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28 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.6M tests, 71k cases, 48,870 currently hospitalized, and 1,822 COVID-19 deaths. 4 bar charts showing key CO...
For the first time since Nov 2, the number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is below 50k. A chart showing current hos...
After 5 weeks of decline, weekly tests are up 11.2% from last week. Four charts showing the wee...
A reminder that some states do not report COVID-19 data on the weekends, and today's figures are missing updates from: AK, CT, KS, LA, MP, NM, RI, and WY. Chart showing number of sta...

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