The average number of COVID-19 cases across the country per day was at just over 47,000 on Wednesday, which is the lowest it has been in seven weeks following the huge spike in infections in Sunbelt hotspot states
Daily Mail: Daily COVID-19 cases across the US drop to the lowest in almost two months but deaths plateau for three straight weeks as Oklahoma, Tennessee, Louisiana and Nevada see uptick in fatalities
* The average number of COVID-19 cases across the country per day was at just over 47,000 on Wednesday, which is the lowest it has been in seven weeks after the Sunbelt surge in infections
* While infections have been steadily declining for a month now, deaths across the US have been plateauing for three weeks with an average of 1,000 Americans still dying per day
* As deaths continue to plateau, there has been an uptick of fatalities in some states including Oklahoma, Tennessee, Louisiana and Nevada
* All four of those states have reported record single day spikes of deaths in the last two weeks but infections in those states have been on a downward trajectory
* The death tolls in these states are below the triple-digit rates reported in the populous hotspot states of California, Florida, Texas and Arizona and are not enough to reflect an uptick in the national trends
* It is the same for the handful of states that are currently seeing an increase in cases, including Hawaii, South Dakota, Kansas, Illinois, Maine, Vermont and Delaware
* Coronavirus infections in the US have now topped 5.5 million and more than 173,000 have died of COVID-19
New coronavirus cases in the United States have dropped on average to the lowest in almost two months but deaths have been plateauing for three weeks now as states including Oklahoma, Tennessee, Louisiana and Nevada see an uptick in fatalities.
The average number of COVID-19 cases across the country per day was at just over 47,000 on Wednesday, which is the lowest it has been in seven weeks following the huge spike in infections in Sunbelt hotspot states.
The current daily case average is down considerably from the record high of 77,000 cases reported on a single day back in mid-July.
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Update #1: New Covid-19 cases are declining across the US, official says, but that could quickly change if people aren't careful (CNN)
Update #2: The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Rolling Over: The Number Of US Hospitalizations Is Declining By 1 Percent Per Day (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: Cases in Canada where I live continue to stay low .... Coronavirus: Canada adds 383 new cases, 5 deaths on Thursday (Global News). Europe is starting to have a hard time .... Germany, Spain record highest daily coronavirus infection rate since April as cases surge across Europe (CNBC).
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Covid-20 to be released soon, by accident of course wink wink
Kidding. My guess is it's over. The virus has done what it was supposed to do and under the"oh it was his nature/an accident" one side has made trillions relatively. And they don't want others to catch on to the second act just yet
Deaths lag new cases lag hospitalizations due to the time it takes to diagnose and develop. Deaths will start coming down soon and new cases are dropping every week at a daily rate of around 10,000. It's pretty obvious that this virus should be allowed to run its course. That trying to control everything to stop its spread is unrealistically naive and ineffective.
Anon (12:27),
"My guess is it's over..." You may be correct. I think it all depends. Have the people who brought us the government's response gotten what they wanted from this? Their policies are beginning to lead to the inevitable "blowback" that comes certain things. Do the benefits to them still exceed these risks and other costs we may not be aware of? Obviously having others "catch on" is a major risk factor. How great is that risk and what would be the consequences to them?
Given the prevalence of contact tracing, nass testing, and the financial incentives in the system to generate both positive tests and deaths from the disease, it would be quite easy for someone or some people to create a mass "spike" in both cases and deaths at a time of their choosing. If they decide "it's over" now, they still may be able to bring it back later.
My "guess" or "gut" says that they got a great deal of what they wanted out of the COVID-19 scare but not everything as the American people have shown themselves to be more resilient than they anticipated. As such, "the second act" may be the riots and looting. Even this hasn't fully had the desired effect as the historically most accurate pollster has POTUS at a 51% approval rating and the economy is beginning to rebound.
I wouldn't expect them to give up though. While they are very, very powerful, there is hope. Large organizations tend to be fat, slow, ugly, and dumb. This characterization describes American and "western" elites quite well. Furthermore they don't have a proper understanding of their enemies meaning they can be beaten.
Anon (1:25)
Nailed it!! This is essentially what I've been saying from the beginning. "....unrealistically naive and ineffective." Not only is the case but the downsides to the policies are huge. At the start I didn't think anyone would actually be dumb enough to actually implement these policies.
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