Category: current events

  • jhu update #41

    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:32 am: There were 3,769,150 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 264,111 deaths. In the U.S. there were 1,228,609 confirmed cases, thirty-three percent of the world’s total and 24,134 more than this time yesterday. 73,431 Americans have died from COVID-19, twenty-eight percent of the world’s Read.

  • jhu update #40

    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:32 am: There were 3,680,376 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 257,818 deaths. In the U.S. there were 1,204,475 confirmed cases, thirty-three percent of the world’s total and 23,841 more than this time yesterday. 71,078 Americans have died from COVID-19, twenty-eight percent of the world’s Read.

  • wi dhs update 050520

    From the Wisconsin Department of Health Services web site, updated each day at 2:00 pm: In all of Wisconsin, 3,830 more people were tested since the day before (an increase of 28.40%), raising the total number of people tested to 92,533 out of a population of 5,822,000 (1.59%). 330 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Read.

  • jhu update #39

    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:32 am: There were 3,600,106 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 251,898 deaths. In the U.S. there were 1,180,634 confirmed cases, thirty-three percent of the world’s total and 22,293 more than this time yesterday. 68,934 Americans have died from COVID-19, twenty-seven percent of the world’s Read.

  • wi dhs update 050420

    From the Wisconsin Department of Health Services web site, updated each day at 2:00 pm: In all of Wisconsin, 2,742 more people were tested since the day before (an increase of 0.40%), raising the total number of people tested to 88,703 out of a population of 5,822,000 (1.52%). 272 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Read.

  • jhu update #38

    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:32 am: There were 3,523,121 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 247,752 deaths. In the U.S. there were 1,158,341 confirmed cases, thirty-three percent of the world’s total and 25,272 more than this time yesterday. 67,686 Americans have died from COVID-19, twenty-seven percent of the world’s Read.

  • life doesn’t have to be convincing

    Neil Gaiman interviews N.K. Jemisin, 5/2/2020 Gaiman: Back in 2014, I was in Jordan in a Syrian refugee camp – I was talking to the refugees about what made them flee their homes, what made them flee their cities. In order to get to those camps, they had to cross a desert where there would Read.

  • wi dhs update 050320

    From the Wisconsin Department of Health Services web site, updated each day at 2:00 pm: In all of Wisconsin, 2,731 more people were tested since the day before (a decrease of 18.48%), raising the total number of people tested to 85,961 out of a population of 5,822,000 (1.48%). 304 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Read.

  • jhu update #37

    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:32 am: There were 3,441,767 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 244,084 deaths. In the U.S. there were 1,133,069 confirmed cases, thirty-three percent of the world’s total and 28,908 more than this time yesterday. 66,385 Americans have died from COVID-19, twenty-seven percent of the world’s Read.

  • wi dhs update 050220

    From the Wisconsin Department of Health Services web site, updated each day at 2:00 pm: In all of Wisconsin, 3,350 more people were tested since the day before (a decrease of 7.76%), raising the total number of people tested to 83,230 out of a population of 5,822,000 (1.43%). 346 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Read.

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