by Calculated Risk on 3/18/2022 09:22:00 PM

Last June, new cases per day dropped to 8,000, hospitalizations fell to 12,000, and deaths were at 250 per day. We are still well above those levels.

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):

COVID Metrics
	Now	Week Ago	Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated	65.3%	---	≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	217.0	---	≥2321
New Cases per Day3	29,312	34,471	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3	19,031	26,329	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3	1,032	1,184	≤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.

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

New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are still declining.