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NRaleighLiberal

(60,019 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2020, 07:40 PM Apr 2020

COVID confirmed cases creeping up, back to April 20 growth rate

starting to see impacts of the gross repub reopen ignorance, or of increased testing???

I've been tracking it since mid March here. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213132124

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COVID confirmed cases creeping up, back to April 20 growth rate (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Apr 2020 OP

Pay little atention to the number of cases. Do pay attention the percentage of positive cases/tests LonePirate Apr 2020 #1

LonePirate

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1. Pay little atention to the number of cases. Do pay attention the percentage of positive cases/tests

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 07:47 PM

Apr 2020

That daily number will give a better indication of things. As testing increases, so will the number of positive cases so looking at that absolute number will not provide much insight.

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