Washington, DC, sees large uptick in coronavirus cases
Source: CNN
Washington, DC, has continued to see an overall rise in coronavirus cases over the last seven weeks.
As of Thursday, DC tested 21,135 people, with 4,658 total positives. There have been a total of 231 deaths. The number of positive cases took a drastic jump to 335 cases Friday the biggest rise in a single day.
Fridays rise in cases coincides with the first day DC has received more than 1,000 test results in a single day.
When broken down by race, 48% of positive Covid-19 cases are African American.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-01-20/index.html
IronLionZion
(45,563 posts)I'd like to see data on the jobs people had or how they got infected. We've seen essential workers and first responders get it, but I imagine there may be some folks who are homeless and some who ignored social distance orders and decided to have parties.
LisaM
(27,843 posts)Obviously, the virus was spreading before people were aware of it, and in tight situations like NYC, it was probably in public places like subways.
But I'd really like to see the patterns emerge. It would be so useful.
Igel
(35,374 posts)So large groups--funerals (GA), for instance. Or some workplaces.
One MIT white paper found a strong correlation in NYC for use of subways and geographic distribution of reported cases. There was the warning not to assume causality, probably because that leap of faith was so attractive. We're left with thinking perhaps the virus spread in the subway system, primarily on certain lines; or perhaps the virus spread in the community, and communities tend to favor certain lines (like, perhaps, the ones running in their neighborhoods).
riversedge
(70,347 posts)Igel
(35,374 posts)It would be the low-paid workers that they'd have to steer clear of.