The COVID-19 Data from John Hopkins University CSSE is the best information available on COVID-19 statistics at any given moment in time. In an effort to present data with the highest integrity possible the figures are revised as new information becomes available. A good example is the reporting on the USA crossing the threshold of 1,000,000 COVID-19 deaths. The date when we passed this grim milestone was widely reported in the media as May 17, 2022. As of Friday August 19, 2022, We (COVID-19 Impact Project) also reported this date at the “accurate” date. However as I prepare this BLOG 3 days later, I went back to look at the figures and the date when the USA crossed this threshold is now reported as May 9, 2022 and the figure on that date is 1,000,203 vs 1,000,189 on May 17.
MILESTONE DEATHS ~50K INCREMENTS
50,323 April 23, 2020
100,624 May 27, 2020
150,546 June 29, 2020
200,826 September 23, 2020
250,489 November 18, 2020
300,092 December 12, 2020
352,185 January 1, 2021
400,576 January 16, 2021
451,567 February 2, 2021
501,204 February 23, 2021
550,265 April 2, 2021
600,054 June 28, 2021
650,583 September 8, 2021
700,008 October 3, 2021
750,007 November 4, 2021
801,773 December 15, 2021
850,796 January 14, 2022
901,602 February 4, 2022
951,598 March 1, 2022
1,000,203 May 9, 2022