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21 Nov, 5 tweets, 1 min read
DC reports 1 death with COVID. Now 24 in November.

Positives / Tests %
1-Day: 153 / 6,580 2.33%
7-Day: 1147 / 35,465 3.23%
14-Day: 2070 / 68,199 3.04%
28-Day: 3255 / 127,231 2.56%
Total COVID-19 Patients in DC Hospitals: 122
The death reported today was a black woman in her 40s. That makes 53 consecutive minority COVID deaths in DC since the last white, which was back on September 15.
Unusual testing day yesterday in DC. By far the highest number of first-time test takers ever: 4,949

More than 75% of yesterday's tests were first timers. It is typically only 25-30%.

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19 Nov
DC reports 2 deaths with COVID. Now 21 in November.

Positives / Tests %
1-Day: 213 / 6,422 3.32%
7-Day: 1171 / 36,304 3.23%
14-Day: 1996 / 67,332 2.96%
28-Day: 3141 / 128,399 2.45%
Total COVID-19 Patients in DC Hospitals: 122
Read 4 tweets
17 Nov
DC reports zero deaths with COVID. Still 14 in November.

Positives / Tests %
1-Day: 245 / 6,390 3.83%
7-Day: 1136 / 34,909 3.25%
14-Day: 1785 / 63,323 2.82%
28-Day: 2864 / 122,935 2.33%
Looks like some forward transmission from the Biden boom.
Total COVID-19 Patients in DC Hospitals: 112
Read 4 tweets
16 Nov
DC numbers today show unusually low testing, spiking the pos percentage unusually high. Hospital census declining. Weekly pos % over 3% for the first time since June.
DC reports zero deaths with COVID. Still 14 in November.

Positives / Tests %
1-Day: 87 / 1,732 5.02%
7-Day: 977 / 31,538 3.10%
14-Day: 1626 / 62,178 2.62%
28-Day: 2669 / 121,312 2.20%
Total COVID-19 Patients in DC Hospitals: 101
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5 Nov
DC reports 3 deaths with COVID. Now 4 in November.

Positives / Tests %
1-Day: 81 / 3,411 2.37%
7-Day: 608 / 30,638 1.98%
14-Day: 1145 / 61,067 1.87%
28-Day: 1917 / 123,686 1.55%
Note some of the modest increase in % positive may come from the way DC is using antigen tests.

Contrary to Dr. Birx's recommendation to PCR confirm positive antigen tests, DC is doing the opposite and counting antigen positives as cases while PCR confirming the negatives.
Read 4 tweets
3 Nov
Study of 12 million adults in England.

"living with children 0-11 years was not associated with increased risks of recorded SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 related hospital or ICU admission but WAS associated with REDUCED risk of COVID-19 death"

medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
"We found no evidence for a reduction in risk following school closure."
Living with children LOWERED risk of COVID death for adults both under age 65 and over 65. ImageImage
Read 4 tweets
19 Oct
DC reports zero deaths with COVID. Still 13 in October.

Positives / Tests %
1-Day: 25 / 2,235 1.12%
7-Day: 373 / 30,221 1.23%
14-Day: 848 / 67,472 1.26%
28-Day: 1417 / 111,296 1.27%
Finally under Bowser's 35/day standard!

But on moderating volume.

Data and charts:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Cumulative DC Totals from July 1 to October 18

Deaths with COVID: 87

Positives: 6,005
Tests: 367,977
1.63%

Three and a half months under 2%. Still Phase 2.
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