...what could POSSIBLY explain it?
Note - Day 12: This is the median day to be admitted into the intensive care unit (ICU) after 1st onset of symptoms.
As the Fourth of July holiday weekend begins, Maryland officials confirmed 538 new cases of the coronavirus Friday, the second straight day the figure has topped 500 after being under that total for two weeks.
With the additions, the state has confirmed 68,961 cases.
Thirteen more deaths due to complications from the illness also were reported, raising the state total to 3,099. In addition, 124 people have probably died due to the disease or complications of it, but their diagnosis has not been confirmed by a laboratory.
The coronavirus updates came as the nation headed into a holiday weekend typically marked by large gatherings. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has cautioned residents to remain vigilant, saying young people in particular can take safety guidance too lightly.
While the number of new cases rose slightly, coronavirus-related hospitalizations fell again — from 441 Thursday to 422 Friday — with 5,023 people released from isolation since the pandemic hit the state in mid-March, the state reported. The declines followed three consecutive days of slightly increasing hospitalizations.
The state’s number of coronavirus patients currently requiring intensive care was 143. It was the second day in a row that the figure was below 150 after three months of being above it.
The state’s positivity rate among those tested remained just below 5%, a threshold set by the World Health Organization showing that most cases are being identified. The rate reported Friday was 4.92 %.
With testing increasingly available, the state’s health department recently instructed health care providers to order a COVID-19 test “for any individual who believes it necessary, regardless of symptoms.”
Prince George’s and Montgomery counties continue to lead the state in total coronavirus cases, with 18,861 and 15,021, respectively, followed by Baltimore County with 8,183 cases and Baltimore City with 7,789.
16 comments:
"...what could POSSIBLY explain it?"... deaths are a lagging indicator.
permanently lagging by longer and longer lags? Who knew?
Nobody. That hasn't happened.
It's been happening since last week.
Decline in new US coronavirus deaths may be temporary reprieve.
Why, are Democrats inventing more new ways of classifying unrelated deaths under the COVID category? lol!
They aren't. Their goal is to make sure the count is as accurate as possible.
lol! That's why US pneumonia deaths were at zero last week? Not a songle person in the US died of pneumonia last week. A miracle!
No link.
CDC changed their reporting formats AGAIN and have stopped separating out COVID19 from other influenza and pneumoonia deaths. But I say the first report before they scrubbed it in the old format. And they attributed every single death to COVID.
Confirmed! It's a conspiracy to make Dotard look bad.
As if he needed any help.
It's a conspiracy to deprive the American citizens of ANY good/ positive news.
Why? Who is behind it? The "deep state" again? The GOOD news I'm looking forward to is the departure of Dotard from the White House. He is the cause of most of the bad news.
Corporate globalism loving fools and enablers like you.
Corporate globalism loving fools and enablers like you.
touche!
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