US COVID-19 cases spike almost 500 cases in one day (took 2 months to reach 1000)

[Dennis Donovan]

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Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing

New #COVID19 US cases per day: it took 2 month to hit 1000 cases, but we hit almost +500 just today.

3/1 - 89
3/2 - 105
3/3 - 125
3/4 - 159
3/5 - 227
3/6 - 331
3/7 - 444
3/8 - 564
3/9 - 728
3/10 - 1,000
3/11 - 1,267
3/12 - 1,645
3/13 - 2,131 (6pm - day isn’t over)

6:47 PM - Mar 13, 2020

That means they're testing more!

...at least I hope that what this means.

[Chemisse]

1. More test kits now available? n/t

[Dennis Donovan]

2. I hope.

[AlexSFCA]

3. results turnaround time 8 days!

this is crazy. Kaiser in SF

[Ms. Toad]

4. 1. That's how exponentials work.

2. Making the appearance of growth even more dramatic - more tests are availabe.

[uponit7771]

5. They are not testing more, the same amount of test available now are done a month ago. Its not the

... test its the litmus's they put around the test to get one.

[Blue_true]

6. Not surprising given that every infected person that is unaware of having been infected

becomes a virus transmitting vector that can infect dozens of people through social interaction. The "real" number of infected people is likely much larger than is being reported at this time.

[0rganism]

7. increased testing and exponential growth

in a week it's probably going to be over 160000
death count will also shoot up

we're turning a very ugly corner today