by Calculated Risk on 8/05/2021 03:46:00 PM

Congratulations to the residents of Maine and New Jersey on joining the 80% club! Well done. Go for 90%!!!

The 7-day average cases is the highest since February 13th.

The 7-day average hospitalizations is the highest since March 1st.

The 7-day average deaths is the highest since June 8th.

This data is from the CDC.

According to the CDC, on Vaccinations.

Total doses administered: 348,966,419, as of a week ago 344,071,595. Average doses last week: 0.70 million per day.

COVID Metrics
	Today	Yesterday	Week Ago	Goal
Percent over 18, One Dose✅	70.4%	70.1%	69.4%	≥70.0%1,2
Fully Vaccinated✅ (millions)	165.6	165.3	163.9	≥1601
New Cases per Day3🚩	89,976	89,663	67,273	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3🚩	44,865	43,037	31,331	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3🚩	377	355	279	≤502
1 America's Short Term Goals, 2my goals to stop daily posts, 37 day average for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths 🚩 Increasing 7 day average week-over-week for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths ✅ Short term goal met (even if late).

KUDOS to the residents of the 20 states and D.C. that have achieved the 70% goal (percent over 18 with at least one dose): Vermont, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine and New Jersey are at 80%+, and New Mexico, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, California, Maryland, Washington, New Hampshire, New York, Illinois, Virginia, Delaware, Minnesota, Oregon, Colorado and D.C. are all over 70%.

Next up are Florida at 69.9%, Utah at 68.5%, Nebraska at 68.1%, Wisconsin at 67.7%, Kansas at 67.0%, South Dakota at 66.8%, Nevada at 66.4%, and Iowa at 66.2%.

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This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7 day average (line) of positive tests reported.

This data is from the CDC.