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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
August 25th COVID-19: 7-Day Average New Cases Highest Since January
On daily deaths: There were over 1,100 deaths reported today. In early July, the 7-day average for daily COVID deaths was around 190. Since then, the 7-day average of daily deaths has more than quadrupled, and since deaths lag hospitalizations, it seems likely average daily deaths will increase to over 1,000 per day. Be careful.
The 7-day average cases is the highest since January 30th.
The 7-day average hospitalizations is the highest since February 5th.
The 7-day average deaths is the highest since March 17th.
The CDC is the source for all data.
According to the CDC, on Vaccinations. Total doses administered: 364,842,701, as of a week ago 358,599,835. Average doses last week: 0.89 million per day.
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Yesterday | Week Ago | Goal | |
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 51.7% | 51.6% | 51.0% | ≥70.0%1 |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 171.8 | 171.4 | 169.2 | ≥2321 |
| New Cases per Day3🚩 | 142,029 | 141,091 | 134,091 | ≤5,0002 |
| Hospitalized3🚩 | 85,611 | 85,004 | 75,544 | ≤3,0002 |
| Deaths per Day3🚩 | 809 | 765 | 659 | ≤502 |
| 1 Minimum to achieve "herd immunity" (estimated between 70% and 85%). 2my goals to stop daily posts, 37 day average for Cases, Currently Hospitalized, and Deaths 🚩 Increasing 7 day average week-over-week for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths ✅ Goal met. | ||||
IMPORTANT: For "herd immunity" most experts believe we need 70% to 85% of the total population fully vaccinated (or already had COVID).
KUDOS to the residents of the 7 states that have achieved 60% of total population fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.5%, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland and New Jersey at 60.7%.
The following 17 states and D.C. have between 50% and 59.9% fully vaccinated: Washington at 59.6%, New Hampshire, New York State, New Mexico, Oregon, District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Minnesota, California, Hawaii, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan at 50.1%.
Next up (total population, fully vaccinated according to CDC) are South Dakota at 48.7%, Ohio at 47.9%, Kentucky at 47.8%, Kansas at 47.5%, Arizona at 47.3%, Utah at 47.2%, Nevada at 47.0%, and Alaska at 46.8%.
Click on graph for larger image.This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7 day average (line) of positive tests reported.
