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Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: March 29 Update

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Here’s the officially reported coronavirus death toll through March 29. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here.

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  1. golack

    I should note, when cases took off in MI, Detroit was lagging. Now it is being hit hard too.

    MN finally broke into the 25+ new cases/day/100K level. Let's party like it's 1999.
    MI raced past NJ as both got above 50.
    VT back above 25, to the twins are back together (VT and NH).
    FL on the doorstep, but WV might brush by to get there first.

    At the other end, LA jumped back in the pool and PR looks like it's ready to get out.

    KY is one of the >10 states to be dropping (infection rate <0.9 and dropping). UT, TX, and GA are both below 0.95, but that is going up in TX and maybe holding steady in UT and GA.

    Cases are leveling off in CA around 6.7 and infection rate climbing up to 1.

    Speaking of infection rates, high numbers in states with cases below 25:
    HI and PR at 1.07 and 1.09 respectively. And there were doing so well
    WV, IL, ND, MD at 1.11 to 1.12--bad.
    WA, SD, CO, OR, IA, IN, AK at 1.05 to 1.09--not good.
    For reference, the red states, 11, rates run from 1.26 (MI) down to 0.99 (RI), with the median at 1.11 (NH). The largest red state in NY, infection rate 1.06.

    1. cephalopod

      In MN and MI it really does seem to be infections moving from rural/suburban areas into the cities, which is the opposite of the early waves. We had that movement in the fall, as well, as the surge from the Dakotas moved East toward the Twin Cities.

  2. veerkg_23

    Squint and one can see glimmers of a 4th wave developing.

    Death counts should be lower than prior waves thanks to the vaccines, but it will be still higher than they should have been had State not opened up before they should have.

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