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Arizona

marybourg

(13,181 posts) Tue Jan 5, 2021, 11:19 AM Jan 2021

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5932 new cases on the AZ Dashboard today, Tues.: 253 deaths (Original Post) marybourg Jan 2021 OP

holiday weekend catch up numbers beachbumbob Jan 2021 #1

Yea, that's why a 7-day rolling average is generally marybourg Jan 2021 #2

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1. holiday weekend catch up numbers

Tue Jan 5, 2021, 11:29 AM

Jan 2021

and why numbers themselves are meaningless to make a determination from a single day report

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2. Yea, that's why a 7-day rolling average is generally

Tue Jan 5, 2021, 12:00 PM

Jan 2021

needed to see any kind of trend. The NYT usually has 7-day rolling averages available for the various states as well as for the country.