The Corona Virus May 10, 2020

There are currently 1,365,498 reported case in the US and 80,688 deaths.

New York has 345,871 cases and 26,776 deaths
New Jersey has 138,754 cases and 9,256 deaths
Massachusetts has 77,793 cases and 4,979 deaths
Illinois has 77,741 and 3,406 deaths
California has 67,533 cases and 2,715 deaths

I've continued to track the number of case increases across the country, the state and Bergen County. I've added the numbers for the previous week and updated the numbers for the week before that.

US Cases and Percentage Increase
March 30 - April 5 -- 196,983, 155.5%
April 6 - April 12 ---- 226,490, 66.7%
April 13 - April 19 -- 206,029, 36.4%
April 20 - April 26 -- 215,086, 27.9%
April 27 - May 3 ---- 198,464, 20.1%
May 4 - May 10 ----- 176,648, 14.9%

The US cases are showing some improvement however the numbers for the past week are preliminary and subject to revision. Basically the cases are shifting from the coasts into the interior but because the population density is less the numbers aren't growing nearly as fast.

New Jersey Cases, Percentage Increase and Positive Tests
March 30 - April 5 -- 24,119, 180.2%, 51.8%
April 6 - April 12 ---- 24,345, 64.9%, 54.6%
April 13 - April 19 -- 23,451, 37.9%, 53.4%
April 20 - April 26 -- 23,737, 27.8%, 45.3%
April 27 - May 3 ---- 17,706, 16.2%, 34.1%
May 4 - May 10 ----- 11,788,   9.3%, 31.5%

The number New Jersey appear to be dropping but the number of tests also went down from around 52,000 to only 37,000. However the percentage of positive tests also dropped.

Bergen County Cases and Percentage Increase
March 30 - April 5 -- 4,018, 185.2%
April 6 - April 12 ---- 3,597, 58.1%
April 13 - April 19 -- 2,855, 29.2%
April 20 - April 26 -- 2,326, 18.4%
April 27 - May 3 ---- 1,220, 8.2%
May 4 - May 10  ----    744, 4.6%

Bergen County is clearly improving. There were days in early April where there were more new cases than the 744 over the last week.

My tooth has been behaving itself but I just bit down and felt a twinge. Let's hope we're not starting that again.