by Calculated Risk on 10/04/2021 06:15:00 PM

Data released on Monday is always low and is revised up.

The CDC is the source for all data.

According to the CDC, on Vaccinations.  Total doses administered: 396,919,564, as of a week ago 390,664,923, or 1.04 million doses per day.

COVID Metrics
	Today	Week Ago	Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated	56.0%	55.4%	≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	185.8	183.9	≥2321
New Cases per Day3	86,801	112,311	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3	64,217	77,983	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3	1,327	1,502	≤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 13 states and D.C. that have achieved 60% of total population fully vaccinated: Vermont at 69.7%, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Washington, Oregon, Virginia, and District of Columbia at 60.4%.

The following 22 states have between 50% and 59.9% fully vaccinated: Colorado at 59.7%, California, Minnesota, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Florida, Wisconsin, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, South Dakota, Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, Alaska, Utah, Ohio and North Carolina at 50.1%.

Next up (total population, fully vaccinated according to CDC) are Montana at 48.8%, Indiana at 48.7% and Missouri at 48.3% .

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