Nate Silver

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Newly-reported US COVID-19 deaths: Mon4/6—1182 Sun 4/5—1184 Sat 4/4—1352 Fri 4/3—1178 Thu 4/2—1084 Wed 4/1—954 Tue 3/31—807 Mon 3/30—511 Sun 3/29—463 Sat 3/28—435 Fri 3/27—367 Thu 3/26—263 Wed 3/25—225 Tue 3/24—204 Mon 3/23—73 Sun 3/22—126 Sat 3/21—53 Fri 3/20—59 Thu 3/19—48 — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

So, there's a lot going on here. There's been a slowdown. But also important: there may be some day-of-week effects. The last two Tuesdays were quite bad. Possible there's a backlog of cases on weekends that then finally make it into Tuesday's reporting. — PolitiTweet.org