Originally Posted by
kensuf
Or maybe underreported by a lack of testing. I know several cases locally that exhibited symptoms but were told they would not be tested.
For sure at the start, but deaths are not so under-reported. The rate of deaths per day is now ~30. Annual rate just over half of the influenza rate.
In OC (SoCal) cases are going down. Hoag has beds way down. I think they are 20%-30% full and maternity stuff has some activity, but all else nothing. the 2-3 cases they have were contracted elsewhere. They are sending staff home.
Gov Executive Order N-33-20 says "
WHEREAS in a short period of time, COVID-19 has rapidly spread throughout California,..."
CA now has 971 cases in some 3 weeks with 19 deaths. This is not an exponential curve. That may very well be due to our behavior, which is good, but the numbers are not exponential.
USA deaths (not skewed by testing) since March 17 108,150.187,217