Hong Kong:
New data from the Johns Hopkins site. Daily Record High numbers of reported cases (7-day average) as of January 17, 2022:
Wisconsin – 19734
Ohio – 34352
Alabama – 14978
Kansas – 9912
Oklahoma – 13368
Arizona – 19730
Hawaii – 4414
Not bad. Only seven states. The US as a whole continues to decline in Daily New Cases, as well. Only 589922 as of yesterday. India is now next-highest, with 325086.
Can you remind me (provide a link) for your numbers?
Bo reports the daily Worldometer numbers.
Thank you. I’ve noticed that the deaths posted here are tens of thousands greater than the deaths reported by, say, CNN. For example, the number on Worldometer is currently 874,347. The CDC is reporting 842,873. The difference is 31,474.
Worldometer seems to be a little vague about their sources. They say they have over 5,000 trusted sources worldwide, and list organisations that trust their numbers.
So who is more accurate? Worldometer, or the CDC?
Aye; that page (thanks squeegee!) and this one:
I think they are the opposite of vague about their sources; this is from their FAQ:
Entries for each day are listed by country with a link to the source material, for instance:
I just chose those at random. Those links go to government sites listing the numbers for those countries (I’ve found that to be true of the vast majority of the source links, too).
IME&O, very early on the WoM numbers were more timely accurate than the CDC numbers; that’s why I switched over to using their numbers.
Ah, Government sources! But they don’t say which ones. The site isn’t easy to navigate, and it took me a bit to find The United States as shown in the format in your examples. While your examples have [source], the entry for The United States doesn’t. So exactly where the data for the U.S. is coming from is vague.
Don’t get me wrong; I do appreciate your posting of these figures. It’s just that when the numbers are 30,000 higher than the CDC, I wonder where their data comes from.
No problem; I understand the curiousity.
A little further down they discuss reporting issues:
If you scroll down the page a little you can find links to the US sources on those specific issues. Most of the links go directly to state agencies. That would presumably be 50 of the 5,000 or so sources that WoM uses, plus county level info if possible, etc.
IMO WoM does a more thorough and complete job than the CDC of gathering and collating these numbers in a timely fashion. What I saw two years ago was the Johns-Hopkins site lagging on reporting and when the numbers did catch up to WoM, there was no announcement or explanation of where the new info came from. WoM does a better job of that overall, IMO.
Here’s some news:
Some good news around testing for Omicron using the rapid antigen home tests, which have not been great at detecting Omicron:
A useful scholarly discussion and current estimate of total global deaths - the 5.5 million officially reported plus estimates based on excess mortality.
Spoiler - its a much, much bigger number.
Not sure how I missed this a few days ago but better late than never, eh:
335,364,083 total cases
5,573,533 dead
271,007,036 recovered
In the US:
68,767,004 total cases
877,240 dead
43,528,110 recovered
Yesterday’s numbers for comparison:
That’s a very good article. I recommend it to anyone interested in the overall death count from this pandemic. Despite the fact that it’s in an academic journal, it’s very readable by non-scientists.
If’n ya need ‘em, go get ‘em:
The increase in new cases is easing:
New Johns Hopkins daily Reported COVID cases maps out for data as of January 18, 2022. There are new record high daily cases (7-day average) in:
New Hampshire – 3680
Alabama – 16660
Iowa – 6461
Oklahoma – 11502
Texas – 81838
Arizona – 20625
Hawaii – 5202
Still seven states with new record highs, the same as for the past few days (although they’re different sets of seven states)
“Nothing to see here!”
339,486,288 total cases
5,583,850 dead
272,917,016 recovered
In the US:
69,808,350 total cases
880,976 dead
43,892,277 recovered
Yesterday’s numbers for comparison:
At the moment, the US is accounting for more than 20% of all COVID-19 deaths per day.
Key Facts
The risk following severe infection was particularly noteworthy in patients under 65, who had a 233% increased chance of dying compared to the uninfected, the researchers found.
The increased risk of death for under 65s with severe Covid-19 was greater than that for those over the age of 65, the researchers found.
The research, by academics at the University of Florida, was based on an analysis of the electronic health records of 13,638 patients who underwent a PCR test for coronavirus within the University of Florida health system and recovered from the disease.
The vast majority of patients—80%—did not die from complications typically associated with Covid-19 like blood clotting or respiratory failure and died long after the initial infection had passed, the researchers said, meaning their deaths may never have been linked to Covid-19 by families or doctors.
The findings suggest severe infection damages overall health and leaves patients vulnerable to other health issues, the researchers wrote, highlighting the importance of preventing serious illness through vaccination.