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Friday, January 28, 2022
COVID Update: January 28, 2022: Falling Cases and Hospitalizations; 2,300 Deaths per Day
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago | Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 63.7% | --- | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 211.3 | --- | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3 | 577,748 | 726,986 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 139,164 | 146,333 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3🚩 | 2,300 | 1,910 | ≤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 and hospitalizations are now declining.
Unfortunately, deaths are still rising - now averaging over 2 thousand deaths per day - but below the previous 7-day average record of 3,421 in January 2021.
