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ProfessorGAC

(65,101 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 04:49 PM Jul 2020

Just Looked At Johns-Hopkins Site Again

Looked at whole US.
Nationwide positivity is 8.1%, which is >80% above where it was in mid-June.
But, the really glaring thing was total testing.
There were 600,000 total tests, yesterday.
In looking at the Illinois DPH site, there were more than 36,000 tests here.
Illinois is about 4% of the population of the US. So, tests here extrapolate to 900k.
But, the actual was 2/3rds of that.
So, cases are likely much higher, given the 8%+ positivity, because some states are disproportionately high in tests.
That would suggest (with tenuous extrapolation) that new cases might have been 80k yesterday.
Here's the chart:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/individual-states/usa

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Just Looked At Johns-Hopkins Site Again (Original Post) ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 OP
Some states are doing a lot of testing, PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #1
Apparently So ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #2
The mayor of Tucson apparently PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #4
Indiana Delphinus Jul 2020 #3
Florida Is At 20! ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #5

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,865 posts)
1. Some states are doing a lot of testing,
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 05:21 PM
Jul 2020

others not so much. I believe it comes down to having the testing kits. The mayor of Tucson, AZ talked about that recently on the Rachel Maddow show.

It's also a problem country by country. Some are testing a lot, others, like India, not so much. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

ProfessorGAC

(65,101 posts)
2. Apparently So
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 05:25 PM
Jul 2020

Using my state as the example, 6% of the tests, 4% of the population.
I wonder though, how hard some states are trying to get supplies.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,865 posts)
4. The mayor of Tucson apparently
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 05:27 PM
Jul 2020

has begged the President or perhaps those around him to send testing kits, but she's been ignored, apparently.

I also understand that the places making the kits are having a hard time getting the supplies needed to make them. Or run the tests themselves.

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