U.S. new COVID cases down 21% in past week, deaths fall from peak

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U.S. new COVID cases down 21% in past week, deaths fall from peak

 

FILE PHOTO: A CVS pharmacy manager prepares a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine dose at the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. December 29, 2020. Hoang ‘Leon’ Nguyen/The Republican/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The United States reported a 21% drop in new cases of COVID-19 last week, as all but one state reported declines in new infections, and the number of coronavirus patients in hospitals also fell.

 

The country reported 1.2 million new cases in the week ended Jan. 24, down from 1.5 million new cases in the previous week. It was the biggest decline on both a percentage and absolute basis in the past year, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports.

 

New Hampshire is the only state where cases rose. In California, a hotspot where hospitals have been overwhelmed by the number of patients, new cases fell 32% in the past week.

 

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Deaths from the virus fell by 6.6% last week to about 21,600 across the country, with Arizona, Alabama and New Mexico having the highest per capita death rates. Deaths rose in 17 out of 50 states last week and are a lagging indicator, meaning they can rise weeks after cases and hospitalizations fall.

 

Cumulatively, nearly 419,000 people have died from the novel coronavirus, or one in every 780 U.S. residents.

 

The average number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals fell 7.5% from the previous week to about 119,000, the biggest one-week drop on a percentage basis since the week ended Aug. 9, according to a Reuters analysis of data from the volunteer-run COVID Tracking Project.

 

Nationally, 9.2% of tests of tests came back positive for the virus, down from 11.0% the prior week and the lowest since the week ended Nov. 8, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project. The lowest positive test rates were in Vermont at 2.3% and Connecticut and Hawaii at 2.5%, and the highest were Iowa at 43.5% and Alabama at 32.5%.

 

(Graphic by Chris Canipe, writing by Lisa Shumaker, editing by Tiffany Wu)

 

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[Tug]

Getting over the holiday covidiots competition for the Darwin Award good give it 2 or 3 months more with a competent aggressive vaccine campaign we just might start to truly turn the corner on this virus debacle I hope so!be safe practice safe protocols good luck!

Edited January 25, 2021 by Tug

[Boomer6969]

Here you are, Biden is a great POTUS.

[colinneil]

On 1/26/2021 at 7:03 AM, Boomer6969 said:

Here you are, Biden is a great POTUS.

 

How can you make a comment like that, when he has only been in the job since thursday?

 

[Scott]

Off-topic post removed. 

 

[Ron jeremy]

Canadian rates have fallen over 30 percent in the last few weeks 

toronto hotbed area went from 3500 to 1900 ish per day

perhaps due to lockdown after Christmas 

new year’s get togethers

long term care homes have been vaccinated 

[Scott]

Troll post reported and removed.  

 

[sirineou]

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

How can you make a comment like that, when he has only been in the job since thursday?

 

 

 He has been a great POTUS  for five days which is five days more than trump was a great POTUS.

[248900_1469958220]

and now watch how it slooowly disappears from the the news....

[Tug]

 Biden is coming in with a science based fact based plan put forward by the experts in the appropriate fields and managing the appropriate response and also I would like to draw your attention to the fact that so far this virus has cost the lives of 400,000 plus Americans imo it is no laughing matter it’s deadly serious practice safe protocols do your part good luck good health 

Edited January 27, 2021 by onthedarkside
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[J Town]

On 1/26/2021 at 7:03 AM, Boomer6969 said:

Here you are, Biden is a great POTUS.

With the usual suspects giving you a "confused." Why is it so hard to see? Handle the virus like an adult, get good results. Duh.

[J Town]

On 1/26/2021 at 7:22 AM, colinneil said:

How can you make a comment like that, when he has only been in the job since thursday?

 

 

President Biden had done more preparation for eradicating the virus months before than 45 did his entire time in office. President Biden is actually interested in doing the job. 

 

BTW, how many days has President Biden spent on the golf course?

[placeholder]

Funny. I remember how Trump supporters predicted the pandemic would stop being news the day after the election. How did that play out?

Edited January 27, 2021 by onthedarkside
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[pedro01]

Down 21% - that's great news.

 

So - obviously, the previous administration gets the majority of the credit for this, right?

[Nout]

14 hours ago, Tug said:

Ahhhhh nooooo Biden is coming in with a science based fact based plan put forward by the experts in the appropriate fields and managing the appropriate response and also I would like to draw your attention to the fact that so far this virus has cost the lives of 400,000 plus Americans imo it is no laughing matter it’s deadly serious practice safe protocols do your part good luck good health 

How many of the decreased were clinically obese as a result of over eating?

[Nout]

11 minutes ago, pedro01 said:

Down 21% - that's great news.

 

So - obviously, the previous administration gets the majority of the credit for this, right?

Should do but won't.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The challenge with these kinds of news reports is they give us the statistics... but not really the reasons.

 

Are the cases down now because we're a full month after the holiday period ended?

 

Are the cases down now because of the vaccine administrations beginning to have an impact?

 

Are the cases down because states and localities earlier were forced to escalate their protective measures amid the prior surge?

 

I don't think we really know, and the OP article doesn't really address those questions.

 

I saw on the news the other day, California, which had been a hotbed recently, is now lowered their restrictions because of improving numbers on cases and hospital admissions.

 

Just as one example:  If the numbers there declined because of those restrictions being put into place, then they very possibly could increase again in the wake of those restrictions being eased.

 

The virus is totally non-political. It's going to spread wherever and to whomever it can, wherever the conditions allow it to occur, presumably until enough people are successfully vaccinated to largely prevent the virus from causing illness and deaths.

 

In short, I guess I'm cautioning, now's not the time to ease up on precautions just because the statistical numbers seem to be improving. We've been down that road before, and it led to the pre-election case and deaths surge that put the U.S. over 400,000 dead.

 

Edited January 27, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Stargeezr]

So, now I am wondering about the ratio?  How many Trump supporters are still being anti everything idiots, like not wearing masks and being cautious, as compared to Biden supporters? How many Trump supporters are in the hospitals and are dying as compared with Biden supporters?  Any Data out there?

 

  Oh and has anyone seen Trump in Florida on a golf course yet???  Just curious. 

Geezer

[shdmn]

Thanks Joe.  Not even a month in and he's already turning things around.

Edited January 28, 2021 by shdmn

[placeholder]

On 1/27/2021 at 12:53 PM, Nout said:

How many of the decreased were clinically obese as a result of over eating?

They deserved to die for the crime of being fat?

[Thakkar]

On 1/27/2021 at 1:20 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

The challenge with these kinds of news reports is they give us the statistics... but not really the reasons.

 

Are the cases down now because we're a full month after the holiday period ended?

 

Are the cases down now because of the vaccine administrations beginning to have an impact?

 

Are the cases down because states and localities earlier were forced to escalate their protective measures amid the prior surge?

probably all of the above, plus other reasons you or I haven’t thought of. We’ll have to wait for epidemiologists to study the situation and report back. one week’s numbers don’t tell us much, and you’re right that it’s too early to relax measures, and certainly too early to celebrate. It certainly can’t be anything the Biden administration has done. The effects of any of that will only be known some weeks down the line.

[placeholder]

On 1/27/2021 at 12:42 PM, pedro01 said:

Down 21% - that's great news.

 

So - obviously, the previous administration gets the majority of the credit for this, right?

Yes, Trump and allies get the credit for not discouraging people from traveling for family reunions over the holidays. That's akin to banging someone on the head and taking credit for curing their headache by stopping. 

[shdmn]

2 hours ago, placeholder said:

Yes, Trump and allies get the credit for not discouraging people from traveling for family reunions over the holidays. That's akin to banging someone on the head and taking credit for curing their headache by stopping. 

If the one term loser spent 1/10 as much time trying to get the pandemic under control as he did claiming the election was a fraud maybe he would have gotten more votes.  The more you think about it the dumber his actions become.

Edited January 28, 2021 by shdmn