More covid cases in Florida

It doesn’t help to have a terrible governor.

A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Fla. on Sun broke a previous record for current hospitalizations, as the number of patients in hospitals because of COVID once again broke through the 1,000-person threshold https://t.co/Tr6Bd5qVP5
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 1, 2021

Florida reported 21,683 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of a pandemic, according to data released Saturday by the CDC. https://t.co/QkLH0OUR2Q
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2021

Analysis: When does Florida’s coronavirus surge become a problem for Ron DeSantis? https://t.co/utnB55Ox0h
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 23, 2021

Florida reported a record number of COVID cases & 30% of all cases nationally.

So DeSantis decided to pick today to overrule local school boards & outlaw mask mandates in schools.
— Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉 (@ASlavitt) August 1, 2021

This is not good. FL is now in uncharted territory with 21.7K new cases reported today (the largest single day number of new cases). 108 new deaths. This wave is now larger than all previous waves. 10,187 hospitalized (83% of its all-time pandemic high). Time to change gears: pic.twitter.com/4wJ3PpWaJL
— Thomas P. Bossert (@TomBossert) July 31, 2021

More COVID deaths in Florida today than in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, and Canada combined. https://t.co/rpfdYNYcN2
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) July 31, 2021

Florida now ranks first in per capita COVID19 hospital admissions and second for child hospitalizations in the country. We need real leadership now!
— B.Ashby MD, MPP, FACC (@BAshbyMD) July 30, 2021

DeSantis response to soaring COVID case/hospitalization in FL is fund-raising letter: "For more than a year, our freedom has been under a constant assault by the radical left. Now, they’re coming for your freedom again."
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 31, 2021

Politico nailed it, March 18: “How Ron DeSantis Won The Pandemic” https://t.co/eT8iFQChrJ https://t.co/Pm7PhscLHU
— Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, News Guild (@DanRodricks) August 1, 2021

Florida has 20% of new COVID cases

DeSantis brags about how well he is doing but he’s wrong.

The governor should come up with a slogan or something.

Florida is facing more Covid-19 cases than any other U.S. state, as hospitalizations in some areas increase at the most rapid rate since the start of the pandemic https://t.co/6VTAqoSiAr
— Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉 (@ASlavitt) July 25, 2021

There was really just no way to see that coming https://t.co/GtsI2p5vyf
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 18, 2021

COVID-19 cases in Florida soared to close to 46,000 this week, accounting for 20% of all new cases in the nation.

The astonishing number is double the cases of the previous week and four times the cases in mid-June https://t.co/9yQHTnrnRG
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) July 18, 2021

On June 22 Florida Gov DeSantis and our colleague, Laura Ingraham, mocked me on Fox for predicting the return of COVID19 to the Southern US. As of today, Florida has the 2nd highest rate of Covid nationally +257% rise over last 14 days, with Jacksonville area among worst affected https://t.co/ZWpduGji00
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) July 14, 2021

The U.S. is averaging about 43,000 new cases a day, three times what it was two weeks ago https://t.co/cbozay56V8
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 24, 2021

One in five new US COVID cases is in Florida

It’s scary that DeSantis is the second most popular Republican choice for 2024 after Trump.

Very real stat here: 1 in 5 new COVID cases occurred in Florida *alone* over the last week, according to WH COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients.

Remember this when you see FL Gov. Ron DeSantis’s “Don’t Fauci My Florida” merch. pic.twitter.com/CjlOhiYmXV
— The Recount (@therecount) July 16, 2021

In the US, 20% of Covid-19 cases this week were in Florida, the White House coronavirus coordinator says. https://t.co/TWVgM9i3Ve
— CNN (@CNN) July 16, 2021

With 1 in 5 COVID cases in FL, DeSantis–while popular now– could be cruising for a political bruising. https://t.co/VU0f2bo46q
— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) July 16, 2021

Coach Guy Thomas should have had a leader assuring him that the vaccine is not only safe but necessary—not profiting off anti-Fauci gear as cases surged again and he lay dying https://t.co/MPNIlee9ZP
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 16, 2021

You left this statistic out: https://t.co/D7MIcQQhlZ
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 16, 2021

Gov. DeSantis' campaign is selling 'Don't Fauci my Florida' beer koozies.

"Here's the thing, though. The gov. of Florida is selling this while his state is currently experiencing nearly four times the national average of new covid cases," @Maddow says. https://t.co/ax5ArzXcHa
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 16, 2021

Vaccine stats 6/8/21

All but 1 of the 39 congressional districts where at least 60% of residents have received a vaccine are represented by Democrats.

By contrast, Republicans represent all but 2 of the 30 districts where fewer than one-third of residents are vaccinated. https://t.co/xtrqbgfbL4
— POLITICO (@politico) June 8, 2021

The states where children are getting the Covid-19 vaccine? The same states where adults are getting vaccinated… Correlation is over +0.9. This will only serve to exacerbate the blue/red state gap on vaccinations. https://t.co/Ay5vm0e18V pic.twitter.com/qYu75S64oD
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) May 31, 2021

The Black vaccination rate has outstripped the White vaccination rate in 40 states since early May, according to Bloomberg's vaccine tracker https://t.co/kpdmaqUJGm
— Tara Lachapelle (@taralach) June 4, 2021

The country’s declining covid-19 case rates present an unrealistically optimistic perspective for half of the nation — the half that is still not vaccinated. https://t.co/3EBFmjw1uk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 22, 2021

Here's what the counties leading the country in vaccinations all have in common. https://t.co/hfh33O2tu8
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 29, 2021

States with Republican governors had highest Covid incidence and death rates

NEW: States with Republican governors had highest Covid incidence and death rates, study finds https://t.co/hjES73t801
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) March 11, 2021

Vaccine statistics 3/5/21

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We're really at an inflection point here.

Pfizer increasing deliveries to 14m/week by mid-March.

Moderna aiming to ramp up to 40m/month by April.

J&J (one dose) delivering 20m doses in March. https://t.co/RlOkFLsZVP
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) February 28, 2021

Which data reporter wants to map vax doses against wait times at polls https://t.co/WeJcEhBDWo
— Erin Kissane (@kissane) February 16, 2021

The Biden administration has really ramped up vaccines: closing in on 2 million shots per day for the past 5 days. 1 in 9 Americans have had a first shot, and more than 52 million shots have been administered. Thank goodness competence is back:https://t.co/QTutNvPvZH pic.twitter.com/938SnBwyIO
— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) February 15, 2021

COVID-19 statistics 1/31/21

Tracking the pandemic in the U.S. Here are the latest figures on COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccinations across the country. https://t.co/SctFD5zT4s
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 31, 2021

NYT: “N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says; The state attorney general, Letitia James, said the Cuomo administration likely omitted thousands of Covid-19 deaths of nursing home residents.” https://t.co/RjMnQuaHgW
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 28, 2021

Two things happening with COVID data

1. Infections falling across U.S., down about 33% from two wks ago

2. Deaths are climbing — because they lag infections. Will likely peak in 7-8 days

Nonetheless, things are improving and race now is between vaccinations and variants https://t.co/nc393UDMjg
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) January 27, 2021

"Tens of thousands of Covid-19 deaths are going unreported in the U.S., with far more missed in counties that strongly supported former President Trump… The figures suggest that political leanings have helped suppress the true scale of deaths." https://t.co/CVdwUaxXSI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 25, 2021

New cases and hospitalizations are starting to fall pretty quickly in the US. Seems to be a lot of fatalism that new strains will cause a 4th (?) wave. Not necessarily true if we can vaccinate people fast enough and keep other sensible measures in place.https://t.co/dHB4t8PvUm pic.twitter.com/kCohlGMI7G
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 25, 2021

Ramping up vaccinations is definitely working. https://t.co/LNsniQDoUp
— Drew Savicki 🦖🦕🦖 (@SenhorRaposa) January 25, 2021

Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7M tests, 118k cases, 95,013 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 2,055 deaths. pic.twitter.com/xnetqNQc72
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) February 1, 2021

According to Johns Hopkins data, South Dakota is the state with the second-highest number of cases per capita – roughly four times Maine’s number, six times Vermont’s – and the sixth-highest number of deaths per capita. https://t.co/ibrn76loUv https://t.co/XXCQlK5C0o
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 3, 2021

Virus Stats 1/24/21

A state-by-state breakdown of America’s 15 million confirmed coronavirus cases.
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 11, 2020

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Americans are dying in the past week at the rate of *1.2 million a year* from COVID.

Let's hope the vaccine rollout improves ASAP. https://t.co/xLrcMImmkJ
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) January 15, 2021

At least 136,000 coronavirus deaths have been reported among residents and employees of nursing homes in the U.S., according to our database.

As of Jan. 12, the virus has infected more than 1,128,000 people at 30,000 facilities.https://t.co/aHmEOPzDyU
— NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) January 12, 2021

So much of this was avoidable but Americans refusal to not travel for the holidays harmed so many people. People shrugged off the warnings. At the end of the day, millions of our fellow citizens have no regard for the safety of others. https://t.co/0T7MomHieN
— Drew Savicki 🦖🦕🦖 (@SenhorRaposa) January 13, 2021

A statistical look at where the coronavirus pandemic stands today, as we enter the holiday season: https://t.co/Su22Ekauu1 pic.twitter.com/2GPHRKICa1
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) December 21, 2020

Before we revitalize STEM in the US, let’s work on cause and effect. pic.twitter.com/M1zbhxw3NC
— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸 (@ASlavitt) October 17, 2020

If you thought you knew which countries were crushing COVID in the fall, I’d suggest doing a data refresh to make sure your narrative isn't total nonsense pic.twitter.com/BpbXRidloh
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) January 25, 2021