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21 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Our weekly update is published. Weekly cases are down 20%, and after 16 weeks of increases, weekly hospitalizations are down 4%. Yesterday’s record deaths brought the weekly total to 21,301―the 2nd highest number of deaths since the start of the pandemic. covidtracking.com/analysis-updat… 4 bar charts showing COVID-19 metrics week by week in the US
For the 2nd week in a row, LTC facilities reported the highest weekly death toll—over 7,000. It’s likely that winter holiday backlogs and a change in Iowa’s death reporting have influenced this high number. 3 weekly bar charts showing COVID-19 metrics in long-term-ca
On a more hopeful note, hospitalizations declined in almost every state over the past week. Only New York saw an increase in hospitalized patients (4% higher), while MA was essentially flat. US cartogram showing the change in COVID-19 hospitalizations
This week, CA surpassed 3 million COVID-19 cases, which means 1 in 13 Californians has tested positive since the start of the pandemic. 4 bar charts for COVID-19 metrics over time in California, w

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