COVID-19 numbers
Here’s the latest data on COVID-19 coronavirus infections and deaths.
Latest reported numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University
Global diagnosed cases: 21,709,841
Global deaths: 775,926. The United States has the most deaths of any single country, with 170,055.
Number of countries/regions: at least 188
Total patients recovered globally: 13,688,821
Latest reported numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 5,404,500 reported cases in 50 states + the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. This is more than in any other country.
U.S. deaths: at least 170,055. New York State has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 32,805.
U.S. total patients recovered: 1,833,067
U.S. total people tested: 67,203,219
The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in California, with 623,873 confirmed cases out of a total state population of 39.51 million. That is second only to Sao Paulo, Brazil, which has 699,493 cases, as the most reported cases of any single region in the world.
COVID-19 headlines
Now over 21 million global COVID-19 cases; US surpasses 170,000 deaths
The number of reported global COVID-19 infections surpassed 21 million over the weekend. That represents a precipitous climb over last Friday morning’s numbers, when there were 20,945,986 global reported cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. As of this morning, there are 21,709,841 reported global COVID-19 cases, with 5,404,500 of them in the U.S., representing about 25% of the world’s confirmed infections. Also Monday, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. numbered 170,055, an increase of 2,802 over last Friday’s reported 167,253 U.S. deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week revised their COVID-19 deaths forecast, predicting between 180,000 to 200,000 U.S. deaths by Labor Day. In better news, there were 42,048 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the United States on Sunday, well below the record set on July 16, when more than 77,000 new cases were identified in a 24-hour reporting period. An additional 572 coronavirus-related deaths were also recorded Sunday, the first time in seven days that fewer than 1,000 deaths were reported in the U.S.
Beware of flaming hand sanitizer
Most hand sanitizers are at least two-thirds alcohol, which is course is flammable, so most of us know it’s not a good idea to get it near an open flame. But it turns out it doesn’t even take that much to set the stuff ablaze. The safety office at Fort Jackson army base in Columbia, South Carolina, issued a warning last week about an employee who touched a metal surface shortly after sanitizing their hands, but before the alcohol had completely evaporated. Unbeknownst to them, the metal surface had accumulated a static charge. A static spark then ignited the alcohol vapor, “resulting in an almost invisible blue flame on both hands,” according to the bulletin, which goes on to advise making sure your hands are completely dry before touching any metal surfaces or any potential source of static electricity.