Coronavirus update – April 7th
Bottom Line: This daily update is designed to put everything in perspective with straight-forward facts. No hyperbole, no misinformation, no “bad math”. On one hand the news, based on sheer numbers, looked gloomy on Monday. The US crossing the 10,000th death threshold, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition leading him to intensive care...not the best headlines. On the other hand, there’s increasing optimism that we’re seeing the rate of spread slow across the world including right here in the United States. This included another day of a slowing trend in New York, which accounts for more than a third of all US cases, along with new modeling showing earlier peaks in the United States – including in Florida. Given that Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams had prepared us for potentially the worst week of our lives – the start of it could have been worse.
Here’s where we now stand in Florida:
- 13,629 cases – 254 deaths (specific Florida recoveries aren’t disclosed)
Nationally:
- 367,650 cases – 10,943 deaths – 19,810 recovered
Worldwide:
- 1,349,660 – 74,816 deaths – 286,664 recovered
We experienced more than 73k additional cases worldwide Monday, with over 30k new cases in the US and over 1,300 deaths. The most disconcerting aspect of the virus remains the death/recovery rate based on closed cases. The death rate remained at 21% for a second consecutive day. This after having reached a low of 6% about a month ago. We’ve seen the death rate rise as the reach of the virus grows. The common pattern with the virus spreading is an increase in death rates with vulnerable early on, followed by improving rates overtime as people begin to recover. Hopefully we begin to see progress soon. The traditional flu season generally ends in April.