The Corona Virus May 31, 2020

There are currently 1,829,842 reported case in the US and 105,919 deaths.

New York has 375,782 cases and 29,784 deaths
New Jersey has 160,445 cases and 11,698 deaths
Illinois has 120,260 and 5,390 deaths
California has 111,807 cases and 4,172 deaths
Massachusetts has 96,965 cases and 6,846 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 ----- 175,910, 14.8%
May 11 -- May 17 ---  158,286, 11.6%
May 18 - May 24 ---  161,280, 10.6%
May 25 - May 31 ---  148,601,  8.8%

The US cases took a bit of a dip so maybe the Memorial Weekend revelry didn't cause as many problems as was feared but there's still a ways to go yet.

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%

The numbers in New Jersey were pretty flat with just a slight drop. The number of tests jumped to over 150,000 for the week. 

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%

Bergen County was flat but the state appears to have resolved most of the cases that didn't an identified county. That number went from around 1,000 to 64 and I'm sure some of those unknown cases were from Bergen County.

My wife has scheduled an antibody test the second week in June on the advice of her doctor. I'm going to see if I can get a prescription from my doctor to have one as well. I'll call my primary care physician's office first and if that doesn't work out I'll call my pulmonologist. More on this in the weeks to come.