A shift away from daily COVID case counts has begun

January 16, 2022

Omicron case counts are shattering all previous COVID-19 records. “We’re getting to a point where a daily case count isn’t giving people that information.”So far, Tennessee is the only state to scale back its COVID-19 case reporting since omicron hit. For now, daily case counts remain the primary gauge of omicron’s nationwide spread. Alaska, Kansas and Michigan publish case data three times a week. It allows us to look at what’s happening in Nashville versus Chattanooga, for example.”The CDC official guidelines continue to recommend that state and local health departments publish daily COVID-19 case counts, he said.