US records under 50,000 new cases for 1st time in 6 days

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

There were 46,395 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the United States on Sunday, bringing the nationwide total soaring past 5 million, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University.

It's the first time in six days that the nation has recorded under 50,000 new cases. An additional 516 coronavirus-related deaths were also reported.

Sunday's caseload is well below the record set on July 16, when more than 77,000 new cases were identified in a 24-hour reporting period.

Many states have seen a rise in infections in recent weeks, with some -- including Arizona, California and Florida -- reporting daily records. However, new data published last week in an internal memo from the Federal Emergency Management Agency suggests that the national surge in cases could be leveling off.



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Good news. HOWEVER, I fear that people will once again think this is gone and get stupid again. Also, we're still far above the numbers from the first peak in April.

Also, I have to wonder how many new cases will ultimately come out of all the morons partying at Sturgis right now.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. As our Health Director here in Philly has noted, many labs don't report on weekends

so I doubt that the numbers are actuals.

As an example, PA normally calculates what they have received from multiple sources, as of midnight (12 am EDT), then they will "report" that on their website by noon (12 pm EDT) that day. Yesterday I kept refreshing and refreshing all day and nothing.... I just checked this morning and they finally indicated they posted the data at "5:30 pm" (EDT). It's possible there was some kind of database maintenance, etc., going on but we'll really never know the "real time" numbers. Even here in Philly, they have stopped reporting on weekends and will report a combined 3-day total (for Friday's, Saturday's, and Sunday's numbers) on Mondays, and that's because there are certain labs that aren't transmitting those weekend results until they do a combined dump the following week.

[safeinOhio]

2. You can double the

reported cases.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Yup. Easily.

[Bengus81]

27. Yep...same thing in Kansas reporting. Very low numbers on Sat/Sun then BOOM

[DeminPennswoods]

4. In Allegheny county the "daily" case count

is from tests 2 to 3 weeks old. The last count I saw was from tests conducted from mid-July to 8/3.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Good, but not unusual. 7 day cycle with Sundays & Mondays always light. But anything for a headline

(at ABC & headline writers)

[Captain Zero]

6. exactly, wait until everyone's home from Sturgis

plus two weeks

[PatSeg]

21. Yes, I was thinking the same thing

and maybe Trump's so-called "press conference" at his golf course. Then there are premature school openings to consider.

That statistic doesn't mean much unless it indicates a consistent pattern. It is only one day and there are so many variables involved. Also as others have said, many labs don't post on the weekends.

[Bengus81]

26. Beat me to it..Sturgis is still going full blast and will be for another week

[RoadRising]

7. Amazing

... how numbers are improving shortly after Trump moved to take control of the numbers.

[NurseJackie]

8. I don't trust those numbers any longer.

[Tech]

16. This

[intheflow]

20. Yes! DHS is not reporting real numbers to the CDC. n/t

[gab13by13]

9. They are going to also have to hide the deaths.

Trump projects a lot, when he says other countries are hiding their infections and deaths he is projecting.

[Maxheader]

10. I'll take rumours of success now...

Hopefully corona is winding down a little...

[Bengus81]

29. I would too if Trump wasn't President....

These numbers right along with unemployment are being manipulated. ANYTHING for his election and has idiots doing his bidding.

[JI7]

11. More people wearing masks

[beachbumbob]

12. weekend counts are unreliable to begin with

and with data being more manipulated, untrustworthy

[nitpicker]

13. Many coroners don't report on the weekends

And I suspect the test-reading labs aren't running 24*7 then either.

This is on top of what some states are doing (not reporting at all on Sunday, and for some Saturday as well).

Wait for tomorrow's totals (Tuesday reporting of Monday results).

[Squinch]

14. The day the numbers were taken out of the CDC's hands, we suddenly went down from

70,000-ish to 50,000-ish.

I'll wait and see the death numbers vs. last year's death numbers.

[Chemisse]

15. If you look at a bar graph of daily cases over time, there is always a weekend dip.

It starts low on Monday and builds up to Thursday and Friday highs, then drops again.

Scroll down for bar graph of daily cases.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[yaesu]

17. looks like tRumps work to hide the numbers is working. nt

[LymphocyteLover]

18. i don't think it's a good idea to go by Sunday numbers as they are always lower

presumably because public health agencies are not fully open on Sunday

[LymphocyteLover]

19. I see many others have made the same point

the replies didn't show up at first for some reason

[zentrum]

22. Is there a real watchdog?

Frankly it's hard to trust any numbers coming out during the Trump regime.

Given lack of federal management it feels impossible to believe that numbers could be going lower.

[Ford_Prefect]

23. A number of Colleges and universities still don't understand that this is CONTAGIOUS..

Our local, Univ. of Montana, is opening dorms, cafeterias, and welcoming students and their families next week. Allegedly an army of volunteers will help with check-in, decontamination, and registration.

Until now it was possible to venture to the city for things you could not get here on Gilligan's Island. With the wave of new socially mobile students and associated social gatherings, I fear travel to Missoula will become fraught with many more opportunities for unintended consequences than has been the case.

We have been relatively safer here because we had a lockdown early on. However, it seems fools rush in.....


SEE ALSO: Tom Tomorrow: "Any parent will tell you, children NEVER come home sick from school!" https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213879447

[joanbarnes]

24. Leveling off or Dear Leaders manipulating data?

[Ford_Prefect]

25. You don't suppose they might have run out of ink and so cannot print anymore numbers?

Given that several states are already playing with their numbers, and that testing is becoming such a hit or miss thing I would think this is more likely a temporary slack in the reporting rather than a true reduction or "leveling."

[rockfordfile]

28. This is just right-wing propaganda