by Calculated Risk on 2/17/2023 09:00:00 PM

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On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths).  Data is now weekly.

The January surge was much smaller in 2023 than for the previous two years, and hopefully cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to decline - and set new pandemic lows in a few months.

COVID Metrics
	Now	Week Ago	Goal
New Cases per Week2	259,339	282,901	≤35,0001
Hospitalized2	22,059	23,937	≤3,0001
Deaths per Week2	2,838	3,166	≤3501
1my goals to stop weekly posts, 2Weekly for Cases, Currently Hospitalized, and Deaths 🚩 Increasing number weekly for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths ✅ Goal met.

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This graph shows the weekly (columns) number of deaths reported.

The pandemic low was the week of July 7, 2021, at 1,690 deaths.