Our daily update is published. States reported 798k tests and 65k new cases of COVID-19.

States reported 1,037 deaths today, which was our fifth day in a row of more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States.

Here’s the weekly view. Test growth and especially case growth has slowed this week. Current hospitalizations rose this week despite problems getting the data from hospitals. States reported 6,297 COVID-19 deaths this week, up more than 1,000 from last week.

It’s the weekend, so as usual, the data is less complete than on weekdays. Michigan didn’t update today bc of tech problems; New Jersey only posted positive results, no totals or negatives.

Another day of uneven current COVID-19 hospitalizations data. California and Texas are still not getting complete data from hospitals due to the HHS changeover. We’ve frozen their figures for now.

Other states seem to be having trouble, with several showing substantial drops in current hospitalizations but not posting HHS notices. We’re reporting their hospitalization figures as published and hope to see smoother data next week.

But here’s some great news about hospitalization data: We now have figures for current COVID-19 hospitalizations for 50 states and DC + Guam and Puerto Rico. Once the data settles down from the systems changeover, this should be a very solid national number.