Here are the latest four weeks from the CDC’s COVID-19 Cases in the U.S. website:
| Covid-19 | 3-27 | 4-3 | 4-10 | 4-17 |
| Cases | 85,356 | 239,279 | 459,165 | 661,712 |
| Deaths | 1246 | 5,442 | 16,570 | 28,823 |
| Cases / Deaths | 1.46% | 2.27% | 3.61% | 4.36% |
This week the CDC began to include deaths probably caused by COVID-19 in its death count. The FEHBlog will stick with confirmed COVID-19 deaths. The probable COVID-19 death count today was 4,226. The CDC’s number close out at 4 pm on the day before the report.
Today the CDC added demographic data to its Cases in U.S. website. The FEHBlog was surprised to find that in almost 75% of the COVID-19 cases, race/ethnicity was not specified. The majority of cases are found in the 18 to 64 age range. The CDC’s statistics do not provide a gender breakdown.
The CDC also released its weekly COVIDView report. 680,000 COVID-19 lab tests were conducted in the week ended April 11. (The CDC’s weekly summaries customarily are a week behind the release date.)
Here’s a link to the President’s three phase guidelines on reopening our country that were issued yesterday. According to the Fierce Healthcare report, Dr. Deborah Birx from the CDC explains that before entering phase one, states and cities “must see data that shows a sustained decline in influenza-like illness, as well as positive COVID-19 cases with persistent testing, for a minimum of 14-days.”