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By CL COVID TEAM Wednesday July 1, 2020 06:29 pm EDT

During these uncertain times, we at Creative Loafing want you — our readers and supporters — to know that we are here to help. As the world continues the struugle to adapt to the threat of the novel Coronavirus, it is apparent that life will no longer be “business as usual” for any of us. Nevertheless, we are confident that those in Atlanta with such great entrepreneurial spirit will meet this challenge to cope with the pandemic and present food, music, arts, and culture in safe and creative ways.

As this is an ever-evolving situation, we will be working continuously to update this page, and our guides, as the global coronavirus pandemic changes business realities in our city, state, and country

Flatten the curve.

Be safe. Be healthy. Wash your hands.

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!!Monday, July 6, 2020
Here’s a headline that you won’t see in the mainstream media today:The number of people who have survived COVID-19 is 162 times more than the number who have died from it in the past 24 hours.

The number of fully-recovered — as defined in national U.S. tracking, based on a consistent 14-day time period — now stands at 1,601,129 individuals as of 12:01 a.m. this morning. On the front page of this morning’s Wall Street Journal is an article about how much COVID-19 survivors are in demand by the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

There are now 2,916,837 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having encountered COVID-19 to-date. That number will likely reach over three million by Wednesday or Thursday of this week.

One percent of the U.S. population calculates out to 3.3 million. To put this in perspective, there were 56 million flu cases, 740,000 hospitalizations, and 62,000 deaths between 10/2019 and 3/2020 in the U.S. That is, 17.0 percent of the U.S. Population battled the flu.

Here is the update of the 2,916,837 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having encountered COVID-19 to-date and how they break down in terms of status as of 12:01 a.m. ET this Monday morning:

*ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. — 1,187,059 cases, or 40.6 percent of the 2,916,837 total cases today, 41.6 percent yesterday
*FULLY-RECOVERED COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. with 14-DAY NATIONAL RECOVERY TIME — 1,601,129 individuals, 54.9 percent of the total 2,916,837, 53.8 percent yesterday
*DEATHS DIRECTLY / INDIRECTLY FROM COVID-19 — 128,649 deaths, or 4.5 percent of the total 2,916,837 cases today, 4.5 percent yesterday.
New cases grew by 44,530 in the past 24 hours as of 12:01 this morning, the total number of ACTIVE cases increased by 3,711 cases, offset by the 40,564 individuals moving into RECOVERY.

The four states with the most new cases posted the highest counts — and account for 52.6 percent of the new cases since yesterday:

*California — 4,625 new cases in past 24 hours, 3,718 yesterday
*Texas — 5,183 new cases in past 24 hours, 5,382 yesterday
*Florida — 10,059 new cases in past 24 hours, 11,458 yesterday
*Arizona — 3,536 new cases in past 24 hours, 2,695 yesterday.
The five southeastern states that have been identified previously as experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases account for 17.2 percent of the new cases since yesterday:

*Georgia — 2,197 new cases in past 24 hours, 2,826 yesterday
*South Carolina — 1,461 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,854 yesterday
*North Carolina — 1,329 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,092 yesterday
*Alabama — 1,091 new cases in past 24 hours, 997 yesterday
*Mississippi — 226 new cases in past 24 hours, 990 yesterday.
Here is where the four early case states are in new cases, they account for 3.6 percent of the new cases since yesterday:

*New York — 631 new cases in past 24 hours, 863 yesterday
*New Jersey — 304 new cases in past 24 hours, 208 yesterday
*Massachusetts — 136 new cases in past 24 hours, 210 yesterday
*Michigan — 360 new cases in past 24 hours, 406 yesterday.
The number of deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 totaled 251 as of 12:01 a.m. today compared to 254 deaths that posted yesterday.

The number of “critical/serious” cases totaled 16,038 as of 12:01 a.m. today… 21 cases more than the 16,017 cases yesterday.

!!Sunday, July 5, 2020
There are now 2,872,307 individuals in the United States that have been tracked with having encountered COVID-19 to-date.

In the United States in the last five days, the number of individuals tested totals 2,755,120. The number of individuals testing positive for COVID-19 totals 254,461. The number of individuals that have died totals 2,233. And the number of individual who have recovered after the national 14-day recovery time period totals 148,418.

Here is the update of the 2,872,307 individuals in the U.S. that have been tracked with having encountered COVID-19 to-date and how they break down in terms of status as of 12:01 a.m.ET this Sunday morning:

*ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. — 1,183,348 cases or 41.2 percent of the 2,872,307 total cases, 41.6 percent yesterday
*FULLY-RECOVERED COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. with 14-DAY NATIONAL RECOVERY TIME — 1,560,565 individuals or 54.3 percent of the total 2,872,307, 53.8 percent yesterday
*DEATHS DIRECTLY / INDIRECTLY FROM COVID-19 — 2,872,307 cases today or 4.5 percent of the total or 128,398 deaths, 4.5 percent yesterday.

While new cases grew by 45,182 in the past 24 hours, the total number of ACTIVE cases increased by 6,298 cases — offset by the number of active cases moving into RECOVERY.

The four states with the most new cases posted the highest counts — and account for 51.3 percent of the new cases since yesterday:

*California — 3,718 new cases in past 24 hours, 6,314 yesterday
*Texas — 5,382 new cases in past 24 hours, 7,343 yesterday
*Florida — 11,458 new cases in past 24 hours, 9,488 yesterday
*Arizona — 2,695 new cases in past 24 hours, 4,433 yesterday.

Note that while Florida increased, the other three states decreased.

The five southeastern states that have been identified previously as experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases account for 17.2 percent of the new cases since yesterday:

*Georgia — 2,826 new cases in past 24 hours, 2,784 yesterday
*South Carolina — 1,854 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,831 yesterday
*North Carolina — 1,092 new cases in past 24 hours, 2,054 yesterday
*Alabama — 997 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,754 yesterday
*Mississippi — 990 new cases in past 24 hours, 914 yesterday.

Here is where the four early case states are in new cases, they account for 3.6 percent of the new cases since yesterday:

*New York — 863 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,134 yesterday
*New Jersey — 208 new cases in past 24 hours, 306 yesterday
*Massachusetts — 210 new cases in past 24 hours, 290 yesterday
*Michigan — 406 new cases in past 24 hours, 497 yesterday.

The number of deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 totaled 254 as of 12:01 a.m.today compared to 616 deaths that posted yesterday. The percentage of individuals dying directly or indirectly from COVID-19 in the U.S. has dropped one full percentage point in the past 10 days from 5.5 percent of all cases to 4.5 percent of all cases in the U.S.

The number of “critical/serious” cases did increase more for the first time in about a month — 16,017 cases as of 12:01 a.m.this morning. This is an increase of 89 cases nationally.

The number of fully-recovered as defined in national U.S. tracking based on a consistent 14-day time period along with testing at the end of 14-days now stands at 1,560,565 individuals.

!!Saturday, July 4, 2020
There are now 2,827,125 individuals in the United States that have been tracked with having encountered COVID-19 to-date.

Here is today’s update on the 2,827,125 individuals in the U.S. that have been diagnosed with COVID-19 to-date and their break down in terms of status as of 12:01 a.m. ET this morning:

*ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. — 1,177,050 cases or 41.6% of the 2,827,125 total cases, 41.6% yesterday
*FULLY-RECOVERED COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. with 14-DAY NATIONAL RECOVERY TIME — 1,521,931 individuals or 53.8% of the total 2,827,125 individuals, 53.8% yesterday
*DEATHS DIRECTLY / INDIRECTLY FROM COVID-19 — 128,144 deaths or 4.6% of the total 2,827,125 cases, 4.6% yesterday.

While new cases grew by 54,904 in the past 24 hours the total number of ACTIVE cases increased by 29,488 cases, offset by the number of active cases moving into RECOVERY.

The four states with the most new cases posted the highest counts and account for 50.2% of the new cases:

*California — 6,314 new cases in past 24 hours, 9,352 yesterday
*Texas — 7,343 new cases in past 24 hours, 7,535 yesterday
*Florida — 9,488 new cases in past 24 hours, 10,109 yesterday
*Arizona — 4,433 new cases in past 24 hours, 3,333 yesterday.

The five southeastern states that have been identified previously as experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases account for an additional 17.0% of the new cases. The share of new cases that these states represent continues to grow:

*Georgia — 2,784 new cases in the past 24 hours, 3,472 yesterday
*South Carolina — 1,831 new cases in the past 24 hours, 1,782 yesterday
*North Carolina — 2,054 new cases in the past 24 hours, 1,855 yesterday
*Alabama — 1,754 new cases in the past 24 hours, 1,149 yesterday
*Mississippi — 914 new cases in past 24 hours, 870 yesterday.

Here is where the four early case states are in new cases:

*New York — 1,134 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,035 yesterday
*New Jersey — 306 new cases in past 24 hours, 415 yesterday
*Massachusetts — 290 new cases in past 24 hours, 195 yesterday.
*Michigan — 497 new cases in past 24 hours, 582 yesterday.

The number of deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 totaled 616 as of 12:01 a.m. today compared to the 676 deaths posted yesterday. The increase in new cases that started to climb more than a week ago are having limited, if any impact, on the number of deaths resulting from COVID-19.

The number of “critical/serious” cases grew by 32 cases across the U.S. — 15,928 cases as of 12:01 a.m. today. The increase in new cases that started to climb more than a week ago are having limited, if any impact, on the number of “critical/serious” cases resulting from COVID-19.

The number of fully-recovered — as defined in national U.S. tracking based on a consistent 14-day time period along with testing at the end of 14-days — now totals over 1.5 million at 1,521,931 individuals as of 12:01 a.m. this morning, an increase of 24,800 individuals.

For the local Greater Athens area, here are the numbers from 12:01 a.m. ET this morning compared to the numbers shared on Thursday in advance of the July 4th travel:

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And a word to fellow Athenians. While you might hear about the coronavirus frat parties and the increase of positive cases among “students,” even here in the shadows of the oldest state university in the United States, the majority of new active cases are taking place among individuals age 55+ and a hard-working labor base of mostly Hispanic-Latinos age 25-44. Take a moment this 4th of July weekend and reach out to the local Food Banks and Hispanic-Latino outreach programs.

Enjoy this Fourth of July Holiday weekend. We still reside in the greatest nation in the world.

!!Friday, July 3, 2020
There are now 2,772,221 individuals in the United States that have been tracked with having encountered COVID-19 to-date.

There is an increase in cases. The cases are concentrated in a very defined set of states, and, within each core state, the cases are defined to specific ZIP-Codes within key cities like Miami-Dade County, Houston, Phoenix, LA, Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, and Columbia-Charleston.

Here is the update of of percentages of the 2,772,221 individuals in the U.S. that have been diagnosed with COVID-19 to-date and how they break down in terms of status as of 12:01 a.m. ET this morning:

*ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. — 41.6% of the 2,772,221 total cases today or 1,152,250 cases as of 12:01 a.m. ET, 41.1% yesterday
*FULLY-RECOVERED COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. with 14-DAY NATIONAL RECOVERY TIME —53.8% of the total 2,772,221 individuals or 1,492,443 individuals as of 12:01 a.m. ET, 54.2% yesterday
*DEATHS DIRECTLY / INDIRECTLY FROM COVID-19 — 4.6% of the total 2,772,221 cases today or 127,528 deaths as of 12:01a.m. ET, 4.7% yesterday.
The four states with the most new cases — California, Texas, Florida and Arizona — posted the highest counts and account for 53.0% of the new cases. The share of new cases that these states represent is growing:

*California — 9,352 new cases in past 24 hours, 6,497 yesterday
*Texas — 7,535 new cases in past 24 hours, 8,240 yesterday
*Florida — 10,109 new cases in past 24 hours, 6,563 yesterday
*Arizona — 3,333 new cases in past 24 hours, 4,877 yesterday.

Here is a breakdown of the total cases tracked in each of these top four states as tracked by The COVID Tracking Project and organized by The Atlantic Monthly Group by race/ethnicity as issued at 7 a.m. this morning:

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*Native-Americans account for 80% of each of the state numbers noted

The five southeastern states that have been identified previously as experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases account for an additional 15.9% of the new cases. The number of new cases in these states is also growing:

*Georgia — 3,472 new cases in past 24 hours, 2,946 yesterday
*South Carolina — 1,782 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,520 yesterday
*North Carolina — 1,855 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,256 yesterday
*Alabama — 1,149 new cases in past 24 hours, 917 yesterday
*Mississippi — 870 new cases in past 24 hours, 653 yesterday.

Here is a break-down of the total cases in each of the five southeastern states as tracked by The COVID Tracking Project and organized by The Atlantic Monthly Group by race/ethnicity as issued at 7a.m. this morning:

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Here is where the four early case states are in new cases:

*New York — 1,035 new cases in past 24 hours, 769 yesterday|New Jersey — 415 new cases in past 24 hours, 285 yesterday
*Massachusetts — 195 new cases in past 24 hours, 261 yesterday
*Michigan — 582 new cases in past 24 hours, 361 yesterday.

The number of deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 totaled 687 as of 12:01 a.m. today compared to 676 deaths that posted yesterday.

The number of “critical/serious” cases has not increased… in fact it is lower in the past 7 days than it was in the previous 7 days — 15,896 cases as of 12:01 a.m. today.

The number of fully-recovered, as defined in national U.S. tracking based on a consistent 14-day time period along with testing at the end of 14-days, now totals 1,492,443 individuals as of 12:01 a.m. today — an increase of 22,482 individuals.

FYI, there is a new campaign running on top cable networks in prime time television to secure donations of serum from COVID-19 survivors. The ads I have seen ran on HGTV, USA, DIY-TV and Food Network.

!!Thursday, July 2, 2020
There are now 2,714,985 individuals in the United States that have been tracked with having encountered COVID-19 to-date.The current “hit rate” ratio of the number of tests conducted in the U.S. (34.8 million) and number of individuals identified with COVID-19 in the U.S. (2.7 million) is 13:1. In the past two days, 1,666,129 new COVID-19 tests have been conducted. and 97,139 new COVID-19 cases have been detected. That translates to a hit rate of 17:1 in the past two days. There is a delay in when a test is administered and when the results come back, but since its true on both sets of numbers, they remain comparative.Here is todays update of the percentages of those2,573,112 individuals in the U.S. that have been diagnosed with COVID-19 to-date and how they break down in terms of status as of 12:01 a.m. ET this morning:

*ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. — 41.1 percent of the 2,714,985 total cases or 1,118,183 cases as of 12:01 a.m. ET, 41.0 percent yesterday
*FULLY-RECOVERED COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. with 14-DAY NATIONAL RECOVERY TIME —54.2 percent of the total 2,714,985 individuals or 1,469,961 individuals as of 12:01 a.m. ET, 54.2 percent yesterday
*DEATHS DIRECTLY / INDIRECTLY FROM COVID-19 — 4.7 percent of the total 2,714,985 cases today or 126,841 deaths as of 12:01 a.m.ET, 4.8 percent yesterday.
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The four states with the most new cases — California, Texas, Florida, and Arizona — posted the highest counts and account for 51.2 percent of the new cases.

*California — 6,497 new cases in past 24 hours, 7,906 yesterday
*Texas - 8,240 new cases in past 24 hours, 7,959 yesterday
*Florida - 6,563 new cases in past 24 hours., 6,093 yesterday
*Arizona - 4,877 new cases in past 24 hours, 2,223 yesterday.
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The total number of CURRENTLY ACTIVE COVID-19 cases in these four states totals 454,719 as of 12:01 a.m. this morning.

Five southeastern states accounted for an additional 14.2 percent of the new cases:

*Georgia — 2,946 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,874 yesterday
*South Carolina — 1,520 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,755 yesterday
*North Carolina — 1,256 new cases in past 24 hours, 1,663 yesterday
*Alabama — 917 new cases in past 24 hours, 879 yesterday
*Mississippi — 653 new cases in past 24 hours, 680 yesterday
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The total number of CURRENTLY ACTIVE COVID-19 cases in these four states totals 106,726 as of 12:01 a.m. this morning.

As Americans, we cannot travel to most of Europe. As a Georgian, I cannot travel to New York.

Here is where the four early case states are in new cases:

*New York — 769 new cases in past 24 hours, 508 yesterday
*New Jersey — 285 new cases in past 24 hours, 554 yesterday
*Massachusetts — 261 new cases in past 24 hours, 114 yesterday
*Michigan — 361 new cases in past 24 hours, 505 yesterday.

The total number of CURRENTLY ACTIVE COVID-19 cases in these four states totals 432,744 as of 12:01 a.m. this morning.

The number of deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 totaled 676 as of 12:01 a.m. today, compared to 746 deaths posted yesterday.

The number of “critical/serious” cases has not increased… in fact it is lower in the past seven days tracked than it was in the previous seven days — 15,898 cases as of 12:01 a.m. today.

For the local Athenians reading this… I hear a lot of concern about what is taking place in Greater Athens — with some folks I speak to thinking that the active cases in Greater Athens has doubled. Here is an update of the Athens numbers that I posted last Saturday:

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!!Wednesday, July 1, 2020
There are now 2,663,888 individuals in the United States that have been tracked with having encountered COVID-19 to-date.

The mainstream media elects to share the total number of individuals who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since it was first discovered in the United States in the beginning of 2020 rather than report current active cases. When a person contracts the coronavirus and develops COVID-19, the coronavirus stays active — in that the coronavirus can be passed from their body to others — for five to six days. Individuals identified as active with COVID-19 are asked to remain quarantined for 14 days. After that time period, they cannot pass COVID-19 to others. This is shared to help explain to readers the numbers I track and report versus what is reported in mainstream media.

The actual numbers of how many people are active with COVID-19 is dramatically less than the total numbers. As of today, that number is 41.0 percent of the total number that is being reported.

Here is today’s update of the percentages of those 2,573,112 individuals in the U.S. that have been diagnosed with COVID-19 to-date and how they break down in terms of status as of 12:01 a.m. ET this Wednesday morning:

*ACTIVE COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. — 41.0 percent of the 2,573,112 total today or 1,093,242 cases as of 12:01 a.m. ET, 41.3 percent yesterday
*FULLY-RECOVERED COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. 14-DAY NATIONAL RECOVERY TIME —54.2 percent of the total 2,573,112 individuals today or 1,444,481 individuals as of 12:01 a.m. ET, 53.9 percent yesterday
*DEATHS DIRECTLY / INDIRECTLY FROM COVID-19 — 4.8 percent of the total 2,573,112 or 126,165 deaths as of 12:01 a.m.ET, 4.8 percent yesterday.
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The number of U.S. COVID-19 tests completed in the past 24 hours set a new record high of 1,010,405 tests bringing the total number to 34,199,918 tests completed to-date. There were nearly as many tests completed in 24 hours here in the U.S. as there are active cases, 1,010,405 tests compared to 1,093,242 active cases.

California, Texas, Florida, and Arizona posted the highest counts and account for 52.5 percent of the new cases:

*California — 7,906 new cases in past 24 hours as of 12:01 a.m., 6,896 yesterday
*Texas — 7,959 new cases in past 24 hours as of 12:01 a.m., 6,135 yesterday
*Florida — 6,093 new cases in past 24 hours as of 12:01 a.m., 5,264 yesterday
*Arizona — 2,228 new cases in past 24 hours as of 12:01 a.m., 3,076 yesterday.
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These southeastern states accounted for an additional 14.8 percent of the new cases:

The number of fully-recovered — as defined in national U.S. tracking, based on a consistent 14-day time period — now stands at 1,601,129 individuals as of 12:01 a.m. this morning. On the front page of this morning’s ''Wall Street Journal'' is an article about how much COVID-19 survivors are in demand by the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.