RSS Feed by Calculated Risk on 1/07/2022 09:40:00 PM
Friday, January 07, 2022
COVID Update Jan 7, 2022
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Week Ago | Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 62.4% | --- | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 207.2 | --- | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3🚩 | 614,552 | 360,566 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3🚩 | 99,690 | 70,676 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3🚩 | 1,350 | 1,136 | ≤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 positive tests reported.
New cases are at record levels. It appears likely hospitalizations will exceed the previous 7-day average record of 124,031 a year ago.
Fortunately, deaths are still well below the previous 7-day average record of 3,421 in January 2021.
