RSS Feed by Calculated Risk on 8/29/2021 03:48:00 PM
Sunday, August 29, 2021
August 29th COVID-19: Posting on Weekdays Only Going Forward
NOTE: Since some data isn't released on the weekends, this will only be posted Monday through Friday going forward.
The 7-day average New Cases is the highest since January 29th.
The 7-day average hospitalizations is the highest since February 3rd.
The 7-day average deaths is the highest since March 14th.
The CDC is the source for all data.
According to the CDC, on Vaccinations. Total doses administered: 368,863,734, as of a week ago 362,657,771. Average doses last week: 0.89 million per day.
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Yesterday | Week Ago | Goal | |
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 52.3% | 52.0% | 51.5% | ≥70.0%1 |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 173.5 | 172.6 | 170.8 | ≥2321 |
| New Cases per Day3🚩 | 147,030 | 144,761 | 142,514 | ≤5,0002 |
| Hospitalized3🚩 | 88,009 | 87,585 | 79,393 | ≤3,0002 |
| Deaths per Day3🚩 | 949 | 902 | 815 | ≤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).
KUDOS to the residents of the 8 states that have achieved 60% of total population fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.8%, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland. New Jersey and Washington at 60.0%.
The following 16 states and D.C. have between 50% and 59.9% fully vaccinated: New York State and New Mexico at 59.9%, New Hampshire, Oregon, District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Minnesota, California, Hawaii, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan at 50.4%.
Next up (total population, fully vaccinated according to CDC) are South Dakota at 49.1%, Ohio at 48.3%, Kentucky at 48.3%, Kansas at 48.1%, Arizona at 47.7%, Nevada at 47.6%, Utah at 47.5%, Texas at 47.2% and Alaska at 47.1%.
Click on graph for larger image.This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7 day average (line) of positive tests reported.
