More than 80,000 people in the U.S. have now died from the novel coronavirus, according to statistics compiled by the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.
A significant plurality of those deaths are in the Northeast — 26,988, by John Hopkins’ count, in New York state, and 9,340 more in New Jersey.
Increasingly, the virus is moving to smaller cities and rural areas. And though President Trump has touted falling rates across the country, a White House task force report obtained by NBC news and published Monday shows virus rates spiking in the heartland.
John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center dashboard here »
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I’m afraid we’re entering a period of death count misinformation. The early hit states generally had good reporting of deaths. This applied to New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington, and even Louisiana. But now as outbreaks spread to places like Florida and Texas, it seems we’re not getting the whole picture.
[“Increasingly, the virus is moving to smaller cities and rural areas. And though President Trump has touted falling rates across the country, a White House task force report obtained by NBC news and published Monday shows virus rates spiking in the heartland.”]
At this time, I’m content to add only the above (from the article).
Other sources showed that we surpassed the 80,000 mark on Sunday. Trump himself acknowledged 80,000 yesterday.
The US passed 80,000 deaths last Saturday, May 9.
This morning, we are at 82,018 with the majority of states still not started reporting for the day.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
TPM might want to follow the main reliable sources for data on the topic of the century.