by Calculated Risk on 7/08/2022 09:27:00 PM
Friday, July 08, 2022
COVID July 8, 2022, Update on Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID Metrics | ||||
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Now | Week Ago | Goal | ||
Percent fully Vaccinated | 67.0% | --- | ≥70.0%1 | |
Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 222.5 | --- | ≥2321 | |
New Cases per Day3 | 106,021 | 112,330 | ≤5,0002 | |
Hospitalized3🚩 | 29,327 | 27,322 | ≤3,0002 | |
Deaths per Day3 | 277 | 341 | ≤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. |
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.