Our daily update is published. We’ve now tracked ~4.16 million tests, up 152k from yesterday, a bit over the April average. The testing plateau continues.

Note that we can only track tests that a state reports. For details, see: http://covidtracking.com 

Deaths rose to a new single-day high in our dataset.

Because of weekend reporting lags, Tuesday numbers have set new highs (to that date) throughout April.

Tues 4/21: 2,674 deaths
Tues 4/14: 2,299 deaths
Tues 4/7: 1,926 deaths
Tues 3/31: 820 deaths

Unlike previous highs, this spike was *not* driven by New York data, but the rest of the country.

Note, too, this data does not include *presumptive* deaths from COVID in New York City (as the state has not provided that number yet).

New York State says they will soon be providing presumptive as well as laboratory-confirmed deaths. Our position is that all states should provide both numbers, but separately. This would allow for comprehensive accounting while providing better comparability through time.

We plan to track presumptive and laboratory-confirmed deaths separately, whenever possible.

We also note another interesting use of our data, this one focused on interventions: https://www.covidexitstrategy.org/