As the U.S. reported its 27 millionth COVID-19 case yesterday there appeared to be a silver lining. Yesterday marked the first time since November 2nd that fewer than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases were recorded nationwide.
But check out the fine print. The COVID Tracking Project noted that while it had recorded 96,000 new cases yesterday pointed out, "Today’s data is missing updates from a handful of states, some of which regularly do not report on the weekend, some having technical difficulties."
Given these circumstances I think yesterday's total will eventually be adjusted into the six digits. At this point, I would be more encouraged if we saw a week's worth of data pointing to a drop below 100,000 new cases a day. While that would be a good sign we won't be starting to (as former President Trump put it) rounding the turn until we fall below 10,000 new cases a day. We aren't there yet.
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