by Calculated Risk on 6/16/2021 04:01:00 PM

From NBC: Virtually all hospitalized Covid patients have one thing in common: They're unvaccinated

From MarketWatch: CDC says Delta COVID variant is ‘of concern,’ as experts warn of higher risks of infection and serious illness

The good news is the vaccines are very effective against the Delta variant for the fully vaccinated. The bad news - for the unvaccinated - is that the Delta variant is much more contagious than the previous variants, and also appears to be more virulent. Since it takes 5 to 6 week to become fully vaccinated, the unvaccinated should get their first shot now!

This data is from the CDC.

According to the CDC, on Vaccinations.

Total doses administered: 312,915,170, as of yesterday 311,886,674. Daily: 1.03 million.

COVID Metrics
	Today	Yesterday	Week Ago	Goal
Percent over 18, One Dose	64.7%	64.6%	63.9%	≥70.0%1,2
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	146.5	145.8	141.0	≥1601
New Cases per Day3	12,415	12,676	14,142	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3	14,015	14,232	16,532	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3	285	288	380	≤502
1 America's Goal by July 4th, 2my goals to stop daily posts, 37 day average for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths

KUDOS to the residents of the 14 states and D.C. that have already achieved the 70% goal: Vermont, Hawaii and Massachusetts are at 80%+, and Connecticut, New Jersey, Maine, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, California, New Hampshire, Maryland, Washington, New York and D.C. are all over 70%.

Next up are Illinois at 69.7%, Virginia at 69.5%, Minnesota at 68.8%, Delaware at 68.4%, Colorado at 68.2%, Oregon at 68.2% and Wisconsin at 64.2%.

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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.