by Calculated Risk on 5/22/2021 07:04:00 PM

The economic recovery depends on progress against the virus, so I'm tracking the progress.

KUDOS to all who are vaccinated! You are part of the solution and helping the economy.  Thank you!

According to the CDC, on Vaccinations. Total administered: 283,941,223, as of yesterday 281,595,351. Day: 2.35 million.  (U.S. Capacity is around 4 million per day)

 
1) 61.1% of the population over 18 has had at least one dose (70% is the goal by July 4th).
2) 129.0 million Americans are fully vaccinated (160 million goal by July 4th)

Note: I'll stop posting this daily once all four of these criteria are met:
1) 70% of the population over 18 has had at least one dose of vaccine, and
2) new cases are under 5,000 per day, and
3) hospitalizations are below 3,000, and
4) average daily deaths under 50 (currently 504 per day).

And check out COVID Act Now to see how each state is doing. 

Almost 11,500 US deaths were reported so far in May due to COVID.

Click on graph for larger image.

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

This data is from the CDC.

The 7-day average is 25,315, down from 26,362 yesterday, and down sharply from the recent peak of 69,881 on April 13, 2021. This is the lowest since June 15, 2020.

The second graph shows the number of people hospitalized.

This data is also from the CDC.

The CDC cautions that due to reporting delays, the area in grey will probably increase.

The current 7-day average is 24,720, down from 25,313 reported yesterday, but still above the post-summer surge low of 23,000.