Coronavirus update – May 4th
Bottom Line: This daily update is designed to put everything in perspective with straight-forward facts. No hyperbole, no misinformation, no nonsense. Today 34 states will be in phase one reopening - including Florida with the exception of the tri-county in South Florida. It’s also the day the promising treatment remdesivir, which recently received emergency FDA approval for COVID-19 patients, is being deployed across the country to those who are hospitalized. There’s room for additional optimism for sure. Additionally, President Trump indicated progress towards a vaccine for the coronavirus continues to be made and it’s his belief we’ll have one by the end of the year. This comes on back of Pfizer suggesting they could have a vaccine in mass production by the end of the year.
Here’s where we stand as of now...
Worldwide:
- 3,568,217 – 248,347 deaths – 1,157,370 recovered
Nationally:
- 1,188,421 cases – 68,602 deaths – 178,594 recovered
There were 249,000 new diagnosed cases and more than 14,000 deaths worldwide due to the coronavirus since Friday morning. That’s a lower rate of new cases and deaths from prior weekends. The newest hotspots remain Brazil and Russia which have essentially seen a doubling of cases over the past week. In the United States, we’ve had over 93,000 new cases and 4,731 deaths since Friday morning. The rate of new cases is steady, while the rate of deaths continues to decline.
We continue to have improved news on the closed case death rate. The closed case death rate remains 18%, its lowest rate since March 26th. This is down from the peak of 21%. There’s been a considerable lag in clearly recovered cases in Florida and around the world being reported, so there’s reason to believe that this rate will continue to significantly decrease with time.