42,533 new cases, about the same as two weeks ago.
California: 3,712 new cases; 75 deaths
Fuck Florida.
Texas: 3,178 new cases; 94 deaths
Illinois: 2,529 new cases; 25 deaths
Georgia: 2,284 new cases; 62 deaths
Wisconsin: 2,283 new cases; 3 deaths
Alabama: 1,301 new cases; 9 deaths
Oklahoma: 1,237 new cases; 4 deaths
North Carolina: 1,229 new cases; 28 deaths
Arkansas: 1,078 new cases; 8 deaths
Utah: 1,077 new cases; 3 deaths
Indiana: 1,076 new cases; 8 deaths
New York: 1,033 new cases; 2 deaths
This was Wisconsin's and Utah's second-highest total and their Active Cases charts have taken a damned-near vertical leap the past couple days. The Midwest spike continues. Oklahoma's cases have increased to the levels they were at the beginning of August. New York went above 1k again but they've been hovering in the area for weeks. So far they seem to be holding relatively steady--but then, they have ample experience in dealing with this.
657 deaths, a little down from two weeks ago, putting the total at 203,824. Deaths SHOULD be coming down since we haven't been at the 60k levels of new cases in several weeks, but daily new cases averaged over the past few weeks has been relatively stable so they likely won't be declining too much further, probably averaging out at around 700-800 per day unless newer methods of treatment are effective.
I know we all got a huge helping of our least favorite vegetable on our plates yesterday, but there's not enough mashed potatoes to hide it all and there are other courses being served simultaneously so we're going to have to suck it up and eat it for now until we can cook for ourselves.
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I'm sorry, I haven't eaten much today. I should go remedy that.
Stay safe, folks.