Monday, August 24, 2020

The Corona Virus August 24, 2020

 There are currently 5,833,228 reported case in the US and 179,846 deaths.

California has 668,124 cases and 12,155 deaths
Florida has 602,835 and 10,397 deaths
Texas has 592,902 cases and 11,356 deaths
New York has 434,868 cases and 32,883 deaths
Georgia has 254,405 cases and 5,133 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%
Aug 17 - Aug 23  --  303,731,  5.5%

The numbers came down again last week and there was the lowest percentage increase since I started tracking.

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%
Aug 17 - Aug 23  ----  2,039, 1.1%, 1.4%

The New Jersey website didn't update the number of tests on Sunday so the percentage of positive tests may be slightly lower than 1.4%. The site is getting more and more inconsistent.

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%
Aug 17 - Aug 23  --     131,  0.6% Dashboard New Cases = 234

As you can see there is a significant difference between the change in the total number of cases (131) and the number of "New Cases" indicated on the Dashboard. The total number of cases actually went down by 46 on Thursday. They're also bringing down the number of unassigned cases. It's been consistently between 600 and 700 and is now a little over 300.

The fridge started working again. They still ended up replacing the fan and the computer just in case. The best theory I heard was when the power was out something leaked and melted into the fan area. Then when the power came on it froze and interfered with and possibly damaged the fan. As long as it keeps working, I'm good.

We ordered a 3.2 cubic foot fridge as a backup. It's cooling down in the basement at the moment.

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