COVID 19 UPDATES: 12 / 18 / 2020

December 2020; another day, another death toll larger than 9/11.

WORLDOMETER stats:

  • +231,269 new cases yesterday
  • 17.627 million total cases
  • 3.659 million cases in December (last 17 days)
  • 7 day average of 220,690 cases per day
  • +3,278 new deaths yesterday
  • 317,929 total deaths
  • 43,611 deaths in December (last 17 days)
  • 7 day average of 2,599 deaths per day

JOHNS HOPKINS stats:

  • America’s 7 day positive test rate is 11.4%
  • 2 states + DC have positive test rates of 5% or less
  • 27 states have positive test rates of 10% or higher
  • 9 states have positive test rates of 20% or higher
  • Tennessee, California, Rhode Island, and Arkansas currently have the highest concentration of new cases, with about a dozen other states right behind them

COVID TRACKING PROJECT stats:

  • Hospitalizations:  114,237
  • In ICU Ward:  21,900
  • On Ventilator:  7,847

Data compiled by, snake.