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 | 91,256 | 476,916 | 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 | 90,346 | 476,500 | 1,585 |
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 | 96,004 | 479.769 | 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.
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| 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 | 97.501 | 483,854 | 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 | 103,481 | 486,922 | 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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