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Thursday, December 30, 2021
COVID December 30, 2021: Record Cases; Focus on Hospitalizations and Deaths
There will be no COVID updates until January 3rd. Have a safe New Year.
The CDC is the source for all data.
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Week Ago | Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 62.0% | --- | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 205.8 | --- | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3🚩 | 316,277 | 176,457 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3🚩 | 67,324 | 61,699 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3 | 1,100 | 1,216 | ≤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. | ||||
Click on graph for larger image.This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of hospitalizations reported.
Hospitalizations have turned up sharply over the last few days.
The second graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of new cases reported.
