COVID-19 Deaths Continue to Decline, While Hospitalizations Increase in Some States
by Michael Patrick Leahy
The COVID Tracking Project reported on Monday that COVID-19 deaths continue to fall in the United States but also noted in a series of tweets the number of cases is up slightly over the past seven days and that they are watching closely five states where current hospitalizations have increased over the past two weeks.
These are the five states we’re watching most closely. pic.twitter.com/cHnFPHUg9M
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) June 15, 2020
States reported 18,521 positives today, up from 17,123 last Monday. pic.twitter.com/XcIQed7QbD
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) June 15, 2020
Nate Silver added his own analysis of the recent COVID-19 data:
There continues to be this ebb-and-flow where people alternatively become too optimistic or too pessimistic in ways that are somewhat detached from the data. Certainly, the death numbers have been better, lately. 7-day average now at ~700, down from ~2,000 at the peak.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 15, 2020
Current hospitalizations of COVID-19 are down from the peak. According to the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project, there were 22,639 current hospitalizations in the United States on Monday among the 42 states that keep and report that data. This is a dramatic decline from April 13, when there were 18,829 hospitalizations in New York State alone.