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Daily COVID-19 Update

Thursday, October 29, 2020 – Here is today’s COVID-19 update with the latest numbers, analysis, links to positive and useful news, and interactive maps. Stay safe, wash your hands, TAKE YOUR VITAMIN D, wear a mask, and don’t be a spreader 😷!

Here are some links to related stuff I’ve written, in case you’re interested:

Updated Numbers

👁 NEW INFORMATION 👁 : The “Updated Numbers” table below now includes the one-week percentage change for each metric. These new values are color-coded to represent “desirable” (green) and “undesirable” (red) directions, and they appear at the bottom of the table for each geography.

Updated Charts

Observations on Today’s Numbers

United States 🇺🇸

New Cases

  • On October 28, the seven-day average for new daily infections in the United States reached a new all-time high of 73,205 cases per day.
  • This disease is currently infecting over 500,000 new Americans every week.
  • COVID-19 has infected over 200,000 Americans every single week since June 23.
  • The US has exceeded 30,000 new cases per day every day since June 24.
  • Roughly one out of every 40 people in the United States has had a confirmed case of COVID-19.

Deaths

  • The seven-day average for deaths per day in the United States is now over 800.
  • The disease is still killing over 5,000 Americans a week.
  • About one out of every 1,460 Americans has been killed by COVID-19.
  • The seven-day average for deaths per day in the United States has exceeded 500 people per day every day since March 31. Over 20,000 people have died of this disease in the past thirty days.

Testing

  • The seven-day average for tests per day in The United States is now over one million.
  • On October 28, the seven-day average for tests in the United States REACHED A NEW ALL TIME HIGH of 1,174,824 tests per day.

Georgia 🍑

New Cases

  • Daily cases have fallen 57 percent since the peak on July 24. (Testing, however, has fallen by 32 percent since its peak, so some of the decrease in cases may be due to the decrease in tests.)
  • On September 17, Georgia exceeded 300,000 cases of COVID-19. It was the fifth US state to do so.
  • There are only five states with more total cases than Georgia: New York, California, Texas, Florida, and Illinois.
  • About one out of every 30 people in Georgia has had a confirmed case of COVID-19.

Deaths

  • On September 30, Georgia exceeded 7,000 deaths from COVID-19.
  • Georgia ranks ninth in the nation in total deaths (New York, New Jersey, and California are the top three.)
  • On July 4, Georgia averaged 12 deaths per day. Today it is over twice that high.

Testing

  • The seven-day average for tests per day has fallen by 32 percent since the peak on August 11.
  • Georgia has fallen out of the Top 10 among US states by number of tests performed. (California, New York, and Florida are the top three.)
  • On October 12, Georgia fell to #15 in testing, behind Tennessee and Wisconsin.

Positive and Useful News

In an effort to provide some relief from the endless stream of scary news about COVID-19, these daily updates include links to any available positive or useful news related to this disease. Here are today’s links:

Vaccines

Other News

Georgia Pandemic News

Maps

Note: The following maps are interactive. You can hover over and click on elements to see additional data.

Notes Regarding Data Sources

United States Data

UPDATE REGARDING DATA SOURCE FOR UNITED STATES NUMBERS: As of June 13, I am using data from The COVID Tracking Project instead of official CDC data. Based on my experience with data from The COVID Tracking Project, it’s reliable (based on actual state-level websites and reports,) and updated at a regular interval, unlike the CDC data. I will be using this data going forward for numbers from The United States.

Georgia Data

All tables and graphs appearing on this page for the State of Georgia use official data from the State of Georgia Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Status Report.

The following appeared on the Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Daily Status Report page on May 29:

Alert – Beginning Tuesday, June 2, DPH will move to a once a day Daily Status Report update at 3 p.m. This will allow time to process and validate laboratory and case reports to improve data quality and accuracy. DPH is regularly reviewing and updating features of the dashboard to provide a true picture of COVID-19 in Georgia.

Georgia has now made this change, but I continue to update my page mid-day, right after I eat lunch. That means the Georgia data comes from the day before my page is updated.

Data Sources

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