sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
The COVID Tracking Project
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Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests, 195k cases, 124,686 hospitalizations, and 3,283 deaths. Holiday reporting delays are still markedly affecting testing, case, and deaths figures.

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It’s tempting to interpret holiday tests/cases/deaths drops as good news and subsequent spikes as bad news, but the truth is, we’re not going to know what really happened this week—or next week—for some time. We wrote about holiday effects here:
Analysis & updates | Daily COVID-19 Data Is About to Get Weird
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Current hospitalizations remains our most stable state-reported metric during holiday disruptions, and it will be our best guide to reality until states work through all Christmas + New Year’s backlogs.
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@COVID19Tracking
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Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests, 195k cases, 124,686 hospitalizations, and 3,283 deaths. Holiday reporting delays are still markedly affecting testing, case, and deaths figures.
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The COVID Tracking Project
@COVID19Tracking
?
3h
It’s tempting to interpret holiday tests/cases/deaths drops as good news and subsequent spikes as bad news, but the truth is, we’re not going to know what really happened this week—or next week—for some time. We wrote about holiday effects here:
Analysis & updates | Daily COVID-19 Data Is About to Get Weird
covidtracking.com
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The COVID Tracking Project
@COVID19Tracking
?
3h
Current hospitalizations remains our most stable state-reported metric during holiday disruptions, and it will be our best guide to reality until states work through all Christmas + New Year’s backlogs.
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