Tag: COVID-19
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12 hrs later
It’s twelve hours since the last time I checked the Johns Hopkins live map; let’s see how the world’s doing. (This info comes from the update at 5:05 this afternoon.) There were 855,007 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 41,654 deaths. In the U.S. there were 184,183 confirmed cases, almost one-quarter of the Read.
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inevitable breakdown
The dishwasher broke down, because of course the dishwasher would break down during the third week of a statewide shelter in place order triggered by a worldwide pandemic. Read.
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the answer is yes
Asked whether Americans should be prepared for 100,000 people in the U.S. to die from COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said point-blank, “The answer is yes.” “As sobering a number as that is, we should be prepared for it. Is it going to be that much? Read.
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missed
Missed yesterday’s covid-19 update. Oops. The Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:30 this morning, indicated there were 800,049 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 38,714 deaths. At the same time in the U.S. there were 164,410 confirmed cases, almost one-quarter of the world’s total. The U.S. accounted for 3,170 deaths from COVID-19, Read.
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Day 15
It’s Day 15 of shelter in place at the O’Folks Home, counting from the Sunday after we flew back from Florida. We are both still free of any of the red-flag symptoms of Covid-19, and I’m pretty sure we owe that to the fact that we’ve stayed in our little red house virtually 24/7 since Read.
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smdh
Trump, insinuating at a press conference that medical professionals are squandering or selling the supplies being sent to them to deal with the pandemic: “Many of the states are stocked up, some of them don’t admit it, but they have, we have sent just so much, so many things to them, including ventilators, you know, Read.
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alternate
1,441 more people tested, 0.64 times more people than yesterday. 123 new cases, 0.84 more than yesterday. 14 new cases in Dane County, 0.56 more than yesterday. No new deaths. I get these numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, which posts them on their web site at about two o’clock each day. A Read.
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rainy
2,239 more people tested, 1.3 times more than yesterday. 147 new cases, 1.1 times more than yesterday. 25 new cases in Dane County, 1.3 times more than yesterday. No new deaths. Nationwide, the 1st recorded death from COVID-19 was on 2/29. The 1,000th death was 3/26, two days ago. Today saw the 2,000th death from Read.
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ramping up
1,692 more people tested, 1.05 times more than yesterday. 135 new cases, 1.1 times more than yesterday. 19 new cases in Dane County, 1.4 times more than yesterday 5 more deaths, 1.6 times more than yesterday. Read.
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less is more
1,616 more people tested, 364 fewer people than yesterday. 122 new cases in Wisconsin, 6 fewer than yesterday. 26 new cases in Dane County, 1.6 times more than yesterday. 2 more deaths, both in Milwaukee County. Read.
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