Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8M tests, 74k cases, 51,116 currently hospitalized, and 2,137 COVID-19 deaths. 
Many data-watchers are understandably concerned about the recent uptick in national reported cases. A closer look at the national figures shows simultaneous wobbles in tests, cases, and deaths—a clue that this is likely a reporting issue, not a turnaround.
Current hospitalizations—always our most stable metric during reporting disruptions—are also continuing to drop.
As we noted in yesterday’s weekly update, we think the likeliest cause of some or all of this data wiggle is the combination of President’s Day reporting disruptions and the massive winter storms in mid-February. covidtracking.com/analysis-updat…
A close look at the topline metrics in Texas shows evidence of major disruption in COVID-19 data reporting across our second-most populous state. When Texas has big problems, they really move the national numbers.
Our count of COVID-19 deaths has now surpassed 500k. We reached this milestone a few days after some other trackers because—unlike many trackers—we compile deaths only from New York State and not directly from NYC.
(NYS and NYC both report deaths to the CDC. There are about 8.7k deaths that NYC reports which are not counted by NYS, and because we use the state’s reported numbers, our dataset does not reflect those additional deaths.)
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