Alaska COVID-19 Count Sunday April 19, 2020 - Below Rt = 1 - New #s Are Good

• 5 new cases
• No new deaths
• No new hospitalizations
• 6 more recovered

To put this into another context the chart below, shows Alaska's Rt value:

These are up-to-date values for Rt, a key measure of how fast the virus is growing. It’s the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person. If Rt is above 1.0, the virus will spread quickly. When Rt is below 1.0, the virus will stop spreading. Learn More.  (Link shows all states, spoiler - we're the 7th best, 15 are 1 or below.) (I added the red - it's not hard, but you have to pay attention.)

In early April we went below 1  (how many people each infected person infects) - which, means the virus will stop spreading.  If we continue at this rate.  Isolation matters.  And testing.  We're doing well on isolation, not well at all on testing.  Testing will allow more people to do limited work.  We need more tests in the US.

But let's also remember that without widespread testing, we don't really know how many people are infected.  But the slow growth of new cases and new hospitalizations and new deaths is a good sign.


My Calendar Chart

CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES ALASKA MARCH/APRIL 2020
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
new/total	hos=hospital		12th  = 0/0	13th = 1/1	14th = 0/1	15th = 0/1
16th = 0/1	17th = 2/3	18th = 3/6	19th = 3/9	20th = 3/12	21st= 2/14	22nd= 8/22
23rd=14/36	24th =6/42 1 hos 1 dead	25th = 17/59 3 hos 1 dead	26th = 10/69 3 hos 1 dead	27th =16/89 5 hos 2 dead	28th = 13/102 6 hos 2 dead	29th= 12/114 7 hos  3 dead
30th=5/119 7 hos 3 dead	31st= 14/133 9 hos 3 dead
April 2020		1st=  10/143 9 hos 3 dead	2nd=8(6)/149 13 hos 3 dead	3rd=8(11)157 15 hos 3 dead	4th=15/171 16 hos 5 dead	5th= 14/185 20 hos 6 dead
6th=6/191 23 hosp 6 dead	7th= 22/213 23 hosp 6 Dead29 recovered	8th= 13/226 27 hosp 7 dead 32 recovered	9th= 9/235 27 hosp 7 dead 49 recovered	10th=11/246 28 hosp 7 dead 55 recovered	11th=11/257 31 hosp 8 dead 63 recovered	12th= 15/272 31 hosp 8 dead 66 recovered
13th= 5/277 32 Hosp 8 dead 85 Recovered	14th = 8/285 32 Hosp 9 dead 98 Recovered	15th= 8/293 34 Hosp 9 dead 106 Recovered	16th= 7/300 35 hosp 9 dead 110 recovered	17th=  9/309 36 hosp 9 dead 128 recovered	18th =  5/315 36 hos 9 dead 147 Recovered	19th= 4/319 36 hos 9 dead 153Recovered
		Hospital and dead figures are total to date, not new on that date

State Charts

Like every other day, this chart can be enlarged and focused with a click.  But it's a screenshot, so you have to use the chart below for interactivity.  Just play with your cursor over the chart to find lots of interesting numbers and options.   Or go to the original at the State site.  

Cases depicted above represent permanent residency of the infected person, and may not reflect where the person is located currently, or was located when exposed or diagnosed.

My day-by-day chart

There are two pages in the chart now so you have to scroll down to see the latest numbers.

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