by Calculated Risk on 12/29/2023 07:33:00 PM
Friday, December 29, 2023
Dec 29th COVID Update: Hospitalizations Increased
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Due to changes at the CDC, weekly cases are no longer updated.
For deaths, I'm currently using 3 weeks ago for "now", since the most recent two weeks will be revised significantly.
Hospitalizations have quadrupled from a low of 5,150 in June 2023.
Hospitalizations are far below the peak of 150,000 in January 2022.
COVID Metrics | ||||
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Now | Week Ago | Goal | ||
Hospitalized2🚩 | 21,597 | 20,050 | ≤3,0001 | |
Deaths per Week2 | 1,464 | 1,545 | ≤3501 | |
1my goals to stop weekly posts, 2Weekly for Currently Hospitalized, and Deaths 🚩 Increasing number weekly for Hospitalized and Deaths ✅ Goal met. |
This graph shows the weekly (columns) number of deaths reported.
Weekly deaths have tripled from a low of 485 in early July. Still weekly deaths are far below the weekly peak of 26,000 in January 2021.
And here is a new graph I'm following on COVID in wastewater as of Dec 28th:
COVID in wastewater is at the highest level since January 2022 (about half that peak), and that suggests deaths will likely increase significantly over the next several weeks.