by Calculated Risk on 9/17/2021 04:09:00 PM

Note: There will be no weekend updates.

The CDC is the source for all data.

The 7-day average deaths is the highest since March 1st.

According to the CDC, on Vaccinations.  Total doses administered: 383,994,877, as of a week ago 378,569,717. Average doses last week: 0.78 million per day.

COVID Metrics
	Today	Week Ago	Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated	54.4%	53.6%	≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	180.6	177.9	≥2321
New Cases per Day3🚩	142,736	139,221	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3	88,506	93,097	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3🚩	1,464	1,253	≤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).  

This is all from the CDC - state data may differ!

KUDOS to the residents of the 11 states that have achieved 60% of total population fully vaccinated: Vermont at 68.8%, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, New Jersey, Washington, New York, New Mexico, New Hampshire at 60.9%.

The following 18 states and D.C. have between 50% and 59.9% fully vaccinated: Oregon at 59.6%, District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Minnesota, California, Hawaii, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, South Dakota, Kentucky, Arizona and Kansas at 50.0%.

Next up (total population, fully vaccinated according to CDC) are Texas at 49.8%,  Nevada at 49.6%, Ohio at 49.4%, Utah at 49.2%, Alaska at 48.8% and North Carolina at 48.4%.

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