Thread by @TheLawyerCraig

#COVID19 UPDATE THREAD – MARCH 12

All graphics are 7-day averages. Today’s raw reporting for each metric is in the tweet below.

(Data retrieved directly from state dashboards. Not every state updates its numbers daily.)

UNITED STATES

Today’s raw reported metrics:

- Tests: 1,955,408 (+188,288)

- Cases: 65,127 (-3,450)

- Deaths: 1,482 (-306)

- Currently Hospitalized: 37,535 (-792)

- Currently in ICU: 7,569 (-108)

(+/- compared to same day last week for Tests/Cases/Deaths & yesterday for Hosp/ICU)

Percent positive is falling nicely. Remember though, this was expected when we started adding in antigen tests in those states where we reported probable cases (which are almost all antigen positives). This weekend, I’ll provide a look at the “old” % positive just to compare.

The other metrics are still decreasing, with the decrease in deaths really starting to pick up. I removed from the trends the 168 deaths reported in West Virginia today that apparently came from facilities that decided to never report their Covid deaths dating back to forever.

Give me some time and I’ll get the regional data out to you.

(Preview: CA moving back the right way after a couple of lower test reporting days and a Los Angeles case backlog & FL/TX showing the results of including their antigen tests)

CALIFORNIA

TEXAS

FLORIDA

SOUTHEAST
(AL, AR, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)

SOUTHWEST
(AZ, NM, NV, OK, UT)

PACIFIC NORTHWEST/ROCKIES
(CO, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)

GREAT PLAINS
(IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD)

GREAT LAKES
(IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

MID-ATLANTIC
(DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)

NORTHEAST
(CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT)