COVID Update: March 25, 2022; Deaths at 732 per Day, Lowest Since August 2021

Last June, new cases per day dropped to 8,000, hospitalizations fell to 12,000, and deaths were at 250 per day. Hospitalizations are approaching the June levels.

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):

COVID Metrics
	Now	Week Ago	Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated	65.5%	---	≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	217.3	---	≥2321
New Cases per Day3	27,784	28,007	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3	14,768	19,249	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3	732	1,042	≤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.

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

New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are still declining, but it appears cases will likely start increasing.