COVID-19 Compilation: Part 46 - February 7-13, 2021

On March 14th, 2020, I began posting COVID-19 updates to my facebook page, regarding the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. I have used data from worldometer as a primary source for daily and cumulative data, with frequent supplementation from various national and local sites. 

Notables this week:

  • new cases and deaths continued to fall sharply in both the USA and worldwide
  • California surpassed New York as the state with the most deaths during the pandemic
  • reconciliations of older deaths continued, adding thousands to the overall death totals

This blog post compiles the period of February 7th through 13th, 2021. see https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ for more

FEBRUARY 7

Today's counts
Location Total Cases Cases Today Total Deaths Deaths Today
World 106.69 million 362,011 2.328 million 8,205
USA 27.61 million 91,256476,916 1,315

The number of cases worldwide is the lowest since October 13th, 2020.
In the USA, today was the first day with less than 100,000 cases since November 3rd, 2020.

FEBRUARY 8

Today's counts
Location Total Cases Cases Today Total Deaths Deaths Today
World 107.01 million 324,165 2.336 million 8,438
USA 27.70 million 90,346476,5001,585

FEBRUARY 9

Today's counts
Location Total Cases Cases Today Total Deaths Deaths Today
World 107.40 million 388,428 2.349 million 13,181
USA 27.80 million 96,004479.769 3,269

27 days ago, California was averaging more than 44,000 cases per day, and Los Angeles County was the hotspot of the United States. Today, there were 11,068 new cases in California. Cases have fallen 72% since then. The attached image shows the number of hospitalizations in Los Angeles County, according to the Los Angeles County Public Health website.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County over time
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County over time

FEBRUARY 10

Today's counts
Location Total Cases Cases Today Total Deaths Deaths Today
World 107.84 million 443,489 2.364 million 14,047
USA 27.90 million 97.501483,854 3,436

According to worldometer data, 478 people died from COVID-19 in California today, bringing that state's total to 45,475. That means more people have now died from COVID-19 in California than in any other state. New York, after accounting for more than 40% of all USA COVID-19 deaths in the first days of the pandemic, falls to #2.

FEBRUARY 11

Today's counts
Location Total Cases Cases Today Total Deaths Deaths Today
World 108.28 million 437,575 2.377 million 13,029
USA 28.00 million 103,481486,922 3,068

There were more than 100,000 new cases today in the United States, for the first time in 5 days.

According to CDC data, Black and Hispanic Americans combine for about 15% of vaccinations to date, despite representing about 30% of the USA population.

FEBRUARY 13

Today's counts
Location Total Cases Cases Today Total Deaths Deaths Today
World 109.09 million 373,297 2.404 million 10,182
USA 28.20 million 86,484 496,063 2,272
This week's counts
Location Cases This Week Percent Change Deaths This Week Percent Change
World 2.77 million -13.8% 80,165 -10.2%
USA 0.67 million -19.4% 18,188 -16.2%

In the USA, cases dipped below 100,000 per day on average this week for the first time since October. Deaths fell to the lowest level so far in 2021.

The latest state to update its death reporting is Ohio. Per a statement put out yesterday by the Ohio Department of Health: "ODH is currently reconciling COVID-19 deaths, including about 2,500 in today's count. This primarily impacts deaths occurring from November to December 2020." Technically, the 2,559 total deaths reported by Ohio yesterday were the most of any state on any day so far during the pandemic. Ohio had reported about 650 "reconciling" deaths the prior day; overall Ohio death totals have jumped by more than 40% in the past week.

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