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canyonwalkerOne week ago the US hit a new record in the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic: over 1 million new cases reported in a single day. I noted at the time that the Jan. 3 tally of 1,018,935 (it's been adjusted upwards a tad since I published my Jan 4. blog) was a bit of a statistical anomaly; it was on a Monday following a holiday weekend. Some states don't report data on Sundays or holidays, so Monday counts almost always show an artificial spike.
Well, today's Monday, and there's another spike. And this one dwarfs last Monday's spike. Today's tally is 1,417,493 per the New York Times' Covid in the U.S. page (retrieved 10 Jan 2022). Here's a graph of recent case numbers:
Along with this extreme new high in daily new case numbers the rolling 7-day average has continued to increase. As of today it stands at 737,415. Suddenly last week's spike isn't so anomalous.
Well, today's Monday, and there's another spike. And this one dwarfs last Monday's spike. Today's tally is 1,417,493 per the New York Times' Covid in the U.S. page (retrieved 10 Jan 2022). Here's a graph of recent case numbers:
Along with this extreme new high in daily new case numbers the rolling 7-day average has continued to increase. As of today it stands at 737,415. Suddenly last week's spike isn't so anomalous.
