Coronavirus update – April 9th
Bottom Line: This daily update is designed to put everything in perspective with straight-forward facts. No hyperbole, no misinformation, no nonsense. Wednesday brought more diagnosed cases and more deaths than any other single day,though, there remained room for optimism.The rate of growth of new cases continues to slow around the world and here in the United States. In fact, Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested we might begin to turn the corner on the coronavirus outbreak after this week. This includes new estimates from the coronavirus task force suggesting the US death toll will be 60,000, rather than the 100,000-240,000 they recently warned of occurring.
We also learned that the Trump administration is working on a plan for targeted responses to reopening the economy across the country. While nothing notably different is expected through April 30th, the current date of the National Emergency declaration, there’s new optimism that certain regions of the country may begin to resume life in the new normal in early May. 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:
- 15,698 cases – 323 deaths (specific Florida recoveries aren’t disclosed)
Nationally:
- 435,160 cases – 14,797 deaths – 22,891 recovered
Worldwide:
- 1,521,030 – 88,565 deaths – 331,132 recovered
We experienced more than 86k additional cases worldwide Wednesday, with 34k new cases in the US and 1,940 deaths – all new daily highs around the world and in the United States. The most disconcerting aspect of the virus remains the death/recovery rate based on closed cases. The death rate remained at 21% for a fourth 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. The traditional flu season generally ends in April– let’s hope it takes COVID-19 down with it.