Rate of new COVID-19 cases falling statewide, and in Mecklenburg
Aug. 11. By Dave Yochum. Based on data from Johns Hopkins University, the median number of new cases of COVID-19 statewide and in Mecklenburg County have fallen 24 percent and 21 percent, respectively, during the past week compared to the past month.
The statewide data from Johns Hopkins show a median of 1,398 new daily cases during the past week, compared to 1,837 during the previous month.
The Mecklenburg data from Johns Hopkins show a median of 189 daily new cases during the past week, compared to 241 during the preceding month.
Johns Hopkns is reporting 22,315 cumulative cases in Mecklenburg since the outbreak began.
Yesterday the NC Department of Health and Human Services reported 626 new cases of COVID-19 statewide, down dramatically from recent weeks. Today’s report, scheduled for noon by the NCDHHS, had not been released as of 1:15 pm.
Here is a ranking of the states by deaths and recoveries from Johns Hopkins:
32,774 deaths, 73,689 recovered/New York US
15,874 deaths, 32,977 recovered/New Jersey US
10,382 deaths, recovered/California US
9,165 deaths, 344,845 recovered/Texas US
8,735 deaths, 99,021 recovered/Massachusetts US
8,276 deaths, —recovered*/Florida US
7,845 deaths, —recovered*/Illinois US
7,313 deaths, 90,930 recovered/Pennsylvania US
6,519 deaths, 63,636 recovered/Michigan US
4,441 deaths, 8,721 recovered/Connecticut US
4,263 deaths, 89,083 recovered/Louisiana US
4,199 deaths, —recovered*/Georgia US
4,150 deaths, 25,527 recovered/Arizona US
3,669 deaths, 78,435 recovered/Ohio US
3,591 deaths, 5,910 recovered/Maryland US
3,044 deaths, 54,068 recovered/Indiana US
2,327 deaths, 12,923 recovered/Virginia US
2,192 deaths, 105,093 recovered/North Carolina US
Source: Johns Hopkins data pulled Aug. 10
*— Indicates no source for reliable data
Good report & good news
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Somebody needs to check Johns Hopkins numbers. Are you telling me that MC has had over 100,000 recovered patients, and 2200 deaths, while NY has had 74,000 recoveries and 32,000 deaths? Look at these numbers. They cannot be accurate. The death to recovery ratios are all over the place, and it appears that several states have had 0 recoveries. ??
We gather our data on a daily basis from Johns Hopkins’ Center for Systems Science and Engineering. They post the previous day’s raw data here:
https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19/blob/master/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports_us/08-10-2020.csv
Johns Hopkins adds cumulatively to their new cases, recoveries and deaths every day. Johns Hopkins merely posts on each state’s daily reports. If you look at the link, you’ll find that JHU has indeed reported 73,736 recoveries in New York State (as of this writing), along with the other statistics we provided. This is most likely understated due to the sheer size of New York’s outbreak back in the spring; however, JHU relays the information which they receive from a variety of sources. As New York began to recover, other states saw larger outbreaks as well.
As for Cornelius Today, we merely report Johns Hopkins’ data every day. In addition to JHU’s raw data from the link provided above, here’s another link which JHU provides for visualization:
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
COVID-19 is accurately called the Novel Coronavirus as the global community continues to develop new ways in tracking it. We feel the best way to look at the data is through aggregating the new, confirmed daily cases, the hospitalization rates as provided by the NCDHHS and deaths due to the virus.