Coronavirus update – April 30th
Bottom Line: This daily update is designed to put everything in perspective with straight-forward facts. No hyperbole, no misinformation, no nonsense. On the day Governor DeSantis announced Florida’s phase one reopening plan – the news generally remained positive. That’s especially true if you dig a bit deeper and look at what’s happening in Georgia. Though it’s early, there’s no indication of spikes in cases coming from states like Georgia which began some of the most aggressive reopening measures in the country last week. In fact, not only is Georgia not seeing a spike, Georgia's new case count yesterday was the lowest in a single day since March 8th. While the virus can incubate for up to 14 days according to the CDC and WHO, the average incubation period monitored has been five days. Today’s the 7th day for states which reopened last Friday - including Georgia.To be continued...
Here’s where we stand as of now...
Worldwide:
- 3,222,468 – 228,270 deaths – 961,785 recovered
Nationally:
- 1,064,572 cases – 61,669 deaths – 147,411 recovered
We experienced over 76,000 additional diagnosed cases and more than 10,000 deaths worldwide Wednesday. That’s a higher rate of new cases and deaths than the previous day. The spike in cases and deaths are predominantly coming from Brazil and Russia. They're the world’s newest hot spots. Russia’s 8th in cases and seeing the fastest growth in the world. In the United States, we had over 28,000 new cases and 2,403 deaths over the past day. The rate of new cases was slightly higher, through well below the trend line and peak, while the rate of deaths declined yesterday.
As newer cases are spiking in countries like Brazil and Russia, we saw an increase in the closed case death rate - breaking the recent, positive trend. With more than 1.2 million closed COVID-19 cases, the death rate increased by 1% to 19%. This is still down from the recent peak of 21%. There’s been a considerable lag in clearly recovered cases in Florida and around the world so there’s room for optimism that this rate will continue to significantly decrease with time. For the month of April, COVID-19 remains the top estimated cause of death in the United States.