Thread by @TheLawyerCraig

#COVID19 UPDATE THREAD – MARCH 24

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: 1,405,259 (-171,296)

- Cases: 63,206 (+5,273)

- Deaths: 1269 (+96)

- Currently Hospitalized: 36,108 (+274)

- Currently in ICU: 6,951 (+95)

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

Recent trends seem to be continuing—better news generally in the southern states, especially TX/SW/CA; varying degrees of plateaus and rises in much of the rest of the US. We’re still massively down from fall/winter peaks, of course.

In 2020, our first wave started to subside around the second week of April, though the initial data are messier, including limited testing and several states not yet reporting hospitalization or ICU numbers.

Hopefully we see our plateau/mini-rise start back down in ~1-2 weeks.

Busy again tonight, but I'll post Michigan and Texas to show 2 states trending different ways. Seems to indicate a geographical/seasonal/climatological component—especially given TX's ~50% B117 over a week ago, nearly equal to MI (& SW trending well vs. northern regions).

MICHIGAN

TEXAS

PS – New Jersey's been absolutely maddening lately. Just comically high volatility in reporting from one day to the next. Days of 0's to 140K test days.