COVID-19: March 24, 2020
Personal impact:
Ed usually does all the grocery shopping, but to save him exposure, I made our weekly trip by myself. He drew an excellent map of the store to help me find where everything was!
Wore mask, wiped down shopping cart.
Came home, immediately undressed and took a shower while Ed wiped all the purchases down.
The new normal.
Cases:
National
Source | Old Count | New Count | Increase of | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|
CDC | 33,404 | 44,183 | 10,779 | noon update |
J.H.Univ. | 41,708 | 52,145 | 10,437 | 3:34 pm update |
NYT | 39,819 | 49,619 | 9,800 | 1:54 pm update |
Louisiana
all data from the Dept Of Health noon update
Where? | Old Count | New Count | Increase of | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Statewide | 1,172 | 1,388 | 216 | 46 |
New Orleans Metropolitan Area Parishes
Where? | Old Count | New Count | Increase of | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Orleans | 567 | 675 | 108 | 26 |
Jefferson | 252 | 293 | 41 | 6 |
St. Bernard | 15 | 19 | 4 |
Other Parishes
Where? | Old Count | New Count | Increase of | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lafourche | 15 | 16 | 1 | |
Terrebonne | 14 | 14 | 0 | |
Lafayette | 9 | 12 | 3 | |
East Btn Rg | 43 | 58 | 15 | 2 |
Articles:
Trump said he wants the U.S. economy to “open” back up by Easter Sunday, even as the number of coronavirus cases in the country accelerates.
Trump said, “You’ll have packed churches all over our country … I think it’ll be a beautiful time.”
“This is the making of a major public health disaster. I am not sure where he is getting his information from, but it is extremely flawed,” said Dr. Tina Tan of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Source: CNBC
When coronavirus is allowed to spread unchecked, health systems get overwhelmed, deaths rise exponentially, and the case fatality rate jumps to near 10%. I can't believe this has to be said, but that is not any better for the economy than a prolonged shelter-in-place.
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) March 24, 2020
Your Moment Of Zen
I regret that I have but one grandparent to give for my country
Links:
Centers for Disease Control Coronavirus landing page
Louisiana Dept. of Health: Coronavirus landing page, Twitter
City Of New Orleans Coronavirus updates, Twitter
The World Health Organization has updates and a map
Lots of data at “Our World In Data”
Graphs, including growth factor
Twitter feed of experts on the disease and its spread, and reporters covering it
Charts, maps and tables that show the latest numbers about the coronavirus
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