number in the past 2 weeks. They also reported just 53k new cases, the fewest since 7/7, though still a huge number by pre-July standards.

As for hospitalizations, well… we have more to say about that. Image
Data on current COVID-19 hospitalizations has been unstable since July 15. We’ve written up everything we know about the problems hospitals and states are having, and about some unexpected discrepancies in the state and federal data:

covidtracking.com/blog/whats-goi…
For now, we've unfrozen all states hospitalization data, and you'll see a drop of 2,000 in the national statistics. Please read the post above for context on this number and the new ones from HHS. Image
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Our daily update is published. States reported 798k tests and 65k new cases of COVID-19.

States reported 1,037 deaths today, which was our fifth day in a row of more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States.
Here’s the weekly view. Test growth and especially case growth has slowed this week. Current hospitalizations rose this week despite problems getting the data from hospitals. States reported 6,297 COVID-19 deaths this week, up more than 1,000 from last week.
It’s the weekend, so as usual, the data is less complete than on weekdays. Michigan didn’t update today bc of tech problems; New Jersey only posted positive results, no totals or negatives.
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OK, well, now our daily update is published. States reported more than 70k cases for the 4th time ever. Hospitalizations are near their all-time high (with the previously noted caveats). More than 1,000 deaths were reported for the third day in a row, after 55 days sub-1,000.
The hospitalization data is a mess because of the HHS changeover and must be taken with a grain of salt. We expect the artificial drops in hospital numbers to be temporary. See the longer thread and blog post here.

After weeks of the outbreak concentrating ever more in the South, today saw a slightly lower percentage of cases detected in the region.
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