COVID 19 UPDATES: 1 / 5 / 2021

While Orange Sedition CONTINUES TO DISPUTE THE PANDEMIC DEATH TOLL and continues blundering his way through the most pathetic coup attempt in human history, California and Texas are being overrun with pandemic sick and dead and setting new hospitalization records.

WORLDOMETER stats:

  • new cases this month (4 days):  854,812
  • cases in the last 7 days:  1,532,769
  • total US cases:  21,353,051
  • deaths this month (4 days):  7,743
  • deaths in the last 7 days:  18,914 (new weekly record)
  • total US deaths:  362,123

JOHNS HOPKINS testing stats:

  • America’s 7 day average positive test rate is an astounding 13.6% and rising fast
  • only 2 states + DC still have a positive test rate of 5% or less
  • an appalling 32 states have a positive test rate of 10% or higher
  • 13 states have a positive test rate of 20% or higher

COVID TRACKING PROJECT stats:

  • 128,210 currently hospitalized
  • 23.435 currently in ICU ward
  • 7,930 currently on ventilator

Data compiled by our own Steve Kornacki, snake.

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