The Covid-19 Info thread (keep politics out please)

[msstate7]

If you are wondering why our numbers went from record positive cases to a quick decline:

2 weeks ago, we were testing an avg. of 4.7k tests per day with a 7% positive rate.... Now we are only testing 1.6k per day, but we have increased our positive rate to 20%, which is staggering and one of the highest in the country.

Summary: tater is fudging the numbers by making the requirements for a test stricter and/or harder to get. His bootlicking marching orders from the DC bunker are being carried out.

Last 5 Monday cumulative tests on that day:

June 15: 230,503
June 8: 208,212
June 1: 176,254
May 25: 143,917
May 18: 115,767

https://covidtracking.com/data/state/mississippi

Not sure where you get that 1,600/day at. While testing did drop, icu and vents are staying relatively flat. How do you explain that if there's a cover up of an outbreak?

ETA... the last week, we've tested 22,291. If there were a 20% positive rate, that would be 4,459 new cases this past week.