Covid by Dave

South Dakota was tooling along without too much Covid impact. Then they decided to host a half a million bikers for a weeklong festival. Whoops. That set off a chain reaction that wound up with a huge spike in November. Things started turning around after than and they got back pretty low, but had a fresh spike in March.

South Carolina had their big spike in January. Then cases dropped down in February and dropped down again a bunch in March. Deaths finally dropped down too after a two month spike.

Rhode Island is another place that had a huge spike in cases between November and January. In February it dropped down quite a bit but it's ticked back up again in March. Deaths have at least dropped to a low level.

Puerto Rico was another place that had a big spike in cases between November and January. Cases dropped down greatly in February and stayed low in March. Deaths finally dropped way down.

Pennsylvania had a big spike of cases that went from November through January. In February cases dropped to a third of their peak, but then ticked up again in March. Deaths have fortunately dropped back down to low levels.

Oregon had a big spike that lasted from November through January. In February cases dropped dramatically and then dropped even more in March.

Oklahoma was doing OK until June. Then Trump held his big Super Spreader event in Tulsa on June 20th and that set off a chain reaction that led to case growth through the end of January. Since then it dropped down quite a bit, to where it's now lower than July.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty good news today. Cases stayed about the same, at 1,179, and they did 84,248 tests, so the Positive Test Rate came in at 1.4%. It's been 1.4% or less for the last three days, which is good. Deaths stayed the same, at sixteen. Total Confirmed Cases: 641,102 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,269 Thirty one people got out of the hospital today, which is good. Three people got out of the ICU. That brings those numbers down to 559 and 152, respectively.

Ohio had a huge long spike in cases from November through January. Cases have dropped dramatically since then and are now back down lower than October. Deaths finally started dropping too.

North Dakota had a crazy spike in cases in November, but things have dramatically improved since then. They're back down to pre August levels, as in pre-Sturgis.

North Carolina had their big spike in December and January. In February cases dropped down a lot and then they dropped again to half Feb levels in March.

New York is another state that was hit very hard in the beginning, then had a four month stretch with barely any cases. Then cases doubled in October and kept going up like a rocket through the end of January. February and March have dropped down but still ten times higher than their June to September average. Fortunately they have the same situation with their mortality rate as New Jersey. The first two months they had 370,000 cases and 24,000 deaths, for a mortality rate of 6.5%. The last five months they've had 1.4 million cases and 14,700 deaths, for a mortality rate of 1.1%.

New Jersey had a big problem in the very beginning, but then had gotten much much better for four months. Then things started getting wonky in October and November through January was just a disaster. Cases dropped down in February but spiked again in March. At least their mortality rate has dropped. In the first two months they had 160,000 cases and 13,500 deaths, for a mortality rate of 8.6%. In the last five months they've had 665,000 cases and 8,200 deaths, for a mortality rate of 1.2%. This is a big improvement.

New Hampshire had their big spike in cases in December and January, and it's dropped back down, but not as far as it used to be. They're now at November levels, which were four times higher than the average before that. Deaths are back down to low levels though.

Nevada had a big spike in cases that lasted from November to January. Since then it's dropped down back to June levels. Deaths have finally dropped down too after three high months.

Nebraska is yet another place that had their big spike in Covid cases in November, then they had a big spike in deaths in December. Things have dropped down considerably and now they are back down to their pre-spike levels.

Montana is another state that had it's big spike in November. Things have been dropping down since then and it's gotten pretty good the last two months. They're not back down to June levels yet but they're at September levels at least.

Missouri had their big spike back in November, and since then have come back down dramatically. March case levels are almost back to June levels, which was before any of the spiking up happened. Deaths have finally started to drop down too, following the trend in cases.

Mass Covid 19 update. This is my 365th graphic produced in this series, which means that I've been doing this every day for a whole year. It's been a slog, but I'm glad I did it. Hope it's been useful to people. Cases ticked down, to 1,260, and they did 94,304 tests, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 1.3%. Deaths ticked up, to sixteen. Total Confirmed Cases: 639,923 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,253 Four more people got out of the hospital today, and two more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers to 590 and 155, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty good news today. Cases ticked up, to 1,392, but they did twice as many tests as yesterday, 102,432 to be exact, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 1.4%. Deaths ticked up, to twelve. Total Confirmed Cases: 638,663 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,237 Good day in the hospitals. Thirty four people got out of the hospital today, and five got out of the ICU. That brings those numbers down to 594 and 153, respectively. Except for a three day stretch for cases and a four day stretch for ICU usage in March, these are the lowest numbers we've had since November.

Things seem to be improving a bit on the national level. We got down to 30,000 cases three days ago, and the last three days the average has been 37,000, whereas the ten days before that the average was 56,000. Deaths are declining too. The last three days the average has been 440. The ten days before that the average was 717.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty good news today. Deaths were very low. Cases stayed about the same as yesterday, at 825, but they did more tests, 51,383 to be exact, so the Positive Test Rate dropped down to 1.6%. Deaths dropped down a bunch, to four. Total Confirmed Cases: 637,271 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,225 Three more people went into the hospital today, and four more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers up to 628 and 158, respectively.

Minnesota had it's big spike back in November, and have come down dramatically since then. They ticked up again in March though, so I hope that turns around.

Mass Covid 19 update. More good news today. Cases dropped down a lot, to 812, but they only did 42,169 tests, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 1.9%. That's good for that few tests. Previously when the test number was down around 40k the PTR was over 3%. Deaths ticked up, to twelve. Total Confirmed Cases: 636,446 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,202 Sixteen people got out of the hospital today, and two more went into the ICU. That brings those numbers to 625 and 154, respectively.

Did a new chart showing cases and deaths across the whole country. Cases aren't really coming down that much and spiked up a bit a couple weeks ago, but deaths have plummeted, and are now less than a quarter of the levels at the beginning of February. This is very good. Maybe they are using the monoclonal antibodies more.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty good news today. Cases dropped down to 1,085, and they did 74,524 tests, so the Positive Test Rate came in at a nice low 1.5%. Deaths dropped down too, to only six. Total Confirmed Cases: 634,248 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,197 After a dip yesterday, eight people went into the hospital today, and eight people went into the ICU. That brings those numbers to 641 and 152, respectively.

It's getting towards the end of the month so I included this month's data (to date), along with the rest of the months, because Michigan has had a huge spike this month, and the graph would not tell the correct story if it stopped at the end of March. As you can see, they've had a huge spike in cases this month. Fortunately the deaths haven't followed along nearly as much as they did in the last spike, so that's a good thing.

Mass Covid 19 update. Not many changes today. Cases were about the same as yesterday, at 1,452, but they did 10,000 fewer tests, 92,155 to be exact, so the Positive Test Rate ticked up to 1.6%, which is still pretty good. Deaths ticked down slightly, to 13. Total Confirmed Cases: 633,163 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,191 One person got out of the hospital today, and two people got out of the ICU. That brings those numbers down to 644 and 156, respectively.

Mass Covid Vaccination Update We are now at 3,216,855 first doses administered. And we have also administered 1,976,054 second doses, plus 204,143 people got the J&J one-shot, so that makes for 2,180,197 people who are fully vaccinated. There are four and a half million adults in Massachusetts, so that puts us at 49% fully vaccinated. At our current rate of vaccination, which is about 93,000 a day, we should be at 70% herd immunity in TEN DAYS. That's not too far from now.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty good news today. Cases ticked up slightly, but they did 102,071 tests, so the Positive Test Rate dropped all the way down to 1.4%. This is excellent. Deaths ticked up, to seventeen. Total Confirmed Cases: 631,711 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,178 Forty one people got out of the hospital today, which is very good. Two people went into the ICU. That brings those numbers to 645 and 158, respectively. We're getting close to our lowest number of hospitalizations since the beginning, which was 580 on 3/21.

Did a chart showing the deaths per week in Massachusetts going back to the beginning of September. We were pretty stable at about a hundred deaths a week until the beginning of November, then things started spiking in a big way. We peaked at 564 in a single week in the end of December. Fortunately it started coming back down after that and the last two weeks it's been under 70, which is lower than any other weeks going back to September.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty good news today. Cases ticked up, to 1,370, and they did 77,068 tests, so the Positive Test Rate stayed stable at 1.8%. Deaths ticked up but still stayed pretty low, at thirteen. Total Confirmed Cases: 630,280 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,161 Good day in the hospitals. Twenty two people got out of the hospital and twelve got out of the ICU. This brings those numbers down to 686 and 156, respectively.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty good numbers today. Dipped under a thousand cases, 968 to be exact, and only three deaths. They did 52,478 tests so the Positive Test Rate dropped back down to 1.8%. Total Confirmed Cases: 628,910 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,148 Three more people went into the hospital today and five more went into the ICU, so that raises those numbers to 708 and 168, respectively.

Maryland had it kind of rough in the beginning, with 2,600 deaths by the end of May. It calmed down after that, at least until November. At that point cases more than doubled, and wound up quadrupling by December. January was also wicked high but things turned around in February, and it dropped back to pre-surge levels.

Massachusetts is doing really well with their vaccination push. We have just over two million people now fully vaccinated. That's 44.4% of the 4,587,935 adults in the state. The national rate is only 32.5%, so we're way ahead of the average. Mass has been giving out about 50,000 shots a day. At current rates, we'll be at 70% coverage, aka "herd immunity", in 24 days. That's not very far away. A new dawn is breaking.

I did a new chart to show the progress we've been making in Massachusetts with regards to Covid case counts. We were doing pretty well there for a while but then we had a spike. Seems like it's coming back down and I hope that continues.

Mass Covid 19 update. Pretty good news today. Cases dropped down, to 1,265, and they did 79,178 tests, so the Positive Test Rate dipped down to 1.6%, tied for the lowest it's been in over a month. Deaths dipped down too, to only seven. Total Confirmed Cases: 626,706 Total Confirmed Deaths: 17,159 Eight more people went into the hospital today, but seven got out of the ICU. That brings those numbers to 701 and 162, respectively.