by Calculated Risk on 10/27/2021 03:32:00 PM

The CDC is the source for all data.

According to the CDC, on Vaccinations.  Total doses administered: 416,154,424, as of a week ago 409,438,987, or 0.96 million doses per day.

COVID Metrics
	Today	Week Ago	Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated	57.5%	57.1%	≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	191.0	189.5	≥2321
New Cases per Day3	68,151	77,011	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3	46,206	52,123	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3	1,098	1,242	≤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).  Note: COVID will probably stay endemic (at least for some time).

KUDOS to the residents of the 4 states that have achieved 70% of total population fully vaccinated: Vermont at 71.0%, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maine at 70.3% .

KUDOS also to the residents of the 12 states and D.C. that have achieved 60% of total population fully vaccinated: Massachusetts at 69.4%, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Washington, Oregon, Virginia, District of Columbia,  Colorado, California and Pennsylvania at 60.2%.

The following 20 states have between 50% and 59.9% fully vaccinated: Delaware at 59.7%, Minnesota, Hawaii, Florida, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, South Dakota, Texas, Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, Alaska, Utah, North Carolina, Ohio and Montana at 50.2%.

Next up (total population, fully vaccinated according to CDC) are Oklahoma at 49.8%, Indiana at 49.7%, South Carolina at 49.7%, Missouri at 49.5%, Georgia at 48.0%, and Arkansas at 47.7%.

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