New cases for all regions (county, state, and national) rose to new record levels in January, but were starting to fall by the end of the month. This spike is considered to be due to the “Omicron” variant of the Corona virus, which is believed to be must more contagious than previous variants. The number… Continue reading Summary for the month of January, 2022
Category: Covid-19
Covid Summary for November.
New cases in Santa Clara County went up during the first half of November and came down during the second half. The number of hospitalized Covid patients went the opposite way, going down and then coming up. However, there were fewer hospitalizations at the end of the month than at the beginning. In California the… Continue reading Covid Summary for November.
Summery for the month of October
The number of new cases per day steadily declined in Santa Clara County for the month of October. The number of deaths per week rose slightly during the same period. The number of hospitalizations rose during the first part of the month and fell during the second part, such that the numbers at the end… Continue reading Summery for the month of October
Lies, Damned Lies, and the Press
There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. — often attributed to Mark Twain who attributed it to Benjamin Disraeli, who never said it. The U.S. has now exceeded 700,000 total Covid-19 deaths. The press is reporting this as the worst pandemic in U.S. history. That depends on how you define “worst”. If you take “the… Continue reading Lies, Damned Lies, and the Press
Summery for September 2021.
Cases for Santa Clara County declined throughout September. Deaths in Santa Clara County increased during the same period. The number of hospitalizations declined in September. The number of new cases, per day declined in California over the month of September. The number of deaths per day for California increased in September. The number of new… Continue reading Summery for September 2021.
Summary for August 2021
Both new cases and hospitalizations rose substantially during August for Santa Clara County while deaths remained in the single digits. Cases also rose steadily for California. Deaths were flat for most of the month and rose slightly over the last few days. Similarly, cases rose steadily throughout the U.S. Deaths also rose steadily throughout August.
Summary for July, 2021
New Covid cases per day as well as hospitalizations rose steadily during July for Santa Clara County. New cases in California also rose steadily during July. The number of deaths was flat in July. New cases for the U.S. also rose substantially in July. U.S. deaths rose slighly.
Summary for June, 2021
In Santa Clara County, the number of cases and number of people hospitalized were essentially flat; the number of deaths declined. California cases were flat; deaths were up slightly. U.S. cases were down slightly; deaths were down.
Summary for May, 2021
Santa Clara County cases appeared to go up in May but this could be anomalies in the data. Number of deaths steadily declined during May. So did the number of people hospitalized. California cases have also declined during the month of May. U.S. cases have also declined during May as did the the number of… Continue reading Summary for May, 2021
Summary for April, 2021
For Santa Clara County, the number of cases rose in the early part of the month, but by the end returned to values near that at of the beginning of the month. For California, the number of cases declined slightly over the course of the month. New deaths dropped significantly. For the U.S. as a… Continue reading Summary for April, 2021