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Yavin4

(35,445 posts) Fri Mar 19, 2021, 11:16 PM Mar 2021

While working on a covid data project, I learned that the U.S. had 300K infections in 1 day

This is for my class project. I thought that the number was wrong, but nope:

The start of the new year has brought bad news. The US reported 299,087 confirmed coronavirus cases on January 2, the highest single-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

https://deadline.com/2021/01/us-tops-300000-new-cases-in-one-day-1234664162/

One of the highest single day records in the world.

Data projects are like that some times. You get a data point that you just cannot believe and think that you made a mistake some where or that it was recorded wrong or something. But then, that cold hard truth just hits you in the face.

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While working on a covid data project, I learned that the U.S. had 300K infections in 1 day (Original Post) Yavin4 Mar 2021 OP

On Jan. 8th there were 308,9000 new cases in the US according to Worldometers. BigmanPigman Mar 2021 #1

BigmanPigman

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1. On Jan. 8th there were 308,9000 new cases in the US according to Worldometers.