175,047 new cases; about 13k more than last Tuesday. Still heading up...and it seems like a couple states are trying to make it a race.
Texas: 19,790 new cases (new record); 195 deaths
California: 16,563 new cases; 107 deaths
Illinois: 9,469 new cases; 150 deaths
Ohio: 8,604 new cases; 98 deaths
Fuck Florida.
Michigan: 6,782 new cases; 154 deaths
Minnesota: 6,416 new cases; 38 deaths
Pennsylvania: 6,365 new cases; 84 deaths
Wisconsin: 6,202 new cases; 104 deaths (new record)
Indiana: 5,625 new cases; 103 deaths
New York: 5,478 new cases; 34 deaths
New Jersey: 4,889 new cases (new record); 46 deaths
Arizona: 4,544 new cases; 51 deaths
Missouri: 4,156 new cases; 138 deaths (new record)
Colorado: 4,150 new cases; 50 deaths
Georgia: 3,676 new cases; 6 deaths
Louisiana: 3,243 new cases; 39 deaths
North Carolina: 3,100 new cases; 35 deaths
Iowa: 2,909 new cases; 18 deaths
Nevada: 2,853 new cases (new record); 24 deaths
Other states with new case/death records: North Dakota, Oregon, Alaska and Maine.
I did a little bit of looking around and it doesn't look like California's total yesterday was entirely inaccurate. Maybe a bit of catchup from the weekend but I don't see any notes about it being a backlog from weeks prior. Their total today kind of backs that up. Meanwhile Texas, once again, had to prove that everything is bigger there, brushing up next to 20k in a single day. A new national record. I haven't seen anything to indicate that's a backlog dump either, but again I'll check tomorrow to see if it's been commented on (or locals like @Crissi can let us know).
The entire contiguous US is now listed as "uncontrolled spread" and overall it's the southwest and northeast that are seeing the largest increase in cases over the past few days. If I was in Arizona I'd be REALLY fucking worried right now since numbers are where they were in the Summer when the "death panels" started and the state--along with New Mexico--is right between the two states with the highest number of cases--California and Texas. I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing 200k at least once this week...maybe twice.
2,187 deaths is over 500 more than last Tuesday and brings the total to 265,891. SEVEN states had triple-digit death tallies and Ohio just missed it. Part of that will be a catchup from the weekend but I expect it'll be worse for other states as the week goes on.
Related news:
After months of following COVID-19 guidelines, a Texas family 'let their guard down' for a day. All 12 of them got sick.--I realize pandemic fatigue is a thing, but for fuck's sake...
AOC Says Republicans Holding Stimulus Check Hostage Over Demand for Corporate COVID Immunity--This is something we've talked about before but Trump's insistence that liability protections be in place for businesses is what's largely been responsible for there being no new stimulus for several months now.
White House coronavirus task force calls for 'significant behavior change of all Americans'--As a reminder this is the same administration that wanted "business as usual" for the bulk of the pandemic and also didn't meet at all for a significant period of time.
Stay safe, folks.