RSS Feed by Calculated Risk on 4/08/2022 10:02:00 PM
Friday, April 08, 2022
COVID Update: Deaths Under 500 per day, Lowest since August 2021
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago | Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 65.7% | --- | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 218.1 | --- | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3🚩 | 26,595 | 25,362 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 10,164 | 11,990 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3 | 496 | 637 | ≤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. | ||||
Click on graph for larger image.This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of deaths reported.
Average daily deaths are the lowest since August 1st, 2021. The pandemic low (after initial surge) was just over 200 in July 2021.
