Washington Post….
In the past week in the U.S….
New daily reported cases fell 16.4%
New daily reported deaths rose 10.4%
Covid-related hospitalizations fell 10.4% Read more
Among reported tests, the positivity rate was 9.1%.
The number of tests reported fell 7.6% from the previous week.Read more
Since Dec. 14, more than 24,194,000 doses of a covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the U.S.
More than 3,481,000people have completed vaccination, or about 1.07% of the population. Read more in our vaccination tracker.
423,oo0 Deaths
25,378,000 Cases reported
Wash Post….Link
(Jan. 26, 2021)
New York Times…..
Update for Jan. 25
- Reports of new cases have declined more than 30 percent in the last two weeks. But limited vaccine availability and the spread of new variants makes it unclear whether that progress will last.
- Deaths remain near peak levels, with about 3,000 announced each day.
- Forty-five states are seeing sustained reductions in new cases. California, which averaged more than 44,000 cases a day at its peak, is now adding about 25,000 cases most days. Restrictions in much of that state were loosened on Monday.
- South Carolina continues to struggle, with case numbers down only slightly from a peak. As of Monday, the Spartanburg, Florence and Greenville metro areas were among the top 10 nationally in recent cases per capita.
- The pace of vaccination continues to increase, with more than 1 million shots administered on an average day. By some metrics, West Virginia is doing the best job of getting shots in arms….
NY Times ….Link
Yeah here in S.C. ,Trumpite Gov.Henry McMaster steadfastly refuses to adopt an mask statute and is congratulating himself on doing such a good job while S.C. ranks as one of the worst states in the nation for COVID spread.
Also, I believe unfortunately that this “decline” in cases is likely a blip and cases will begin to increase soon and continue so for the next few months.
I agree Jack, we have more cases than India and people are still running around without masks.
Yesterday the Fox reporter actually asked Biden’s new Press Secretary when the Government was going to get a handle on the virus. If everyone hadn’t been wearing masks in the room we could have seen a collective jaw drop.,