by Calculated Risk on 4/29/2022 10:17:00 PM
Friday, April 29, 2022
COVID Update: Hospitalizations and New Cases Increasing
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID Metrics | ||||
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Now | Week Ago | Goal | ||
Percent fully Vaccinated | 66.1% | --- | ≥70.0%1 | |
Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 219.6 | --- | ≥2321 | |
New Cases per Day3🚩 | 54,696 | 40,713 | ≤5,0002 | |
Hospitalized3🚩 | 10,991 | 9,997 | ≤3,0002 | |
Deaths per Day3 | 311 | 340 | ≤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.
Average daily deaths bottomed in July 2021 at 214 per day.