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
2021-04-12	91582.9	1990.0
2021-04-13	92140.0	1991.8
2021-04-14	92513.8	1993.7
2021-04-15	92902.3	1999.2
2021-04-16	93360.4	2002.8
2021-04-17	93754.4	2004.7
2021-04-18	94089.7	2004.7

Total:

	confirmed	deaths
2021-04-12	49979	1086
2021-04-13	50283	1087
2021-04-14	50487	1088
2021-04-15	50699	1091
2021-04-16	50949	1093
2021-04-17	51164	1094
2021-04-18	51347	1094