Yikes! The US reported nearly 5,000 deaths on Thursday.
Here’s the officially reported coronavirus death toll through February 4. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here.
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UK vaccination and restrictions seem to be paying off, plus probably the sheer number of people who have had it. Their death rate is finally in free fall from the record high level, and they might manage to avoid 2000 deaths per million after all.
But we're not doing awful ourselves - the death rate has finally flattened out. In fact, every country on that list is bending it down now except . . . France. I wonder if that's the low vaccination rates showing their damage.
I get that Canada's numbers are relatively good, but did they really bear repeating?
East Canada and West Canada. Different countries.
Mexico wants its spot back!
I checked into that spike earlier today. Indiana 'found' another 1,500 COVID fatalities and reported them yesterday; without those, I think our rate would have continued to trend downward.
Yes, though right now that downward trend still means this week will be the 5th largest.
Why have Sweden's numbers so consistently random over the last 2-3 months?
Sorry for again reusing the same reply to this question:
Re Sweden's numbers: Kevin's charts are based on reported numbers, and for at least two reasons this doesn't work so well for Sweden: Death numbers are reported only on Tuesdays through Fridays, and there is a substantial lag in these reports. The lagging gets worse when the doctors (that prepare the death certificates) are overwhelmed with patients. During the first wave last spring, Kevin used two sources for his Swedish chart for this very reason. As I have done before, I suggest taking a look at this page:
https://adamaltmejd.se/covid/
It shows covid-19 deaths in Sweden on their actual dates of death (as opposed to the day they happened to reach the official COVID reporting), as well as statistics on the reporting lag.
We are currently seeing a clear decrease in new cases as well as hospitalizations, with deaths following close behind. However, we are still on a level that is high enough to make the situation volatile, with high risk for a third wave if we don’t keep up the good work on compliance with restrictions and recommendations.