US
Kamala Harris, tested negative, abundance of caution
US Current cases
Cases, + 59,731 = 7, 894, 768
Cases per 100,000 = 2,386
+ 53,120 per day, over past 7 days
Representing a 23% increase over past 2 weeks
Deaths, + 1,009 = 216,025
Excess deaths
266,000 more than normal
September data
Deaths from all causes
Everywhere except Alaska and Hawaii
Universities
Cases, 178,000 or more students and employees
1,400 institutions
Deaths, 70
Student deaths, 2 this fall
Jails and prisons
Cases, 233,000 or more
Deaths, 1,372 (inmates and staff)
San Quentin
Cases, 2,500
Deaths, 29
Adamu Chan
I am very concerned
There’s no way to social distance
We all eat together
We have a communal bathroom
There’s no way to address a public health issue in an overcrowded facility
Nursing homes / long-term care
Facilities cases, 21,000
Cases, 532,000 + residents and employees
Deaths, 83,000
35% of total US deaths
Dr. Daniel Rusyniak
Chief medical officer, Indiana’s state social services
This disease creates the potential for a perfect storm in a long-term care facility
large groups of vulnerable people living together and a highly transmissible virus that may
not cause symptoms in those who care for them
Food production facilities
28 states provided data to CDC
Not all facilities submit reports
July
Cases, 16,000 or more
Deaths, 86
Large outbreaks have emerged on
Farms
Fruit or vegetable processing facilities
Pet food plants
Wisconsin
Case, x 4 in the past month
Hospitalisations more than doubled during September
Test positivity rate, 19.6%
(World Health Organization, at or below 5%, for two weeks, before reopening measures)
Positivity rates
Idaho 24.2%
South Dakota 19.5%
Iowa 17%
Nevada 15%
Kansas 15%
Utah 14.4%
Wyoming 14.2%
Alabama 13.8%
Indiana 13.4%
Nebraska 12.2%
Florida 10.2%
Hospital data, 3rd October
