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calimary

(81,238 posts)
Thu May 7, 2020, 11:13 AM May 2020

The Daily Dread - Tracking the spread, 5/7/20

All times Pacific, source: Johns Hopkins/NBC News

At 7:34am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,780,363
Deaths worldwide - 265,567
Confirmed cases US - 1,240,048
Deaths US - 74,843

I can't believe how high the numbers have grown - and the growth is NOT stopping. Doesn't even seem to be slowing down.

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The Daily Dread - Tracking the spread, 5/7/20 (Original Post) calimary May 2020 OP
Update - calimary May 2020 #1
Will be 75,000 in an hour malaise May 2020 #2
Only took a few hours... but it got there alright. And past that marker already. calimary May 2020 #3
Happy "Flynn Gets a Freebie" Day. :( calimary May 2020 #4
Might be 76,000 by night malaise May 2020 #5
Well, why wouldn't it be? calimary May 2020 #6
Another update - calimary May 2020 #7
And another update... calimary May 2020 #8
I can't understand how people act like nothing's different. All those lives just gone. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #9

calimary

(81,238 posts)
1. Update -
Thu May 7, 2020, 12:08 PM
May 2020

At 7:34am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,780,363
Deaths worldwide - 265,567
Confirmed cases US - 1,240,048
Deaths US - 74,843


At 8:48am
Confirmed cases worldwide -3,782,216
Deaths worldwide - 265,635
Confirmed cases US - 1,241,901
Deaths US - 74,911

calimary

(81,238 posts)
3. Only took a few hours... but it got there alright. And past that marker already.
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:28 PM
May 2020

At 7:34am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,780,363
Deaths worldwide - 265,567
Confirmed cases US - 1,240,048
Deaths US - 74,843


At 8:48am
Confirmed cases worldwide -3,782,216
Deaths worldwide - 265,635
Confirmed cases US - 1,241,901
Deaths US - 74,911


At 12:21pm
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,798,069
Deaths worldwide - 267,015
Confirmed cases US - 1,248,762
Deaths US - 75,421

calimary

(81,238 posts)
6. Well, why wouldn't it be?
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:39 PM
May 2020

The experts have spoken of infection spread as 2000/day.

It's just a little after noon here in the West. There's time.



=(

calimary

(81,238 posts)
7. Another update -
Thu May 7, 2020, 10:25 PM
May 2020

At 7:34am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,780,363
Deaths worldwide - 265,567
Confirmed cases US - 1,240,048
Deaths US - 74,843


At 8:48am
Confirmed cases worldwide -3,782,216
Deaths worldwide - 265,635
Confirmed cases US - 1,241,901
Deaths US - 74,911


At 12:21pm
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,798,069
Deaths worldwide - 267,015
Confirmed cases US - 1,248,762
Deaths US - 75,421


At 6:08pm - here again, it's the end of the day and all I have are the domestic stats. But they're bad enough.
Confirmed cases US - 1,261,740
Deaths US - 76,420

Sweet God...

calimary

(81,238 posts)
8. And another update...
Fri May 8, 2020, 12:01 AM
May 2020

At 7:34am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,780,363
Deaths worldwide - 265,567
Confirmed cases US - 1,240,048
Deaths US - 74,843


At 8:48am
Confirmed cases worldwide -3,782,216
Deaths worldwide - 265,635
Confirmed cases US - 1,241,901
Deaths US - 74,911


At 12:21pm
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,798,069
Deaths worldwide - 267,015
Confirmed cases US - 1,248,762
Deaths US - 75,421


At 6:08pm - here again, it's the end of the day and all I have are the domestic stats. But they're bad enough.
Confirmed cases US - 1,261,740
Deaths US - 76,420


At 8:01pm
Confirmed cases US - 1,262,062
Deaths US - 76,441

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