News in Numbers
The number of Americans who have filed for jobless aid in the last five weeks, a number only comparable to those of the Great Depression in the 1930s. The government reported that 4.4 million workers applied for unemployment benefits just last week.
The low estimation of how much Seattle, Wash., is projected to lose in tax revenue this year as a result of the coronavirus shutdown.
When Facebook will lift its company ban on gatherings of more than 50 people. The company is requiring its workers to continue working from home through May, and plans to allow employees to return to work in slow waves after that.
The number of malware and phishing emails related to the coronavirus that Google saw each day during the first week of April.
The amount of Paycheck Protection Program low-interest loans for which 1.5 million U.S. companies have applied in response to the economy-stopping coronavirus.
The estimated number of unemployment claims that have been filed in the past month. Some economists predict the unemployment rate could rise to 20 percent by the end of the month.
The amount that Illinois has paid in the past month for medicine and personal protective equipment to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The proportional drop in driving direction requests from California's Bay Area in the two months ending April 12 based on data from Apple Maps to better understand the effectiveness of stay-at-home and social distancing orders across the world. Apple will report data from 63 countries and regions.
The record highest combined age of the two major-party presidential candidates. The 2020 number breaks the previous record set in 2016.
The amount lost due to coronavirus-related consumer fraud during the first nine days of April. The Federal Trade Commission reported that only $4.8 million was lost during the first three months of the year.
The number of conspiracy-supporting posts that appeared in 24 hours on Twitter and Reddit. The messages were a part of a coordinated campaign that were attempting to link the introduction of 5G with the rise of coronavirus in countries worldwide.
The number of testing locations in Oklahoma. Governor Kevin Stitt is asking more residents to be tested for COVID-19 while the state still has ample resources to do so easily.
The TSA daily national passenger tally of scanned airline passengers on Monday versus a month earlier.
The number of coronavirus tests that the drive-thru testing site at Georgia Institute of Technology will be able to administer per day.
The number of Zoom daily users during the month of March as thousands of workers were sent to work remotely in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. The new number is double that of daily users Zoom had in December 2019.
The number of seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims as of March 28, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor. This is the highest level of seasonally adjusted initial claims in history.
The number of guests who had their information compromised in a Marriott International Inc., data breach. The information included contact details, loyalty accounts and other personal details like gender and birthday.
The number of electronic devices that Chicago Public Schools will distribute to students to use at home during this period of remote learning. The school district has already distributed 65,000 laptops and tablets to students in need.
The number of minutes that it takes to get positive results from a new coronavirus test that was just approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week. Negative results take 13 minutes to produce.
The number of newly designed ventilators that the vacuum company, Dyson, has promised to the U.K. National Health Service. "This new device can be manufactured quickly, efficiently and at volume.”
The number of Americans that applied for unemployment benefits last week, a devastating reflection of the coronavirus pandemic’s financial impacts. It’s five times greater than the previous record from 1982.
The number of monthly users of the Weather Channel app, which has just released tracking and trending data down to a county level about COVID-19.
The number of U.S. students that are affected by school closures during the COVID-19 outbreak. To slow the spread of the virus, 118,000 schools in the U.S. have closed.
The proportion decrease of consumer interest that U.S. restaurants have experienced during the coronavirus outbreak and social distancing. Preference for take-out and delivery options have doubled and consumer interest in grocery stores has shot up 102 percent.
The amount of money that the Golden Gate Bridge is losing daily amidst the shelter-in-place order that has been enacted in California’s Bay Area and the state as a whole. The Bay Area Regional Transit has also seen ridership loss that accounts for $37 million per month.
The amount that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has set aside for a small business recovery loan fund, to help businesses struggling from the financial impacts of the coronavirus.
The probable last time that the California state Legislature had to unexpectedly recess. California’s session was suspended on Monday after approving $1 billion in state funding to be put towards the coronavirus.
The number of driver and ID cards that met the Real ID standards, as last reported by the Department of Homeland Security. Three House Democrats have requested that the Oct. 1, 2020 deadline to acquire a Real ID be delayed.
The amount of commission fees the collection of which GrubHub will temporarily suspend to provide relief to restaurants that are financially impacted by COVID-19.
The proportion market loss that bitcoin endured last Thursday in response to coronavirus fears. Known for its high volatility, Thursday’s loss was the largest daily loss in nearly seven years for the cryptocurrency.
