Lancaster County PA

0.55 million inhabitants of Lancaster counties

Q1: Is an outbreak starting?

If the rate of new cases is growing (above 0%) that is not good (exponential growth bad).

Growth/Shrinking of Rate of New Cases ^*
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* Rate of new cases is weekly, but change % is quoted in terms of daily growth/shrinking.

Q2: How dangerous is it now?

See a historical perspective for broader context.

New Covid deaths ^* per week per million in Lancaster County, PA
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* What is counted as a death from COVID-19?
** TB = Tuberculosis. Historical rates are age-adjusted. 1865 rate is based on limited records, but follows the historical trend.

Further Details

New cases per week:
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New cases per day:
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New deaths per week:
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New deaths per day:
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Data check

Population = 545,724

Per million:

	confirmed	deaths
2021-02-17	77291.8	1812.3
2021-02-18	77623.5	1828.8
2021-02-19	77881.9	1828.8
2021-02-20	78171.4	1837.9
2021-02-21	78318.0	1839.8
2021-02-22	78506.7	1839.8
2021-02-23	78693.6	1854.4

Total:

	confirmed	deaths
2021-02-17	42180	989
2021-02-18	42361	998
2021-02-19	42502	998
2021-02-20	42660	1003
2021-02-21	42740	1004
2021-02-22	42843	1004
2021-02-23	42945	1012