30-year mortgage rates are close to a 20 year high.
NOTE: COVID stats are updated on Fridays.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths). Data has switched to weekly.
NOTE: Cases have declined by two-thirds from the recent peak, and deaths lag cases – so we might see weekly deaths below 2,000 soon (good news, but still too high).
Weekly deaths bottomed in July 2021 at 1,666.
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| New Cases per Week2🚩 | 265,893 | 261,315 | ≤35,0001 | |
| Hospitalized2 | 20,938 | 21,078 | ≤3,0001 | |
| Deaths per Week2🚩 | 2,649 | 2,591 | ≤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.