Coronavirus – July 9th, 2022

This week I learned of a new variant that is resistant to any previous immunity, but those who are vaccinated experienced diminished or no symptoms. That seems to be the trend we’ve seen in the past months. It’s still spreading, but people are not seeing severe illness. So it seems best to keep up with your vaccinations when you are eligible. Only a couple more weeks of these updates unless my internet connection next weekend is lacking.

This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases has been fairly steady for the past 5 weeks. This week the 14-day average of daily new cases increased by 1.0% compared to a increase of 5.7% last week. It brings the national 2 week average up to 35.6 new cases per 100 000 people.

This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people.  In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k.  There are no states below that level. The closest is Vermont at 10.9. There have been no states below 3/100k for ten weeks now. 35 states are above the 24/100k mark with Alaska the highest at 57/100k. There were 39 states above that mark last week.

The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before.  It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.

For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :

Illinois: 31/100k, down 2%
Chicago: 25/100k, down 17%
New York City: 37/100k, stayed the same
Los Angeles county: 40/100k, down 23%
North Carolina: 35/100k, up 6%
Canada: 7.5/100k, up 11%
Ontario: 4.9/100k, down 12%
Waterloo region: 4.6/100k, down 17%
Quebec: 12.2/100k, up 22%
Montreal: 14.6/100k, up 22%
India: 1.22/100k, up 8%
Italy: 153/100k, up 53%
France: 193/100k, up 30%
Spain: 50/100k, up 14%
Iran: 1.38/100k, up 183%
South Korea: 31.1/100k, up 87%

China: <0.01/100k, up 193%

Coronavirus – July 2nd, 2022

We continue to be in a bit of a holding pattern with the numbers staying fairly steady for the last couple months. Usually numbers start going down during the summer, so not sure what this suggests. Only three more reports before I call this quits.

This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases has been fairly steady for the past 4 weeks. This week the 14-day average of daily new cases increased by 5.7% compared to a decrease of 1.7% last week. It brings the national 2 week average up to 34.9 new cases per 100 000 people.

This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people.  In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k.  There are no states below that level. The closest is Vermont at 14.6. There have been no states below 3/100k for nine weeks now. 39 states are above the 24/100k mark with Louisiana the highest at 273/100k. There were 32 states above that mark last week.

The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before.  It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.

For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :

Illinois: 32/100k, up 4%
Chicago: 30/100k, up 13%
New York City: 36/100k, up 23%
Los Angeles county: 52/100k, up 17%
North Carolina: 33/100k, up 26%
Canada: 6.1/100k, down 22%
Ontario: 6.4/100k, up 31%
Waterloo region: 4.6/100k, down 17%
Quebec: 8.5/100k, up 17%
Montreal: 12.0/100k, up 100%
India: 1.13/100k, up 11%
Italy: 100/100k, up 13%
France: 148/100k, up 60%
Spain: 44/100k, up 15%
Iran: 0.49/100k, up 89%
South Korea: 16.6/100k, up 21%

China: <0.01/100k, down 7%

Coronavirus – June 25th, 2022

There’s good news and bad news. Anecdotally, my observation is that while I’m still seeing people around me catch it, their symptoms seem to be mild. So as long as you are vaccinated to some level, it seems to be less of a concern. On the flip side, I’m seeing a jump in the numbers in Europe. That’s usually the canary in the coal mine before the US East Coast numbers go up, then the rest of the country. Regardless, I’m only doing this for four more weeks since my free time will be in short supply after that.

This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases has been fairly steady for the past 3 weeks. This week the 14-day average of daily new cases decreased by 1.7% compared to a decrease of 0.2% last week. It brings the national 2 week average down to 31.4 new cases per 100 000 people.

This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people.  In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k.  There are no states below that level. The closest is New Hampshire at 12.0. There have been no states below 3/100k for eight weeks now. 32 states are above the 24/100k mark with Colorado the highest at 59/100k. There were 31 states above that mark last week.

The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before.  It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.

For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :

Illinois: 31/100k, stayed the same
Chicago: 26/100k, down 2%
New York City: 30/100k, down 16%
Los Angeles county: 44/100k, up 1%
North Carolina: 26/100k, down 22%
Canada: 6.1/100k, down 22%
Ontario: 6.4/100k, up 31%
Waterloo region: 5.6/100k, up 48%
Quebec: 8.5/100k, up 17%
Montreal: 6.0/100k, down 24%
India: 1.03/100k, up 38%
Italy: 89/100k, up 89%
France: 93/100k, up 33%
Spain: 38/100k, up 40%
Iran: 0.26/100k, up 37%
South Korea: 13.7/100k, down 6%

China: <0.01/100k, down 49%

Coronavirus – June 18th, 2022

Overall, the numbers are staying steady. Though they should start going down before I call it quits in 5 weeks. Locally, they have already started heading down.

This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases has been fairly steady for the past 3 weeks. This week the 14-day average of daily new cases decreased by 0.2% compared to a increase of 0.4% last week. It brings the national 2 week average down to 32.5 new cases per 100 000 people.

This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people.  In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k.  There are no states below that level. The closest is New Hampshire at 14.3. There have been no states below 3/100k for seven weeks now. 31 states are above the 24/100k mark with Hawaii the highest at 73/100k. There were 33 states above that mark last week.

The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before.  It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.

For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :

Illinois: 31/100k, down 20%
Chicago: 27/100k, down 23%
New York City: 35/100k, up 13%
Los Angeles county: 44/100k, down 11%
North Carolina: 33/100k, down 9%
Canada: 7.8/100k, down 25%
Ontario: 4.9/100k, down 25%
Waterloo region: 3.8/100k, up 14%
Quebec: 4.5/100k, down 20%
Montreal: 7.8/100k, up 3%
India: 0.74/100k, up 70%
Italy: 47/100k, up 38%
France: 70/100k, up 107%
Spain: 27/100k, up 11%
Iran: 0.19/100k, up 26%
South Korea: 14.5/100k, down 35%

China: <0.01/100k, up 35%

Coronavirus – June 11th, 2022

We’re still riding the plateau for the third week. At some point soon, we should start seeing the number go down. I think I’ve also resolved to only do this for another couple months. I’ll need all my free time this fall and hopefully this will continue to become less significant.

This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases have stopped going up and saw a decrease this week. This week the 14-day average of daily new cases increased by 0.4% compared to a decrease of 2.0% last week. It brings the national 2 week average up to 32.6 new cases per 100 000 people.

This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people.  In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k.  There are no states below that level. The closest is South Dakota at 15.6. There have been no states below 3/100k for six weeks now. 33 states are above the 24/100k mark with Hawaii the highest at 82/100k. There were 28 states above that mark last week.

The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before.  It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.

For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :

Illinois: 38/100k, up 4%
Chicago: 35/100k, down 10%
New York City: 31/100k, down 9%
Los Angeles county: 49/100k, up 21%
North Carolina: 37/100k, down 4%
Canada: 3.1/100k, down 50%
Ontario: 1.75/100k, down 72%
Waterloo region: 3.3/100k, up 32%
Quebec: 1.76/100k, down 73%
Montreal: 7.6/100k, up 17%
India: 0.44/100k, up 92%
Italy: 34/100k, up 28%
France: 34/100k, up 1%
Spain: 24/100k, down 2%
Iran: 0.15/100k, down 34%
South Korea: 17.8/100k, down 25%

China: <0.01/100k, up 26%

Coronavirus – June 4th, 2022

Still following the same trend as last week. The numbers are starting to plateau and places that were harder hit earlier are getting better and vice versa. I want to say that the numbers should be good by summer’s end, but that’s when the numbers start heading back up again. At least it will be nice to have another summer reprieve.

This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases have stopped going up and saw a decrease this week. This week the 14-day average of daily new cases decreased by 2.0% compared to a increase of 5.1% last week. It brings the national 2 week average down to 32.4 new cases per 100 000 people.

This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people.  In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k.  There are no states below that level. The closest is South Dakota at 10.4. There have been no states below 3/100k for five weeks now. 28 states are above the 24/100k mark with Hawaii the highest at 82/100k. There were 29 states above that mark last week.

The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before.  It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.

For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :

Illinois: 37/100k, down 12%
Chicago: 39/100k, up 6%
New York City: 34/100k, down 23%
Los Angeles county: 45/100k, up 43%
North Carolina: 38/100k, down 5%
Canada: 6.6/100k, down 7%
Ontario: 6.2/100k, down 9%
Waterloo region: 2.5/100k, down 30%
Quebec: 6.5/100k, up 5%
Montreal: 6.5/100k, up 5%
India: 0.23/100k, up 36%
Italy: 27/100k, down 11%
France: 33/100k, up 26%
Spain: 25/100k, down 13%
Iran: 0.23/100k, up 22%
South Korea: 24/100k, down 33%

China: <0.01/100k, down 67%

Coronavirus – May 28th, 2022

Overall the numbers in the country are starting to plateau, but that’s a mix of places that were harder hit early starting to subside while other places that were not affected starting to see numbers go up. We’ve seen that trend before and that includes Europe and the Northeast being on the leading edge. Numbers there are now heading down after being the first to see the numbers rise. It’ll be good to see the numbers start getting down below 24/100k again.

This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases continues on the upswing for the eighth week in a row. This week the 14-day average of daily new cases increased by 5.1% compared to a increase of 14% last week. It brings the national 2 week average up to 33.7 new cases per 100 000 people.

This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people.  In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k.  There are no states below that level. The closest is Nebraska at 3.14. There have been no states below 3/100k for four weeks now. 29 states are above the 24/100k mark with Hawaii the highest at 90/100k. There were 27 states above that mark last week.

The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before.  It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.

For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :

Illinois: 42/100k, down 8%
Chicago: 37/100k, down 21%
New York City: 45/100k, up 3%
Los Angeles county: 45/100k, up 43%
North Carolina: 40/100k, up 21%
Canada: 7.1/100k, down 28%
Ontario: 6.8/100k, down 33%
Waterloo region: 3.6/100k, down 53%
Quebec: 6.2/100k, down 23%
Montreal: 6.2/100k, down 21%
India: 0.17/100k, up 4%
Italy: 30/100k, down 37%
France: 26/100k, down 33%
Spain: 28/100k, down 21%
Iran: 0.29/100k, down 20%
South Korea: 36/100k, down 29%

China: 0.01/100k, down 32%

Coronavirus – May 21st, 2022

Numbers are still pretty much going up at the same trajectory that they have been on, but I’m optimistically getting a hint that we may soon be plateauing and hopefully see a downward trend in a few weeks.

In order to have an adequate measure of the numbers week to week, I’ll be using a 14-day average to gauge the overall US numbers. Florida has been only issuing numbers every-other week, so it has dragged the weekly averages for the overall US up and down.

This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases continues on the upswing for the seventh week in a row. This week the 14-day average of daily new cases increased by 14% compared to a increase of 12.3% last week. It brings the national 2 week average up to 30.6 new cases per 100 000 people.

This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people.  In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k.  There are no states below that level. The closest is South Dakota at 7.67. There have been no states below 3/100k for three weeks now. 27 states are above the 24/100k mark with Rhode Island the highest at 78/100k. There were 21 states above that mark last week.

The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before.  It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.

For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :

Illinois: 45/100k, stayed the same
Chicago: 46/100k, up 7%
New York City: 43/100k, down 6%
Los Angeles county: 31/100k, up 15%
North Carolina: 33/100k, up 30%
Canada: 9.8/100k, down 22%
Ontario: 10.3/100k, down 19%
Waterloo region: 7.7/100k, down 17%
Quebec: 8.0/100k, down 26%
Montreal: 7.8/100k, down 7%
India: 0.16/100k, down 26%
Italy: 47/100k, down 24%
France: 40/100k, down 23%
Spain: 36/100k, down 6%
Iran: 0.36/100k, down 31%
South Korea: 51/100k, down 28%

China: 0.02/100k, down 38%

Coronavirus – May 14th, 2022

So the numbers continue to go up at the same rate as in the fall when Omicron started it’s surge. There is a good sign that this won’t take the same trajectory given that Europe seems to be plateauing already. It seems there can be less concern because the death rates stay lower than previously and hospitalizations are still manageable.

This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases continues on the upswing for the fifth week in a row. This week the 7-day average of daily new cases increased by 17% compared to a increase of 36% last week. It brings the national average up to 25.7 new cases per 100 000 people.

This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people.  In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k.  There are no states below that level. The closest is Missouri at 5.65. There have been no states below 3/100k for two weeks now. 21 states are above the 24/100k mark with Maine the highest at 60/100k. There were 17 states above that mark last week.

The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before.  It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.

For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :

Illinois: 45/100k, up 31%
Chicago: 43/100k, up 31%
New York City: 46/100k, up 48%
Los Angeles county: 27/100k, up 19%
North Carolina: 25/100k, up 31%
Canada: 12.6/100k, down 20%
Ontario: 12.7/100k, down 18%
Waterloo region: 9.3/100k, down 24%
Quebec: 10.8/100k, down 32%
Montreal: 8.4/100k, down 39%
India: 0.22/100k, up 5%
Italy: 62/100k, down 14%
France: 51/100k, down 2%
Spain: 38/100k, up 5%
Iran: 0.52/100k, down 2%
South Korea: 70/100k, down 5%

China: 0.02/100k, down 38%

Coronavirus – May 7th, 2022

The case numbers are going up at the same rate as when Omicron was emerging, but hospitalizations and deaths are not going up as much. So there is concern, but not yet to the same degree as in the fall. But is makes sense to think about returning to some safety measures like wearing masks in crowded indoor settings or moving gatherings to the outdoors.

This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases continues on the upswing for the fourth week in a row. This week the 7-day average of daily new cases increased by 36% compared to a increase of 10% last week. It brings the national average up to 22.0 new cases per 100 000 people.

This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people.  In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k.  There are no states below that level. The closest is Missouri at3.89. There was one state below 3/100k last week. 17 states are above the 24/100k mark with Maine the highest at 60/100k. There were 13 states above that mark last week.

The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before.  It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.

For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :

Illinois: 35/100k, up 24%
Chicago: 33/100k, up 24%
New York City: 31/100k, up 44%
Los Angeles county: 23/100k, up 31%
North Carolina: 19.2/100k, up 21%
Canada: 15.8/100k, down 27%
Ontario: 15.5/100k, down 31%
Waterloo region: 12.2/100k, down 23%
Quebec: 15.9/100k, down 28%
Montreal: 13.6/100k, down 25%
India: 0.21/100k, down 20%
Italy: 72/100k, down 21%
France: 52/100k, down 49%
Spain: 36/100k, up 3%
Iran: 0.54/100k, down 50%
South Korea: 74/100k, down 35%

China: 0.04/100k, down 78%