by Calculated Risk on 11/09/2021 04:24:00 PM

The CDC is the source for all data.

According to the CDC, on Vaccinations.  Total doses administered: 433,156,393, as of a week ago 423,005,384, or 1.45 million doses per day.

COVID Metrics
	Today	Week Ago	Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated	58.5%	58.0%	≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	194.2	192.6	≥2321
New Cases per Day3	73,312	75,209	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3	39,841	43,056	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3	1,078	1,211	≤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).  Note: COVID will probably stay endemic (at least for some time).

KUDOS to the residents of the 5 states that have achieved 70% of total population fully vaccinated: Vermont at 71.8%, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts at 70.1% .

KUDOS also to the residents of the 16 states and D.C. that have achieved 60% of total population fully vaccinated: New York at 67.3%, , New Jersey, Maryland, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Washington, Oregon, Virginia, District of Columbia,  Colorado, California, Pennsylvania,  Illinois, Delaware, Minnesota, Florida, and Hawaii at 60.1%.

The following 20 states have between 50% and 59.9% fully vaccinated: Wisconsin at 58.7%, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, South Dakota, Texas, Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, Alaska, Utah, North Carolina, Ohio, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Indiana, and Missouri at 50.1%.

Next up (total population, fully vaccinated according to CDC) are Georgia at 48.8%, Arkansas at 48.4%, Tennessee at 48.1% and Louisiana at 48.0%.

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