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Some U.S. states are changing the definition of a COVID patient, which is causing a large drop in the number of patients. One of those states is New Hampshire, where the health department is counting only 4% of COVID patients 1/3
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Under this new definition, a COVID patient is only counted if they're being treated with remdesivir or dexamethasone, which is often used to treat moderate to severe illness 2/3
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U.S. Vice President Harris will be working from home after being in close contact with her communications director, who tested positive for COVID-19, the White House says
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Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, has died after a battle with COVID-19
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Shanghai will test all 26 million residents for the second time in less than a week as coronavirus cases continue to rise
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China has a daily report with 2 figures: new symptomatic cases and new asymptomatic cases, but only the symptomatic cases are added to the country's tally for confirmed cases (there are also questions about what it takes to be classified as symptomatic)
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For today, Shanghai reported 311 symptomatic and 16,766 asymptomatic cases. Only those 311 are added to the official tally
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Not all states have already reported their backlogs. We don't just look at the raw numbers, we do the math every day to estimate the actual increase, taking into account reporting differences. Today's cases are up an estimated 6.5% from last week
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Additionally, with today's update, the weekly numbers are officially increasing for the first time since January.
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