COVID-19: March 19, 2020
Personal impact:
Left the house today to go to the bank. I’m the only one there who is wearing a mask. 😷👀
Weekly appointment to go out to lunch with Darrell and Glen put on hold. Maybe in a couple of weeks if we’re sure we’re not infected we can eat lunch at someone’s home.
Local impact:
This is worrisome:
BREAKING: @LouisianaGov says on a phone call with Donald Trump and other governors that modeling shows Louisiana could exceed its healthcare capacity in 7 days, asks feds for more resources. #lalege #lagov
— Sam Karlin (@samkarlin) March 19, 2020
Cases:
National
Source | Old Count | New Count | Increase of | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|
CDC | 7,038 | 10,442 | 3,404 | 4:00 pm update |
J.H.Univ. | 7,769 | 13,159 | 5,390 | 4:43 pm update |
NYT | 8,017 | 10,822 | 2,805 | 5:10 pm update |
Louisiana
all data from the Dept Of Health 5:30 pm update
Where? | Old Count | New Count | Increase of | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Statewide | 280 | 392 | 112 | 10 |
Orleans Parish
Where? | Old Count | New Count | Increase of | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Orleans | 196 | 249 | 53 | 8 |
Lambeth House Cluster | – | 24 | – | 5 |
Other Parishes
Where? | Old Count | New Count | Increase of | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jefferson | 45 | 69 | 24 | 1 |
St. Bernard | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
Lafourche | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
Terrebonne | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
Lafayette | - | 3 |
Articles:
Great Q&A from CNN about facts, myths and information. Lots of good info in here.
Republican Senator and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Richard Burr told rich donors three weeks ago that a pandemic was coming (there’s a recording), continued to go to Intelligence briefings, then sold off $1.6 million in stocks before the market collapsed, but said nothing to the public. propublica.org
Tracking Growth:
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: March 18 Update
The US is now slightly above the Italian trendline, possibly because we’ve picked up the pace of testing.Coronavirus tracked: the latest figures as the pandemic spreads
Here are the latest case trajectories for major countries:
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 19, 2020
• Italy-scale outbreaks remain the inevitable destination for most countries. If your country is not considering lockdown now, it soon will be
• Read more here about flattening curves in Asia: https://t.co/7A0ICnzEVm pic.twitter.com/EB8pHIpwEO
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