Active COVID-19 Cases and Fatality Rate in the United States
Calculated using Numbers Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(This is not an Official CDC Publication)
Active Cases = 1,271,219 (down 52,047)
(Formula: Total Cases-Closed Cases=Active Cases)
Case Fatality Rate = 1.8526% (up 0.0013524%)
(Formula: Total Deaths/Closed Cases=Case Fatality Rate)
Total Cases = 27,669,445 (see: Caveat 1)
Total Deaths = 489,067 (see: Caveat 2)
Closed Cases = 26,398,337
Caveat 1: This number represents “positive tests”, not the number of people who are actually sick. Approximately 90% of these positive tests are asymptomatic and non-contagious. The same can be said for Active Cases. In other words, only about 10% of the Active Cases in the United States are contagious COVID-19 carriers.
Caveat 2: The criteria for classifying a death due to COVID-19 are far different from the criteria used for classifying a death due to the Seasonal Flu. If deaths due to the Seasonal Flu were calculated with the same criteria that deaths are calculated for COVID-19, the numbers for the Seasonal Flu would skyrocket. Likewise, if deaths due to COVID-19 were calculated with the same criteria deaths are calculated for the Seasonal Flu, the numbers for COVID-19 would plummet; the numbers are incommensurable.