Tony's Diary Package — page 351

Confirmed Cases (Thousands) in el ee a La Repubblica; New Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In the U.S. A -- 6,700,000/198, 100 " y id VA A 'i a a J md Fa Pom, I " Ae ia az] id by es % s a " $e es ees st sE FS Ooty eee oy Moving Avorage 19 September 2020 From the daily report: new hospital admissions failed to decline for the past 2 weeks Cases and deaths both increasing this week There is a disconect for the first time between best positiviry rates, cases and deaths Historically first test positivity increases, followed by increased cases, new hospitalizations and deaths Test positivity i¢ now unreliable due tod reasens I think butl arn scill investigating 1. lack of pepesrtiryg of Ag best inne positivity & cunning 10-20% beth in on campus ard off carpus students and the surrounding connunities are nel being bested positivity hast rapidly increased to > 10%) _-- a Nous . \ leVieNI ef f ¢ F Ff * ¥ dramatic changes in testing profiles across the United States aver the past 3 weeks due tothe new CDC policy with greater declines inthe yellow and red COVID states and increased testing in the green states with low test positivity skewing the test positivity lower ~ $66 state protiles University entrance testing -- mary large universities aver the past 3 weeks screened all their soudents on entry and besting rates were under 16 and this data has been adebed in ower the past 2-4 weeks (these students pre-quarantined and had bowrates but bes several universities have been able to procunt Og tests bul are net reporting that data and test Thisis making determination of active conmmunity spread very difficult and it is clear spreadis accurring silently driving the rate ot new admissions and high nevradmissions100cases which will lead to higher case tatality rates Overall hospitalizations are dropping due to high turn over of new admissions and general improvement from the surge over ther surmmer -- but there are states and pockets in those states with rising hospitalization Taken tagether-- need to surge testing into communities surrounding universities with greater than 15K students te ensure protection of the vulnerable individuals in the communities -- working with ADM Giroirand Brad Smith Will work with COC te ensure all Ag results are reported as tests with both numerators and denominators New cases today at 43,000 Testing has decreased and so hospitalizations per 100 case has increased since we are missing asymptomatics (see note above) PRESS: Interview with La Repubblica; September 19, 2020 Global - 30,400,000/950,000; USA - 6,700,000/198,100