Saturday, March 21, 2020

2020-03-21 COVID-19 Update

 

United States Data

Here is today's update regarding the spread of COVID-19 in the United States.
  • US Confirmed Cases: 20,969
  • US Confirmed Deaths: 273
  • US Death Rate: 1.30%
The five-day moving average of the doubling period has remained stable at 1.9 days. Based on today's number of confirmed cases and the current doubling period, here are today's projections:
  • 50,000 Cases: March 23 (two days from now)
  • 100,000 Cases: March 25 (four days from now)
  • 1,000,000 Cases: March 31 (about ten days from now)
  • 10,000,000 Cases: April 6 (a little over two weeks from now) 

Global Data

  • Global Confirmed Cases: 290,112
  • Global Confirmed Deaths: 12,016
  • Global Death Rate: 4.14%
The five-day moving average for the global doubling period is unfortunately going down and stands at 7 days. Based on today's cases and the current doubling period, here are today's projections for the world:
  • 500,000 Cases: March 27 (about a week from now)
  • 1,000,000 Cases: April 3 (about two weeks from now)
  • 10,000,000 Cases:  April 25 (about five weeks from now)
  • 100,000,000 Cases: May 18 (about eight weeks from now)

Positive News

In an effort to provide some relief from the endless stream of scary news about COVID-19, these daily updates will include links to any available positive news related to this disease. Here are today's links:

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