Monday, August 17, 2020

The Corona Virus August 17, 2020

 There are currently 5,524,200 reported case in the US and 172,552 deaths.

California has 625,110 cases and 11,248 deaths
Florida has 573,416 and 9,452 deaths
Texas has 554,892 cases and 9,897 deaths
New York has 430,670 cases and 32,840 deaths
Georgia has 232,007 cases and 4,,573 deaths

The web site I've been using changed its format. Instead of providing cases from which I derived daily cases it is now providing daily cases from which I have to derive total cases. That makes updating the previous week's numbers a bit tedious. Then again everything is approximate anyway so it's close enough.

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 ----- 175,910, 14.8%
May 11 -- May 17 ---  158,286, 11.6%
May 18 - May 24 ---  161,280, 10.6%
May 25 - May 31 ---  149,072,  8.9%
June 1 -  June   7 --- 156,692,  8.6%
June 8 - June 14 --- 153,114,   7.2%
June 15 -June 21 --  190,901,  8.9%
June 22 -June 28 -- 274,422, 11.8%
June 29 - July 5    -- 350,566,  13.5%
July 6 - July 12    --  424,163,  14.3%
July 13 - July 19  --  478,255,  14.1%
July 20 -July 26  --  471,082, 10.9%
July 27 -Aug 2     --  441,956, 11.3%
Aug 3 -  Aug 9     --  382,710,  8.7%
Aug 10 - Aug 16  --  358,990,  7.0%

The numbers came down again last week. I read one article that said the drop is due to more people having developed immunity and are thus acting as a block. Another article said that testing as dropped significantly along with reported cases so who knows?

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%
May 11 -- May 17 ---   7,802,   5.6%, 12.7%
May 18 - May 24 ---   7,820,   5.3%,  6.7%
May 25 - May 31 ---   6,291,    4.1%,  3.7%
June 1 -  June  7 ----  3,719,    2.3%,  2.0%
June 8 - June 14 ---   2,717,    1.7%,  2.0% 
June 15 -June 21 ---   2,261,   1.4%,  1.3%
June 22 -June 28 --- 2,040,   1.2%,  1.4%
June 29 -July 5   ---  2,220,   1.3%,  1.5%
July 6 -   July 12 ---   1,896,   1.1%,  1.3%
July 13 -July 19    ---  1,485,  0.8%, 1.4%
July 20 -July 26   ---  2,580, 1.5%,  1.6%
July 27 -Aug 2     ----  2,987, 1.7%,  1.6%
Aug 3 -  Aug 9     ----  2,423,  1.3%, 1.6%
Aug 10 - Aug 16  ----- 2,682, 1.5%, 1.4%

The New Jersey website has been more screwy than usual. There have been obvious errors in the numbers listed. They had cases over 600 and 500 on two days and then it dropped to 13 despite tests going up. 

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%
May 11 -- May 17 ---    432,  2.6%
May 18 - May 24 ---    443,  2.6%
May 25 - May 31 ---    468,  2.6%
June 1 - June 7 ------  240,  1.3%
June 8 - June 14 ---    306,  1.7%
June 15 -June 21 ---   192,   1.0%
June 22 -June 28 ---  344,   1.8%
June 29 -July 5     ---  271,   1.4%
July 6 -July 12    ---    246,   1.3%
July 13 -July 19  --      109,   0.5%
July 20-July 26  --      246,  1.2%
July 27 -Aug 2     --     295,  1.5%
Aug 3 -  Aug 9     --     273,  1.3%
Aug 10 - Aug 16  --     401,  1.9%

The Bergen County numbers were even screwier than the state numbers. There have always been about 700-800 unassigned cases in New Jersey. That number jumped to over 1,000 and then dropped to around 400. The site also has a "new cases" per county which never seems to match the change in total cases. Stating this week I'm going to track both numbers.

My refrigerator is acting up. The upper shelves in the freezer are warm while the lower seem to be cold. Then it came back on and everything seemed cold. Then it went back to the upper shelves melting. I have a repair guy coming tomorrow and perhaps we shall see.

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