Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) (SARS-CoV-2) [2020]

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Fucking Cowards. Always trying to cover up and punishing those bringing to light the issues.

https://www.tmz.com/2020/08/06/georgia-school-hallway-pic-suspension-covid-19-coronavirus/
GA SCHOOL SUSPENDS TEENS FOR PACKED HALLWAY PIC... COVID Risk Be Damned!!!

This back-to-school pic didn't just alarm parents worried about their kids and coronavirus ... it also got at least 2 teenagers suspended.

Georgia's North Paulding High School hit the student, 15-year-old Hannah Waters, with a 5-day suspension for posting that photo -- a shot she took out of concern for her safety ... as well as her classmates'.

Hannah had captioned the pic, "Day two at North Paulding High School. It is just as bad. We were stopped because it was jammed." She added that she was pushed multiple times, and defiantly posted, "This is not ok. Not to mention the 10% mask rate."

The school's stance is that Hannah, and another student who posted the crowded hallway image, violated school policy about social media and posting images of minors without consent.

That's the letter of the school's law, obviously, but one could easily argue ... the safety of students and faculty should be getting some consideration here. Hannah clearly posted the photo because she was alarmed at the inability to social distance.

Hannah told BuzzFeed News she feels her suspension is excessive.

The photo went viral Tuesday as it highlighted the fears of parents, and for that matter ... teachers, as students return to schools for the first time since the pandemic began.

 

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Ohio is at 23.3K new tests.
Ohio is at +1166 new cases, with Cuyahoga County at +130 new cases.
Test Positivity rate is around 4.99% for these new tests.

New cases and hospitalizations are ~ 25% more than Saturday/Sunday/Monday but still lower than most of last week's numbers.

Here is the trends which is using reported date and not arbitrary and incorrectly identified user reported onset date taken from https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/dashboards/current-trends



Here is the raw data for the last few days:

Spoiler: Raw Data

Date; Total Tests; New Tests; Tests per 1M Population; Total Cases; Cuyahoga County Cases; Hospitalizations; Total Deaths; New Cases; New Hospitalizations; New Deaths
2020-07-18 1,134,298 22,279 97,040 73,822 10,438 9,513 3,132 1,542 68 20
2020-07-19 1,158,737 24,439 99,131 74,932 10,553 9,555 3,174 1,110 42 42
2020-07-20 1,177,696 18,959 100,753 76,168 10,713 9,610 3,189 1,236 55 15
2020-07-21 1,195,771 18,075 102,299 77,215 10,828 9,736 3,219 1,047 126 30
2020-07-22 1,217,262 21,491 104,137 78,742 11,015 9,864 3,235 1,527 128 16
2020-07-23 1,240,659 23,397 106,139 80,186 11,206 9,968 3,256 1,444 104 21
2020-07-24 1,263,191 22,532 108,067 81,746 11,404 10,072 3,297 1,560 104 41
2020-07-25 1,289,373 26,182 110,307 83,184 11,584 10,145 3,297 1,438 73 0
2020-07-26 1,321,931 32,558 113,092 84,073 11,697 10,199 3,307 889 54 10
2020-07-27 1,339,549 17,618 114,599 85,177 11,788 10,285 3,344 1,104 86 37
2020-07-28 1,394,132 54,583 119,269 86,497 11,938 10,425 3,382 1,320 140 38
2020-07-29 1,416,157 22,025 121,153 87,893 12,088 10,553 3,422 1,396 128 40
2020-07-30 1,441,708 25,551 123,339 89,626 12,212 10,678 3,442 1,733 125 20
2020-07-31 1,463,508 21,800 125,204 91,159 12,399 10,790 3,489 1,533 112 47
2020-08-01 1,488,034 24,526 127,302 92,087 12,518 10,857 3,515 928 67 26
2020-08-02 1,512,649 24,615 129,408 93,031 12,646 10,900 3,529 944 43 14
2020-08-03 1,530,577 17,928 130,942 93,963 12,753 10,992 3,539 932 92 10
2020-08-04 1,550,747 20,170 132,667 95,106 12,881 11,119 3,570 1,143 127 31
2020-08-05 1,569,479 18,732 134,270 96,305 13,011 11,231 3,596 1,199 112 26
2020-08-06 1,592,841 23,362 136,268 97,471 13,141 11,366 3,618 1,166 135 22

 

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2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) for Dallas County Texas
https://www.dallascounty.org/departments/dchhs/2019-novel-coronavirus.php

August 6, 2020 - 52,869 confirmed cases - 736 deaths

52,869 confirmed cases up 230 and ten new deaths
those 230 new cases represent a 0.4% increase over the last day

Increases (by percent) since March 27, 2020 :
21.0%, 19.6%, 11.1%, 12.5%, 14.9%
-- Month of April 2020 --
15.8%, 13.7%, 10.8%, 10.2%, 9.6%, 3.9%, 9.2%, 5.0%, 8.2%, 7.3%, 7.0%, 4.8%, 3.8%, 5.0%, 5.8%,
4.0%, 6.0%, 6.1%, 4.5%, 3.5%, 3.6%, 3.1%, 3.0%, 2.6%, 2.6%, 3.6%, 3.0%, 4.3%, 3.5%, 5.3%
-- Month of May 2020 --
5.3%, 4.9%, 6.0%, 5.7%, 5.9%, 5.3%, 5.2%, 4.9%, 4.7%, 4.5%, 4.3%, 3.9%, 3.8%, 3.6%, 2.9%, 3.0%,
2.8%, 3.0%, 2.9%, 2.4%, 2.3%, 2.5%, 2.0%, 2.1%, 1.9%, 2.1%, 2.1%, 2.2%, 2.1%, 2.2%, 2.3%
-- Month of June 2020 --
2.2%, 2.5%, 2.2%, 2.6%, 2.7%, 2.5%, 2.2%, 2.1%, 2.4%, 2.4%, 2.4%, 2.5%, 2.5%, 2.2%, 2.1%,
2.1%, 2.8%, 2.6%, 2.4%, 2.5%, 2.5%, 2.7%, 2.6%, 2.2%, 2.2%, 2.7%, 2.9%, 2.9%, 2.8%, 2.9%
-- Month of July 2020 --
2.5%, 3.2%, 4.8%, 4.7%, 4.3%, 4.7%, 4.0%, 3.7%, 4.1%, 3.8%, 3.5%, 3.6%, 3.3%, 2.9%, 2.9%, 2.8%,
3.1%, 2.6%, 2.6%, 2.5%, 1.7%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 1.5%, 2.8%, 1.7%, 0.9%, 1.7%, 1.5%, 1.1%, 1.4%
-- Month of August 2020 --
1.2%, 1.0%, 0.7%, 1.2%, 1.0% and now 0.4%

Increases (by count) since March 27, 2020 :
+64, +72, +49, +61, +82
-- Month of April 2020 --
+100, +100, +90, +94, +97. +43, +106, +63, +108, +105, +107, +79, +65, +89, +109,
+80, +124, +134, +104, +84, +90, +81, +80, +71, +75, +105, +91, +135, +112, +179
-- Month of May 2020 --
+187, +181, +234, +237, +253, +246, +251, +249, +250, +251, +253, +236, +243, +235, +199, +214,
+205, +224, +225, +186, +183, +204, +172, +178, +171, +190, +197, +202, +200, +219, +228
-- Month of June 2020 --
+228, +257, +239, +285, +298, +289, +263, +254, +298, +300, +312, +328, +345, +302, +305,
+306, +413, +392, +394, +395, +408, +454, +445, +391, +403, +496, +561, +570, +572, +601
-- Month of July 2020 --
+544, +708, +1,085, +1,103, +1,062, +1,214, +1,077, +1,029, +1,201, +1,164, +1,101, +1,174, +1,114, +1,000, +1,055, +1,027,
+1,195, +1,031, +1,044, +1,026, +734, +413, +648, +659, +1,267, +800, +426, +789, +704, +537, +707
-- Month of August 2020 --
+614, +518, +382, +641, +508 and now +230

As of 11:00am August 6, 2020, Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting 230 additional confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total confirmed case count in Dallas County to 52,869, including 736 confirmed deaths.

The additional 10 confirmed deaths being reported today include:

• A man in his 40’s who was a resident of the City of Irving. He had been critically ill in an area hospital, and did not have underlying high risk health conditions.
• A man in his 50’s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 60’s who was a resident of the City of Lancaster. She had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 60’s who was a resident of the City of Irving. She had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A man in his 60’s who was a resident of a long-term care facility in the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 60’s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. She expired in an area hospital ED, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A man in his 70’s who was a resident of the City of Mesquite. He had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A man in his 70’s who was a resident of the City of Mesquite. He had been hospitalized, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A man in his 70’s who was a resident of the City of Garland. He had been hospitalized, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 80’s who was a resident of the City of Garland. She had been hospitalized.

Over 2,340 children under 18 years of age have been diagnosed with confirmed COVID-19 since July 1st. During this timeframe, 61 children have been hospitalized for COVID-19. Of all confirmed cases requiring hospitalization to date, more than two-thirds have been under 65 years of age. Diabetes has been an underlying high-risk health condition reported in about a third of all hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

The percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 remains high, with about 19% of symptomatic patients presenting to area hospitals testing positive in week 30. Of cases requiring hospitalization who reported employment, over 80% have been critical infrastructure workers, with a broad range of affected occupational sectors, including: healthcare, transportation, food and agriculture, public works, finance, communications, clergy, first responders and other essential functions.


Of the total confirmed deaths reported to date, about 28% have been associated with long-term care facilities. A total of 1,862 probable cases have been reported to date in Dallas County residents, including 3 probable deaths from COVID-19

 

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State of Texas complete COVID-19 data breakdown

https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83
https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/0d8bdf9be927459d9cb11b9eaef6101

Data as of 8/6/2020 @3:15 PM:

Total Viral Tests: 3,944,480 (Up +36,245)

Cases Reported: 467,485 (Up +7,598)

Texas is actively suppressing Positive Cases from FDA-approved "highly accurate" antigen tests and the daily case increases going forward are suspect.

Fatalities: 7,803 (Up +306)

Texas tests per 1M population are 147,033 (Up +1,449) which places Texas as the 14th worst State.

Click this link: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us and on the page click the Tests / 1M pop column twice to sort from worst to first

They are using roughly 28.996 million as the population of Texas.

Texas is still mixing Viral and Antibody Tests in the worldometers report on total test numbers which reports 4,263,342 tests which is inflated by 318,862 Antibody Tests.

As of today the real number of Total Viral Tests for Texas is 3,944,480 which works out to be 136,035 per 1M population so Texas is really the 10th worst state in testing

 

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So the local Governor of Ohio was tested positive for COVID-19. He didn't even know he had it. He was tested because he was slated to see Trump today.

Maybe he'll begin to take things more seriously and stop fucking around with doing steps on a County by County basis. The steps need to apply across the entire state. There are no magical barriers around the counties and everyone in North East Ohio goes through at least two or three counties in their normal every day life, same thing with those around the central Columbus area as well. Most work in a county different from where they live.

It's quite a feat considering he's been one of the better governors who had been pushing for more preventative actions and limited contact. Even with all those precautions he still caught it recently. I'm sure he'll be retracing all his steps over the past 5 to 19 days and wondering what exactly went wrong and where.

https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...ike-dewine-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office announced, making him the second U.S. governor to have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic's start.

DeWine was tested on Thursday as part of a protocol to meet with President Trump, according to a statement posted on the governor's Twitter account.

"Governor DeWine has no symptoms at the present time. Governor DeWine is returning to Columbus where he and First Lady Fran DeWine, who also has no symptoms, will both be tested," the statement said.​

 

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So the local Governor of Ohio was tested positive for COVID-19. He didn't even know he had it. He was tested because he was slated to see Trump today.

Maybe he'll begin to take things more seriously and stop fucking around with doing steps on a County by County basis. The steps need to apply across the entire state. There are no magical barriers around the counties and everyone in North East Ohio goes through at least two or three counties in their normal every day life, same thing with those around the central Columbus area as well. Most work in a county different from where they live.

It's quite a feat considering he's been one of the better governors who had been pushing for more preventative actions and limited contact. Even with all those precautions he still caught it recently. I'm sure he'll be retracing all his steps over the past 5 to 19 days and wondering what exactly went wrong and where.

https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...ike-dewine-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office announced, making him the second U.S. governor to have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic's start.

DeWine was tested on Thursday as part of a protocol to meet with President Trump, according to a statement posted on the governor's Twitter account.

"Governor DeWine has no symptoms at the present time. Governor DeWine is returning to Columbus where he and First Lady Fran DeWine, who also has no symptoms, will both be tested," the statement said.​

Looks like it was a false positive.

Ohio Gov. DeWine tests negative for COVID-19 hours after testing positive

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ohio-gov-dewine-tests-negative-for-covid-19-hours-after-testing-positive/ar-BB17FJ1i

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested negative for COVID-19 on Thursday hours after testing positive before he was set to greet President Trump at the Cleveland airport, according to a statement by the governor's office.

Instead of meeting with Trump, DeWine returned to Columbus and was ultimately tested for coronavirus a second time.

The second test was a PCR test administered that afternoon, which his office said was "extremely sensitive, as well as specific, for the virus." His wife, Fran DeWine, and staff members also tested negative.

"The PCR tests for the Governor, First Lady, and staff were run twice," the statement said. "They came back negative the first time and came back negative when they were run on a second diagnostic platform."

His office said the PCR test was different than the rapid antigen test administered earlier in the morning as part of the standard protocol required to meet with Trump.

"We will be working with the manufacturer to have a better understanding of how the discrepancy between these two tests could have occurred," the statement added.

 

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As bad as this is to say, it's a shame he tested negative as it means he'll continue with his fallacy of County by County prevention and Treatment plans when it simply does not work for any locations with any sort of a City center. It only works for rural farm counties, if that. It's entirely the wrong way of approaching the problem and it is going to devastate matters with the school systems reopening.

If Cuyahoga County is unable to have live in-person schools neither should any of the other North East Ohio counties, anything within a 60 minute drive. That is easily the normative work commute most have in North East Ohio, people living in Summit County travel into Cuyahoga County for work. Similarly for the other city areas like Columbus/Franklin County or people living in Cuyahoga County traveling to Akron/Summit County to work.

/vent

 

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Ohio is at 24.9K new tests.
Ohio is at +1204 new cases, with Cuyahoga County at +128 new cases.
Test Positivity rate is around 4.82% for these new tests.

New cases and hospitalizations are ~ 25% more than Saturday/Sunday/Monday and lower than most of last week's numbers but seem to be trending upwards.

Here is the trends which is using reported date and not arbitrary and incorrectly identified user reported onset date taken from https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/dashboards/current-trends



Here is the raw data for the last few days:

Spoiler: Raw Data

Date; Total Tests; New Tests; Tests per 1M Population; Total Cases; Cuyahoga County Cases; Hospitalizations; Total Deaths; New Cases; New Hospitalizations; New Deaths
2020-07-18 1,134,298 22,279 97,040 73,822 10,438 9,513 3,132 1,542 68 20
2020-07-19 1,158,737 24,439 99,131 74,932 10,553 9,555 3,174 1,110 42 42
2020-07-20 1,177,696 18,959 100,753 76,168 10,713 9,610 3,189 1,236 55 15
2020-07-21 1,195,771 18,075 102,299 77,215 10,828 9,736 3,219 1,047 126 30
2020-07-22 1,217,262 21,491 104,137 78,742 11,015 9,864 3,235 1,527 128 16
2020-07-23 1,240,659 23,397 106,139 80,186 11,206 9,968 3,256 1,444 104 21
2020-07-24 1,263,191 22,532 108,067 81,746 11,404 10,072 3,297 1,560 104 41
2020-07-25 1,289,373 26,182 110,307 83,184 11,584 10,145 3,297 1,438 73 0
2020-07-26 1,321,931 32,558 113,092 84,073 11,697 10,199 3,307 889 54 10
2020-07-27 1,339,549 17,618 114,599 85,177 11,788 10,285 3,344 1,104 86 37
2020-07-28 1,394,132 54,583 119,269 86,497 11,938 10,425 3,382 1,320 140 38
2020-07-29 1,416,157 22,025 121,153 87,893 12,088 10,553 3,422 1,396 128 40
2020-07-30 1,441,708 25,551 123,339 89,626 12,212 10,678 3,442 1,733 125 20
2020-07-31 1,463,508 21,800 125,204 91,159 12,399 10,790 3,489 1,533 112 47
2020-08-01 1,488,034 24,526 127,302 92,087 12,518 10,857 3,515 928 67 26
2020-08-02 1,512,649 24,615 129,408 93,031 12,646 10,900 3,529 944 43 14
2020-08-03 1,530,577 17,928 130,942 93,963 12,753 10,992 3,539 932 92 10
2020-08-04 1,550,747 20,170 132,667 95,106 12,881 11,119 3,570 1,143 127 31
2020-08-05 1,569,479 18,732 134,270 96,305 13,011 11,231 3,596 1,199 112 26
2020-08-06 1,592,841 23,362 136,268 97,471 13,141 11,366 3,618 1,166 135 22
2020-08-07 1,617,822 24,981 138,406 98,675 13,269 11,447 3,652 1,204 81 34

 

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2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) for Dallas County Texas
https://www.dallascounty.org/departments/dchhs/2019-novel-coronavirus.php

August 7, 2020 - 53,291 confirmed cases - 746 deaths

53,291 confirmed cases up 422 and ten new deaths
those 422 new cases represent a 0.8% increase over the last day

Increases (by percent) since March 27, 2020 :
21.0%, 19.6%, 11.1%, 12.5%, 14.9%
-- Month of April 2020 --
15.8%, 13.7%, 10.8%, 10.2%, 9.6%, 3.9%, 9.2%, 5.0%, 8.2%, 7.3%, 7.0%, 4.8%, 3.8%, 5.0%, 5.8%,
4.0%, 6.0%, 6.1%, 4.5%, 3.5%, 3.6%, 3.1%, 3.0%, 2.6%, 2.6%, 3.6%, 3.0%, 4.3%, 3.5%, 5.3%
-- Month of May 2020 --
5.3%, 4.9%, 6.0%, 5.7%, 5.9%, 5.3%, 5.2%, 4.9%, 4.7%, 4.5%, 4.3%, 3.9%, 3.8%, 3.6%, 2.9%, 3.0%,
2.8%, 3.0%, 2.9%, 2.4%, 2.3%, 2.5%, 2.0%, 2.1%, 1.9%, 2.1%, 2.1%, 2.2%, 2.1%, 2.2%, 2.3%
-- Month of June 2020 --
2.2%, 2.5%, 2.2%, 2.6%, 2.7%, 2.5%, 2.2%, 2.1%, 2.4%, 2.4%, 2.4%, 2.5%, 2.5%, 2.2%, 2.1%,
2.1%, 2.8%, 2.6%, 2.4%, 2.5%, 2.5%, 2.7%, 2.6%, 2.2%, 2.2%, 2.7%, 2.9%, 2.9%, 2.8%, 2.9%
-- Month of July 2020 --
2.5%, 3.2%, 4.8%, 4.7%, 4.3%, 4.7%, 4.0%, 3.7%, 4.1%, 3.8%, 3.5%, 3.6%, 3.3%, 2.9%, 2.9%, 2.8%,
3.1%, 2.6%, 2.6%, 2.5%, 1.7%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 1.5%, 2.8%, 1.7%, 0.9%, 1.7%, 1.5%, 1.1%, 1.4%
-- Month of August 2020 --
1.2%, 1.0%, 0.7%, 1.2%, 1.0%, 0.4% and now 0.8%

Increases (by count) since March 27, 2020 :
+64, +72, +49, +61, +82
-- Month of April 2020 --
+100, +100, +90, +94, +97. +43, +106, +63, +108, +105, +107, +79, +65, +89, +109,
+80, +124, +134, +104, +84, +90, +81, +80, +71, +75, +105, +91, +135, +112, +179
-- Month of May 2020 --
+187, +181, +234, +237, +253, +246, +251, +249, +250, +251, +253, +236, +243, +235, +199, +214,
+205, +224, +225, +186, +183, +204, +172, +178, +171, +190, +197, +202, +200, +219, +228
-- Month of June 2020 --
+228, +257, +239, +285, +298, +289, +263, +254, +298, +300, +312, +328, +345, +302, +305,
+306, +413, +392, +394, +395, +408, +454, +445, +391, +403, +496, +561, +570, +572, +601
-- Month of July 2020 --
+544, +708, +1,085, +1,103, +1,062, +1,214, +1,077, +1,029, +1,201, +1,164, +1,101, +1,174, +1,114, +1,000, +1,055, +1,027,
+1,195, +1,031, +1,044, +1,026, +734, +413, +648, +659, +1,267, +800, +426, +789, +704, +537, +707
-- Month of August 2020 --
+614, +518, +382, +641, +508, +230 and now +422

As of 12:00 pm Aug 7, 2020, DCHHS is reporting 422 additional confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total confirmed case count in Dallas County to 53,291, including 746 confirmed deaths. An additional 167 probable cases of COVID-19 have been reported since yesterday, bringing the total probable case count in Dallas to 2,029, including 5 probable deaths from COVID-19.

The additional 10 confirmed deaths being reported today include:

• A man in his 60’s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been hospitalized, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A man in his 60’s who was a resident of the City of Balch Springs. He had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A man in his 60’s who was a resident of the City of Richardson. He had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A man in his 70’s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 70’s who was a resident of the City of Farmers Branch. She had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 70’s who was a resident of a long-term care facility in the City of Dallas. She had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 70’s who was a resident of a long-term care facility in the City of Dallas. She had been hospitalized, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 70’s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. She had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A man in his 80’s who was a resident of a long-term care facility in the City of Dallas. He had been hospitalized, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 80’s who was a resident of a long-term care facility in the City of Dallas. She had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.

Over 2,514 children under 18 years of age have been diagnosed with confirmed COVID-19 since July 1st, including 61 children who have been hospitalized for COVID-19.

Of all confirmed cases requiring hospitalization to date, more than two-thirds have been under 65 years of age. Diabetes has been an underlying high-risk health condition reported in about a third of all hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

The percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 remains high, with about 15.9% of symptomatic patients presenting to area hospitals testing positive in week 30.

Of the total confirmed deaths reported to date, about 28% have been associated with long-term care facilities.

 

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State of Texas complete COVID-19 data breakdown

https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83
https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/0d8bdf9be927459d9cb11b9eaef6101

Data as of 8/7/2020 @4:45 PM:

Total Viral Tests: 4,000,532 (Up +56,052)

Cases Reported: 474,524 (Up +7,039)

Texas is actively suppressing Positive Cases from FDA-approved "highly accurate" antigen tests and the daily case increases going forward are suspect.

Fatalities: 8,096 (Up +293)

Texas tests per 1M population are 148,538 (Up +1,505) which places Texas as the 14th worst State.

Click this link: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us and on the page click the Tests / 1M pop column twice to sort from worst to first

They are using roughly 28.996 million as the population of Texas.

Texas is still mixing Viral and Antibody Tests in the worldometers report on total test numbers which reports 4,306,978 tests which is inflated by 306,446 Antibody Tests.

As of today the real number of Total Viral Tests for Texas is 4,000,532 which works out to be 137,968 per 1M population so Texas is really the 10th worst state in testing

 

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30 Sickened by Coronavirus After Attending Minnesota Funeral: ‘We Tried to Do Everything Right’

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/30-sickened-by-coronavirus-after-attending-minnesota-funeral-we-tried-to-do-everything-right/ar-BB17HWuz?ocid=Peregrine

After attending a funeral last month in a rural Minnesota town, 30 people were sickened with the novel coronavirus.

Stephanie Schindler — whose father Francis Perreault had suffered from Parkinson’s disease and a number of strokes before his death at 78 — told the Star Tribute that although many attendees wore masks and kept a safe distance from one another during the ceremony, behavior eventually grew more lax.

“We tried to do everything right, but of course when you’re grieving, you let your guard down,” she said. “One of my friends that got sick was wearing a mask the whole time. But of course when you’re crying, you’re going to be rubbing your face.”

Schindler, who went on to test positive for the virus, first learned that guests of her father’s funeral had fallen ill a few days after the service, according to Forum News Service. A number of family members also tested positive, including her mother, her husband and oldest daughter. Additionally, at least five people were hospitalized for their symptoms, including her brother and sister-in-law.

“I just thought I had to be there and I took a chance and it is what it is,” Schindler’s pal Kathleen Keen, told KVRR. She attended the funeral at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church with her husband, and both fell ill with the virus.

In addition to the physical contact that took place during the ceremony, Schindler also regrets that a number of attendees had more intimate contact with her mother.

“I think one of our biggest no-no’s is that we had people staying here with us and staying with my mom,” she told Forum News Service. “You know you wear your mask, but after a while, you take off the masks and just feel like family. But you’re bringing everything with you.”

Although Schindler and her family had time to come to terms with their father’s death, the impact his funeral has had on their loved ones has been much harder to accept.

“I’m kind of overwhelmed,” she told the Star Tribute.

“We kept saying Dad would have been so upset that people got sick at his funeral,” she added. “Of course we’re so thankful to everyone who came. There was so much sharing and healing, but we feel like, what if they had just Skyped? This might not have happened.”

 

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This isn't from the same Georgia highschool brought to light earlier for the jam-packed hallways but it shows just how bad the in-person school situation will turn when you lack leadership in the higher offices.

It's sad that they talk up the step of "updating weekly current case totals". It's already too late by that time.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/2...strict-after-first-week-of-school/ar-BB17ImAY
260 students and 8 teachers quarantined in Georgia school district after first week of school

At least 260 students and eight teachers from a suburban school district in Atlanta, Georgia, were quarantined after multiple students and teachers tested positive for Covid-19 during the first week of school.

In statements posted on its website, the Cherokee County School District reported positive cases in at least 11 students and two staff members. Students and staff who had possible exposure with a positive case have been told to quarantine for two weeks. The students were from the county's elementary, middle and high schools.

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He added that school officials are taking extra steps for transparency, including not only updating weekly current case totals, but also posting school notification letters and details about each case.

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Meanwhile, a Cherokee County second grader was possibly the first child to report being tested positive for Covid-19 after attending the first day of school, according to the district.

A student of Sixes Elementary , he began in-person classes on Monday. But by Tuesday, a classroom was temporarily closed for deep cleaning and the teacher and 20 other students had been asked to quarantine for two weeks after the second grader tested positive.

 

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There goes the teaching program/schedule.

 

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2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) for Dallas County Texas
https://www.dallascounty.org/departments/dchhs/2019-novel-coronavirus.php

August 8, 2020 - 53,831 confirmed cases - 751 deaths

53,831 confirmed cases up 540 and five new deaths
those 540 new cases represent a 1.0% increase over the last day

Increases (by percent) since March 27, 2020 :
21.0%, 19.6%, 11.1%, 12.5%, 14.9%
-- Month of April 2020 --
15.8%, 13.7%, 10.8%, 10.2%, 9.6%, 3.9%, 9.2%, 5.0%, 8.2%, 7.3%, 7.0%, 4.8%, 3.8%, 5.0%, 5.8%,
4.0%, 6.0%, 6.1%, 4.5%, 3.5%, 3.6%, 3.1%, 3.0%, 2.6%, 2.6%, 3.6%, 3.0%, 4.3%, 3.5%, 5.3%
-- Month of May 2020 --
5.3%, 4.9%, 6.0%, 5.7%, 5.9%, 5.3%, 5.2%, 4.9%, 4.7%, 4.5%, 4.3%, 3.9%, 3.8%, 3.6%, 2.9%, 3.0%,
2.8%, 3.0%, 2.9%, 2.4%, 2.3%, 2.5%, 2.0%, 2.1%, 1.9%, 2.1%, 2.1%, 2.2%, 2.1%, 2.2%, 2.3%
-- Month of June 2020 --
2.2%, 2.5%, 2.2%, 2.6%, 2.7%, 2.5%, 2.2%, 2.1%, 2.4%, 2.4%, 2.4%, 2.5%, 2.5%, 2.2%, 2.1%,
2.1%, 2.8%, 2.6%, 2.4%, 2.5%, 2.5%, 2.7%, 2.6%, 2.2%, 2.2%, 2.7%, 2.9%, 2.9%, 2.8%, 2.9%
-- Month of July 2020 --
2.5%, 3.2%, 4.8%, 4.7%, 4.3%, 4.7%, 4.0%, 3.7%, 4.1%, 3.8%, 3.5%, 3.6%, 3.3%, 2.9%, 2.9%, 2.8%,
3.1%, 2.6%, 2.6%, 2.5%, 1.7%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 1.5%, 2.8%, 1.7%, 0.9%, 1.7%, 1.5%, 1.1%, 1.4%
-- Month of August 2020 --
1.2%, 1.0%, 0.7%, 1.2%, 1.0%, 0.4%, 0.8% and now 1.0%

Increases (by count) since March 27, 2020 :
+64, +72, +49, +61, +82
-- Month of April 2020 --
+100, +100, +90, +94, +97. +43, +106, +63, +108, +105, +107, +79, +65, +89, +109,
+80, +124, +134, +104, +84, +90, +81, +80, +71, +75, +105, +91, +135, +112, +179
-- Month of May 2020 --
+187, +181, +234, +237, +253, +246, +251, +249, +250, +251, +253, +236, +243, +235, +199, +214,
+205, +224, +225, +186, +183, +204, +172, +178, +171, +190, +197, +202, +200, +219, +228
-- Month of June 2020 --
+228, +257, +239, +285, +298, +289, +263, +254, +298, +300, +312, +328, +345, +302, +305,
+306, +413, +392, +394, +395, +408, +454, +445, +391, +403, +496, +561, +570, +572, +601
-- Month of July 2020 --
+544, +708, +1,085, +1,103, +1,062, +1,214, +1,077, +1,029, +1,201, +1,164, +1,101, +1,174, +1,114, +1,000, +1,055, +1,027,
+1,195, +1,031, +1,044, +1,026, +734, +413, +648, +659, +1,267, +800, +426, +789, +704, +537, +707
-- Month of August 2020 --
+614, +518, +382, +641, +508, +230, +422 and now +540

As of 11:00am August 8, 2020, Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting 540 additional confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total confirmed case count in Dallas County to 53,831, including 751 confirmed deaths. An additional 43 probable cases of COVID-19 have been reported since yesterday, bringing the total probable case count in Dallas to 2,072, including 6 probable deaths from COVID-19.

The additional 5 confirmed deaths being reported today include:

• A man in his 50’s who was a resident of the City of Garland. He had been critically ill in an area hospital.
• A man in his 50’s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A man in his 60’s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 80’s who was a resident of a long-term care facility in the City of Lancaster. She had been hospitalized, and had underlying high risk health conditions.
• A woman in her 80’s who was a resident of the City of Garland. She had been critically ill in an area hospital, and had underlying high risk health conditions.

Over 2,514 children under 18 years of age have been diagnosed with confirmed COVID-19 since July 1st, including 61 children who have been hospitalized for COVID-19.

Of all confirmed cases requiring hospitalization to date, more than two-thirds have been under 65 years of age. Diabetes has been an underlying high-risk health condition reported in about a third of all hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

The percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 remains high, with about 15.9% of symptomatic patients presenting to area hospitals testing positive in week 30.

Of the total confirmed deaths reported to date, about 28% have been associated with long-term care facilities.

 

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State of Texas complete COVID-19 data breakdown

https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83
https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/0d8bdf9be927459d9cb11b9eaef6101

Data as of 8/8/2020 @3:35 PM:

Total Viral Tests: 4,012,657 (Up +12,125)

Cases Reported: 481,483 (Up +6,959)

Texas is actively suppressing Positive Cases from FDA-approved "highly accurate" antigen tests and the daily case increases going forward are suspect.

Fatalities: 8,343 (Up +247)

Texas tests per 1M population are 149,306 (Up +768) which places Texas as the 14th worst State.

Click this link: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us and on the page click the Tests / 1M pop column twice to sort from worst to first

They are using roughly 28.996 million as the population of Texas.

Texas is still mixing Viral and Antibody Tests in the worldometers report on total test numbers which reports 4,329,258 tests which is inflated by 316,601 Antibody Tests.

As of today the real number of Total Viral Tests for Texas is 4,012,657 which works out to be 138,387 per 1M population so Texas is really the 10th worst state in testing

 

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Ohio is at 21.3K new tests.
Ohio is at +1294 new cases, with Cuyahoga County at +145 new cases.
Test Positivity rate is around 6.05% for these new tests.

New cases and hospitalizations are ~ 25% more than last Saturday/Sunday/Monday and lower than most of last week's numbers but seem to be trending upwards. Ohio will officially break the 100K total cases tomorrow.

Here is the trends which is using reported date and not arbitrary and incorrectly identified user reported onset date taken from https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/dashboards/current-trends



Here is the raw data for the last few days:

Spoiler: Raw Data

Date; Total Tests; New Tests; Tests per 1M Population; Total Cases; Cuyahoga County Cases; Hospitalizations; Total Deaths; New Cases; New Hospitalizations; New Deaths
2020-07-18 1,134,298 22,279 97,040 73,822 10,438 9,513 3,132 1,542 68 20
2020-07-19 1,158,737 24,439 99,131 74,932 10,553 9,555 3,174 1,110 42 42
2020-07-20 1,177,696 18,959 100,753 76,168 10,713 9,610 3,189 1,236 55 15
2020-07-21 1,195,771 18,075 102,299 77,215 10,828 9,736 3,219 1,047 126 30
2020-07-22 1,217,262 21,491 104,137 78,742 11,015 9,864 3,235 1,527 128 16
2020-07-23 1,240,659 23,397 106,139 80,186 11,206 9,968 3,256 1,444 104 21
2020-07-24 1,263,191 22,532 108,067 81,746 11,404 10,072 3,297 1,560 104 41
2020-07-25 1,289,373 26,182 110,307 83,184 11,584 10,145 3,297 1,438 73 0
2020-07-26 1,321,931 32,558 113,092 84,073 11,697 10,199 3,307 889 54 10
2020-07-27 1,339,549 17,618 114,599 85,177 11,788 10,285 3,344 1,104 86 37
2020-07-28 1,394,132 54,583 119,269 86,497 11,938 10,425 3,382 1,320 140 38
2020-07-29 1,416,157 22,025 121,153 87,893 12,088 10,553 3,422 1,396 128 40
2020-07-30 1,441,708 25,551 123,339 89,626 12,212 10,678 3,442 1,733 125 20
2020-07-31 1,463,508 21,800 125,204 91,159 12,399 10,790 3,489 1,533 112 47
2020-08-01 1,488,034 24,526 127,302 92,087 12,518 10,857 3,515 928 67 26
2020-08-02 1,512,649 24,615 129,408 93,031 12,646 10,900 3,529 944 43 14
2020-08-03 1,530,577 17,928 130,942 93,963 12,753 10,992 3,539 932 92 10
2020-08-04 1,550,747 20,170 132,667 95,106 12,881 11,119 3,570 1,143 127 31
2020-08-05 1,569,479 18,732 134,270 96,305 13,011 11,231 3,596 1,199 112 26
2020-08-06 1,592,841 23,362 136,268 97,471 13,141 11,366 3,618 1,166 135 22
2020-08-07 1,617,822 24,981 138,406 98,675 13,269 11,447 3,652 1,204 81 34
2020-08-08 1,639,195 21,373 140,234 99,969 13,414 11,516 3,668 1,294 69 16

 

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Florida No Longer Requires Negative COVID Tests for Restaurant Workers

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f...ovid-tests-for-restaurant-workers/ar-BB17JV9z
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f...ovid-tests-for-restaurant-workers/ar-BB17JV9z
Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Wednesday relaxing requirements for restaurant employees returning to work after testing positive for COVID-19.

Under a March 17, 2020 executive order, the state of Florida required two negative tests for a worker to return to the job after testing positive for COVID-19. The new executive order, however, modifies the original order, putting the responsibility on restaurants to "implement employee screening protocols pursuant to guidance developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

The order follows a July update to the CDC's guidelines. Under the new guidelines, patients recovering from COVID-19 can stop self-isolating 10 days after the first appearance of symptoms, down from the previous recommendation of 14 days, providing that patients don't have a fever or show any new symptoms. The guidelines do say that business owners and managers should, however, "actively encourage employees who are sick or have recently had a close contact with a person with COVID-19 to stay home."

Though the CDC guidelines are more wide-ranging and apply to employees from various fields, the Florida executive order only applies to restaurant workers. In Florida, restaurants are allowed to remain open at 50 percent capacity providing they adhere to social distancing guidelines.

Restaurant owners and employees are mixed on the new order. Some welcome the ability to return to work more quickly, due to the loss of income.

"I think that this would help us out a lot," Chris Ponte, owner of Tampa restaurants On Swann and Olivia, told the Tampa Bay Times. "It would get the people out on the floor faster, while still being safe."

Other owners say they won't relax the requirement for two negative tests.

"We're not going to stop just because the state says so," Tim Petrillo, owner of 11 bars, clubs and restaurants in Fort Lauderdale, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. "If you don't require a COVID test to go back to work, and he turns out to be contagious, and he infects the entire staff, I'm not going to risk my business, my health or my employees' health."

Making potential customers feel safe is another issue for some owners.

"Restaurants are going to have to be more transparent than ever to make people feel safe," Diego Ng, co-owner of Temple Street Eatery in Fort Lauderdale, told the Sentinel.

Some restaurants, including On Swann and Olivia, make employees go under daily screenings, including temperature checks before shifts. Ferrell Alvarez, owner of the Rooster & The Till restaurant told the Times he has his employees tested at a nearby clinic that can give results in 20 minutes. Alvarez pays for the tests, and says his company has spent about $1,000 so far. He's not planning on relaxing his system.

"For us, we're still sticking to our same (routine)," he told the paper. "Now that we've found a facility that can get you in and out in a day. We feel great about what we have in place."

 

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https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/pa...-9-covid-19-cases/X3FEDBYQ3FEA3F3TX5MMQD6E3Y/

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — Just days after a photo of crowded hallways at North Paulding High School went viral, parents were informed Saturday of nine confirmed cases of the coronavirus at the school.

Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Nicole Carr got a copy of the letter. Principal Gabe Carmona wrote that six students and three staff members who were in school last week have since reported positive tests for COVID-19.

The school district has not announced if students who were exposed will have to quarantine and have not given any notice about shutting down classrooms.

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Ohio is at 24.0K new tests.
Ohio is at +879 new cases, with Cuyahoga County at +100 new cases.
Test Positivity rate is around 3.66% for these new tests.

Ohio officially break the 100K total cases today.

Here is the trends which is using reported date and not arbitrary and incorrectly identified user reported onset date taken from https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/dashboards/current-trends



Here is the raw data for the last few days:

Spoiler: Raw Data

Date; Total Tests; New Tests; Tests per 1M Population; Total Cases; Cuyahoga County Cases; Hospitalizations; Total Deaths; New Cases; New Hospitalizations; New Deaths
2020-07-21 1,195,771 18,075 102,299 77,215 10,828 9,736 3,219 1,047 126 30
2020-07-22 1,217,262 21,491 104,137 78,742 11,015 9,864 3,235 1,527 128 16
2020-07-23 1,240,659 23,397 106,139 80,186 11,206 9,968 3,256 1,444 104 21
2020-07-24 1,263,191 22,532 108,067 81,746 11,404 10,072 3,297 1,560 104 41
2020-07-25 1,289,373 26,182 110,307 83,184 11,584 10,145 3,297 1,438 73 0
2020-07-26 1,321,931 32,558 113,092 84,073 11,697 10,199 3,307 889 54 10
2020-07-27 1,339,549 17,618 114,599 85,177 11,788 10,285 3,344 1,104 86 37
2020-07-28 1,394,132 54,583 119,269 86,497 11,938 10,425 3,382 1,320 140 38
2020-07-29 1,416,157 22,025 121,153 87,893 12,088 10,553 3,422 1,396 128 40
2020-07-30 1,441,708 25,551 123,339 89,626 12,212 10,678 3,442 1,733 125 20
2020-07-31 1,463,508 21,800 125,204 91,159 12,399 10,790 3,489 1,533 112 47
2020-08-01 1,488,034 24,526 127,302 92,087 12,518 10,857 3,515 928 67 26
2020-08-02 1,512,649 24,615 129,408 93,031 12,646 10,900 3,529 944 43 14
2020-08-03 1,530,577 17,928 130,942 93,963 12,753 10,992 3,539 932 92 10
2020-08-04 1,550,747 20,170 132,667 95,106 12,881 11,119 3,570 1,143 127 31
2020-08-05 1,569,479 18,732 134,270 96,305 13,011 11,231 3,596 1,199 112 26
2020-08-06 1,592,841 23,362 136,268 97,471 13,141 11,366 3,618 1,166 135 22
2020-08-07 1,617,822 24,981 138,406 98,675 13,269 11,447 3,652 1,204 81 34
2020-08-08 1,639,195 21,373 140,234 99,969 13,414 11,516 3,668 1,294 69 16
2020-08-09 1,663,196 24,001 142,287 100,848 13,514 11,565 3,669 879 49 1

 

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Here's the current data from WorldOMeters for the top 19 states and a handful of other states with high growth rate of new cases. It's possible some states have not reported final numbers for today.

California, Florida, and Texas break past 500K. Georgia breaks past 200K. Illinois moves past New Jersey, with Arizona soon to pass as well and they both approach in on 200K. Tennessee is poised to move into spot 11 soon. Alabama moves up 4 spots and leads Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia as they move to over 100K cases.

1. California is at 562,604 with +6,419 new cases.
2. Florida is at 532,806 with +6,229 new cases. They started this surge with only 57,447 cases on June 2, 2020.
3. Texas is at 509,518 with +5,220 new cases.

4. New York is at 450,426 with +598 new cases.

5. Georgia is at 216,596 with +3,169 new cases.

6. Illinois is at 195,380 with +1,382 new cases.
7. New Jersey is at 190,303 with +192 new cases.
8. Arizona is at 186,923 with +816 new cases.

9. North Carolina is at 136,218 with +1,166 new cases.
10. Louisiana is at 131,399 with +2,653 new cases since Friday.
11. Pennsylvania is at 123,312 with +646 new cases.
12. Tennessee is at 122,712 with +2,127 new cases.
13. Massachusetts is at 121,040 with +329 new cases..

14. Alabama is at 101,334 with +1,161 new cases.
15. Ohio is at 100,852 with +869 new cases.
16. South Carolina is at 100,435 with +975 new cases.
17. Virginia is at 100,086 with +897 new cases.

18. Michigan is at 96,726 with +535 new cases.
19. Maryland is at 95,503 with +922 new cases.

Mississippi is at 67,173 with +527 new cases.
Missouri is at 58,974 with +668 new cases.
Nevada is at 56,230 with +811 new cases.
Oklahoma is at 43,566 with +486 new cases.