{"id":1125,"date":"2021-02-09T08:29:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2021-02-09T08:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:29:31","slug":"how-about-trends-in-ky-tn-tx-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1125","title":{"rendered":"How about trends in KY, TN, TX, &#038; VA?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Question:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0And how about trends for Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0As promised, here are trends for KY, TN, TX, and VA.\u00a0 These trends are similar to the trends we observed in <a href=\"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1119\">yesterday&#8217;s data<\/a>\u00a0with cases and hospitalizations\u00a0declining after their peaks in January.\u00a0 Daily deaths in each of these four states are the highest they&#8217;ve ever been, but appear to be plateauing; hopefully we&#8217;ll see a true decline in the coming days.\u00a0 In the last week alone, 3,631 individuals across\u00a0 KY, TN, TX, and VA died of COVID.\u00a0 When it comes to testing, daily tests have either stagnated even fallen, as is the case in Kentucky.\u00a0 Meanwhile, test positivity remains exceptionally high with the 7-day rolling average ranging from 11% in Tennessee to 20% in Kentucky.\u00a0 Again, testing is not keeping apace with community spread.\u00a0 Please remain vigilant&#8211; wear your mask, wash your hands, keep your distance and as much as possible, avoid the 3Cs: closed spaces, crowded places, and close-contact settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Figure 1. Kentucky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-7.png?resize=723%2C572&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-7.png?w=910&amp;ssl=1 910w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-7.png?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-7.png?resize=768%2C608&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Figure 2. Tennessee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-8.png?resize=723%2C573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-8.png?w=908&amp;ssl=1 908w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-8.png?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-8.png?resize=768%2C609&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Figure 3. Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-9.png?resize=723%2C567&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-9.png?w=918&amp;ssl=1 918w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-9.png?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-9.png?resize=768%2C602&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Figure 4. Virginia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-10.png?resize=723%2C572&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-10.png?w=910&amp;ssl=1 910w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-10.png?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-10.png?resize=768%2C608&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:\u00a0And how about trends for Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia? Answer:\u00a0As promised, here are trends for KY, TN, TX, and VA.\u00a0 These trends are similar to the trends we observed in yesterday&#8217;s data\u00a0with cases and hospitalizations\u00a0declining after their peaks in January.\u00a0 Daily deaths in each of these four states are the highest they&#8217;ve ever been, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47,46],"tags":[52,54,56],"class_list":["post-1125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-states","category-trends","tag-kentucky","tag-tennessee","tag-virginia","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-7.png?fit=910%2C720&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1130,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125\/revisions\/1130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}