COVID-19 Update July 22

COVID-19 Update July 22

  • Total: 279 confirmed cases
  • 1 out of every 106 residents has been infected.
  • Salem Today: 0 new cases, 19 active cases.

 

• • • • TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT• • • • • •

  • No changes have been reported for Salem residents! Our last person diagnosed with a new infection was reported on Saturday, so that makes four days with no new infections. Can we make it five?
  • We have more than twice the number of new cases today than we had yesterday, but still nowhere near enough to be alarmed, and the positivity rate is still 2.46% today, and 2.05% averaged over the past two weeks.
  • The three Massachusetts towns I’ve been watching have been consistently boring for the last few weeks. Their numbers are so low, that they are reporting their info less frequently. Today the state info by town was released. Haverhill is 1.54% positivity in the last two weeks. Methuen is 1.86%. Lawrence is 3.71%. NH is 2.46%.
  • In NH our hospitalizations are averaging two patients admitted per day over the last two weeks; our daily average is pretty consistent at 10.8%.
  • Our fatality rate is averaging 1.1 people per day, and a consistent 6.4% of all confirmed cases in NH.
  • Globally, there were 280,682 new cases today. This is the biggest increase since I began tracking this on May 25. The previous record was July 11, when there were 246,083 new cases. The two-week daily average is 228,341.
  • US did not pass a new record for new cases, but today’s 65,279 did raise the daily average for the past two weeks.

 

• • • • • DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN NH • • • • • •

  • New positive cases per DHHS: 36
  • My new positive cases (Total of today’s cases minus yesterday’s total): 33
  • Children under 18 in new cases: 6
  • Total positive cases in NH: 6,295
  • Percentage of tests that are positive: 2.46%
  • Active cases: 552
  • Percentage of positive cases that are still active: 8.8%
  • New cases in Rockingham County: 6
  • Total cases in Rockingham County: 1,562
  • Percent of all cases from either Hillsborough County or Rockingham County: 81%
  • Total PCR tests results reported today (Positive results plus negative results): 1,341
  • The daily average of diagnostic (PCR) tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 951
  • New negative PCR cases in NH: 1,308
  • Total negative cases in NH (as reported by DHHS): 140,584

 

• • • • • OTHER TEST RESULTS • • • • • •

  • New antibody tests: 185
  • Total antibody tests (No break down of positive vs. negative): 25,796
  • The daily average of antibody tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 551
  • Children diagnosed with MIS-C: (as of 5/22/2020): 1

 

• • • • • RECOVERED IN NH • • • • • •

  • Announced today: 25
  • Total Recovered: 5,341
  • Percentage of diagnosed cases that have recovered: 84.8%

 

• • • • • HOSPITALIZATIONS IN NH • • • • • •

  • New: 3
  • Current: 24
  • Total Hospitalized: 680
  • Percentage of those who have been infected that have been hospitalized: 10.80%
  • Percentage of those who have been hospitalized that are still in the hospital: 3.5%

 

• • • • • DEATHS IN NH • • • • • •

  • Lives lost today: 2
  • Persons over 60 years of age who died today: 1
  • Persons under 60 years of age who died today: 1
  • Total fatalities in NH associated with COVID-19: 402
  • NH Residents diagnosed with COVID-19 that died: 6.4%
  • Lives lost in Rockingham today: 1 today

These are not simply numbers. We must not forget that these are all someone’s husband or wife, mother or father, sister or brother, son or daughter, friend or neighbor.

 

Useful links

  • If you are having trouble paying your rent or mortgage because of COVID-19, help can be found here.
  • Info about COVID-19 testing is compiled in one place on my website.
  • Complications of COVID-19 Survivors of all ages can be found on my website.
  • Help for Salem residents is on my website.
  • A list of COVID-19 Resources can be found on my website.
  • An update of nearby communities can be found here.
  • Institutional Outbreaks as of June 18 on my website.
  • Resources from NH DHHS are on the State’s website.
  • Guidance documents from the State are on the State’s website.

While I’m reporting no new infections in Salem in the last few days, I have been told that there is a person who lives in Salem who was told on Monday that they have COVID-19. If they were told on Monday, they would not likely be the person reported on Saturday, so it appears that they haven’t yet been reported. I have no way of verifying this information. However, the details that I have been given seem valid, and raise another question in my mind about the accuracy of the info the public is receiving from NH DHHS.

This person is not a statistic on my updates, but that’s not what I mean when I say, “Don’t be a statistic!” Please do what you can to not be included in a future update. Stay safe, and always, be kind.

~Bonnie




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COVID-19 Deaths — It’s Different from the Flu

I was asked about deaths in the US, as reported in these charts. Here’s my analysis:

Per the CDC, from 2/1 to 6/27, there were a total of 1,276,875 deaths. Of those:

US COVID Deaths: 8.8%
Pneumonia: 9.6%
Pneumonia AND COVID: 3.8%
InFLUenza: 0.5%
Pneumonia, ‘Flu OR COVID: 15%
All others: 62.3%
(All others include homicides, accidents, and suicide, plus cancer and heart disease and diabetes and other medical conditions, and natural causes like old age, etc.)

Do I trust these numbers? No. It’s how the death certificates are written. There has been a lot of discussion about how these deaths have been reported, especially in the early days. We see a lot of adjustments, both up and down, in various areas. So no, these aren’t totally accurate. But these numbers give us an approximation. The CDC has linked these categories together in their info, presumably for some purpose.

What I see is that 481,647 people died from a contagious lung disease in this time period. That’s 37.7% of all deaths. Take out the ones that were reported as “Just Flu” or “Just Pneumonia,” (presuming these are correct!), and you get 353,580 cases, or 27.6% of all deaths. That’s more than 1 out of 4 deaths that have been associated with COVID-19.

And don’t forget the potential impacts on the long-term health,  and the short and long-term impact on the finances of those who don’t die.




 

 

 


RESOURCES:

My accumulation of resources has been moved. These can now be found at https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-resources/

Salem specific info can be found at https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-cases-in-salem/

The report containing information about other towns, counties and our MA neighbors has been moved to https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-update-nh-towns/I’m updating this information weekly. The last update was May 24.


Sources used to create this report:

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