by Calculated Risk on 10/14/2022 08:56:00 PM

30-year mortgage rates at a 20-year high.

NOTE: COVID stats are updated on Fridays.

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):

NOTE: Cases have declined by two-thirds from the recent peak, and deaths lag cases - so we might see average daily deaths in the 200s soon (good news, but still too high).

Average daily deaths bottomed in July 2021 at 214 per day.

COVID Metrics
	Now	Week Ago	Goal
New Cases per Day2	37,808	42,593	≤5,0001
Hospitalized2	19,625	21,607	≤3,0001
Deaths per Day2	332	368	≤501
1my goals to stop daily posts, 27-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.