Yesterday America set new records for new cases and new covid deaths in a single day, along with new records for hospitalizations, ICU beds used, and ventilators used.
WORLDOMETER stats:
- + 248,686 new cases
- 7 day average of 220,017 cases / day
- 17,394,314 total cases
- +3,538 new deaths
- 7 day average of 2,570 cases / day
- 314,629 total deaths
In only the first 16 days of December, America has racked up:
- 3.43 million new cases (nearly 20% of the overall 10 month total) It took 147 days for the first 3.4 million cases to be recorded this year
- 40,333 new deaths (nearly 13% of the overall 10 month total) It took 62 days for the first 40,000 deaths to be recorded this year
JOHNS HOPKINS stats:
- America’s 7 day positive test rate is 11.2%
- 2 states + DC have a positive rate of 5% or less
- 27 states have a positive rate of 10% or higher
- 8 states have a positive rate of 20% or higher
- The highest rates of confirmed new cases are in Tennessee, California, and Kansas
COVID TRACKING PROJECT stats:
- Hospitalizations: 113,090
- In ICU Ward: 21,936
- On Ventilator: 7,778
- Data compiled by, snake.