The NY Times and Washington Posat daily virus data shows virus cases in the US climbing…..
The amounts are small in comparison to the last two years ‘reported’ figures….
But the Covid virus is STILL here and the numbers are bound to increase more….
There would be NO reports from people using home virus detection kits and some state now only do weekly reports ….Additionally?
NO ONE is talkin about bringing back any kind of restriction’s…
The good news is hospital cases and deaths contiue down….
MONITORING THE PANDEMIC
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| DAILY AVG. ON APR. 9 | 14-DAY CHANGE | TOTAL REPORTED | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | 30,753 | +2% | 80,267,553 |
| Tests | 794,965 | –6% | — |
| Hospitalized | 15,112 | –20% | — |
| In I.C.U.s | 2,172 | –29% | — |
| Deaths | 565 | –29% | 983,708 |
Add the Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams to the list of Covid positive list….
No masks, eh?
Add VP Harris to the list of those with shots and boosters getting Covid….
I’ll keep wearing my mask indoors….
Update to VP Harris Covid treatment ….
Vice President Harris has been prescribed and has taken Paxlovid, an antiviral pill used to treat COVID-19.
Harris press secretary Kirsten Allen tweeted the announcement about the vice president’s treatment on Tuesday. It came just hours after it was announced that Harris, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, tested positive for COVID-19.
“She has exhibited no symptoms, will isolate and continue to work from the Vice President’s residence,” Allen said in a statement announcing Harris’s positive test….
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Philadelphia Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate
“With new coronavirus cases low but rising sharply in recent days, the city of Philadelphia announced on Monday that it will reinstate an indoor mask mandate a little more than a month after lifting it, becoming the first major U.S. city to do so,” the New York Times report
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Breaking….
Philly DROPS it’s mask mandate….
Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, abruptly reversing course just days after city residents had to start wearing masks again amid a sharp increase in infections.
The Board of Health voted Thursday to rescind the mandate, according to the Philadelphia health department, which released a statement that cited “decreasing hospitalizations and a leveling of case counts.”….
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