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The One About… Covid by the Numbers, Day 16

Posted on April 5, 2020 by D. G. Speirs

As of 7 p.m., the John Hopkins website reports 335,524 cases in the U.S. That is an increase of 26,991, down from yesterday’s increase of 34,653. The daily rate of increase was 8.7%, a definite downtick from yesterday’s 12.7%. The day over day change was -22.1% – basically, there were a quarter fewer cases today than Saturday. If that continues, if we start seeing decreasing numbers, this would be a sign we’ve reached a peak. Continue reading →

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The One About… Covid by the Numbers, Day 15

Posted on April 4, 2020 by D. G. Speirs

As of 7 p.m., the John Hopkins website reports 308,533 cases in the U.S. That is an increase of 34,653, up from yesterday’s increase of 31,698. That is, once again, the largest number of cases reported in a day so far. The daily rate of increase was 12.7%, a slight downtick from yesterday’s 13.1%. The day over day change was 9.3%. The morbidity rate of Covid-19 in the U.S. ticked up again and is now 2.7%. Continue reading →

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