43,206, about the same as last Saturday.
California: 3,404 new cases; 51 deaths
Wisconsin: 2,817 new cases (new record); 7 deaths
Fuck Florida.
Illinois: 2,441 new cases; 25 deaths
Texas: 2,227 new cases; 100 deaths
North Carolina: 1,759 new cases; 31 deaths
Missouri: 1,476 new cases; 39 deaths
Minnesota: 1,470 new cases (new record); 10 deaths
Tennessee: 1,437 new cases; 22 deaths
South Carolina: 1,371 new cases; 26 deaths
Georgia: 1,359 new cases; 40 deaths
Indiana: 1,142 new cases; 11 deaths
Ohio: 1,101 new cases; 6 deaths
Utah: 1,017 new cases; no deaths reported
New York: 1,007 new cases; 4 deaths
Pretty self-explanatory for the most part. The Midwest continues being a shitshow. South Dakota broke their new cases total record for the third time in four days--no word yet on whether Governor Kristi Noem (R) regrets saying "Less COVID; more hunting" while mocking social distancing 4 days ago. The numbers suggest Kentucky will be on my list again at some point next week (970 today and trending upward for the past couple weeks). About half of the states are currently experiencing increasing daily totals of various degrees. Alabama went back down below 1k today suggesting their huge total yesterday was just a correction but I haven't been able to confirm that anywhere. Feel free to chime in if you know something.
737 deaths is up a bit from last Saturday, putting the total at
209,177. We might still have a 1k+ day next week on Tuesday or Wednesday but I'm expecting the numbers to continue dropping a bit more overall. For now, at least.
Related news:
Wildfires and Labor Day celebrations are causing spikes in cases in Oregon.
The US could see an explosion of Covid-19 cases as fall and winter set in--(The IMHE model suggests deaths per day might jump to 3k in the winter)
Ex-care home bosses charged over dozens of Covid deaths in Massachusetts--good thing that GOP bill removing liability hasn't gone through yet.
Stay safe, folks.