In any constructions, we usually see signages like: Safety first, Safety is our priority, Always wear your hard hat or the like. These notices are intended for the safety of workers and also for other

Wow look at how high test positivity is in Ukraine this Omicron wave. 1 out of every 2 tests is coming back positive. Test positivityDaily confirmed cases While nationally hospital admissions seem to have

South Africa is still seeing a rapid increase in cases, but this weekend's numbers (Sunday and Monday) might hint at a slowdown, they're more off-trend than the usual weekend reporting slowdown. Tomorrow

Alaska, Idaho, Washington, Kentucky, W Virginia, S Carolina all at/near all-time highs for hospitalizations. (Graphs for Ohio and Montana may appear truncated so recent spike isn't visible; click to see

One chronic problem with COVID-19 news reporting has always been that it tends to be very short-term --what happened over a week or two-- which encourages people to lose perspective. Yes, some numbers

People talk about California's Covid outcomes as though the entire state fared badly, but it was mostly Southern California. The Bay Area actually has fared well. San Francisco is the second densest major

I'm feeling lazy so no links or 10-chart discussions, just an update on where we're at and what I expect over the coming months. US STATUS- Glass half full/half empty? Infections are down to half their

Testing is finally back up to pre-holiday levels. I looks like the holiday reporting dip and the bump from the backlog are behind us. The new case level appears to be flat or a bit down. Even hospitalizations

Far be it from me to share any encouraging news, but ... The rate of growth in US COVID hospitalizations and deaths has slowed. With hospitalizations, which set another new record today, this isn't necessarily

Today's shocking death toll - over 3,000 - will be "normal" two weeks from now. Our record hospitalizations will be broken repeatedly in the days to come. And we still have open indoor dining

I learned something new about COVID today, and my impression before-hand turned out to be very, very wrong. tl;dr - People entering the hospital with COVID have about a 45% chance of dying, and that ratio

Eight days ago we hit 100k new cases for the first time. Today, 150k. Cases are up 2.5x in the last month. It's not driven by testing, our test % positive has gone from under 5% to 9.5% in that time; the

It is highly misleading for journalists to report "surging" COVID-19 hospitalizations as if it was a national phenomenon. Places that were hit hard by the virus in April have relatively more