"At least one indicator used to monitor COVID-19 activity is increasing in all ten HHS regions and many regions are reporting increases in multiple indicators.
▸ The national percentages of specimens testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 increased in four regions: 5 (Midwest), 6 (South Central), 7 (Central) and 10 (Pacific Northwest).
▸ The highest percentages of specimens testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 were seen in Regions 4 (Southeast, 6.5%), 6 (South Central, 8.0%), 7 (Central, 10.1%) and 8 (Mountain, 7.0%).
▸ The percentages of visits for ILI (Influenza-like Illness), CLI (COVID-like Illness) or both, increased in all ten regions.
▸ For some indicators and regions, the increases have been small from week to week but have continued over several weeks while other indicators have increased more sharply in some regions."
Week 41 testing: Week 40 testing:
2,632,222 specimens 2,014,912 specimens
141,317 (5.4%) were positive 98,338 (4.9%) were positive
Deaths, in the U.S., coded to ICD-10 diagnosis code,
U07.1, COVID-19 = 204,613 as of October 16, 2020 according to CDC data.
Deaths, globally, reported by the WHO = 1,101,298 deaths as of October 17, 2020.
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