COVID 19 UPDATES: 11 / 9 / 2020

The weekend pandemic update: It’s still getting worse and accelerating quickly.  It appears that things have spun out of control as the criminal who occupies the white house focuses only on suing democracy into submission.

WORLDOMETER  stats:

On Saturday and Sunday, 11/7 through 11/8, 2020, America had the following:

  • +229,893 new Covid cases
  • +1,542 new Covid deaths
  • 10.288 million total Covid cases
  • 3.561 million active Covid cases

JOHNS HOPKINS  stats:

The rate of positive Covid tests in America has skyrocketed, going from 7.3% on Friday to 7.7% on Saturday to 8.0% on Sunday.  The positive test rate is now at the highest it’s been since May, back when we did about 1/5 as much testing as today.  13 states plus DC have a positive test rate of 5% or less, while TWENTY FOUR states have a positive test rate of 10% or higher, the worst are as follows:

  1. South Dakota  54.3%
  2. Iowa 48.0%
  3. Idaho  39.3%
  4. Kansas  37.1%
  5. Wyoming  35.5%

COVID TRACKING PROJECT  stats:

  • Current Hospitalizations:  56,768  (3,172 below April 15 record)
  • Hospitalized over the weekend:  +3,880
  • Currently in ICU:  11,108  (4,022 below April 16 record)
  • Currently on Ventilator:  2,959  (4,111 below May 7 record)