August 29th COVID-19: Posting on Weekdays Only Going Forward

NOTE: Since some data isn’t released on the weekends, this will only be posted Monday through Friday going forward.
The 7-day average New Cases is the highest since January 29th.

The 7-day average hospitalizations is the highest since February 3rd.

The 7-day average deaths is the highest since March 14th.

The CDC is the source for all data.
According to the CDC, on Vaccinations.  Total doses administered: 368,863,734, as of a week ago 362,657,771. Average doses last week: 0.89 million per day. 

COVID Metrics
  Today Yesterday Week
Ago
Goal
Percent fully
Vaccinated
52.3% 52.0% 51.5% ≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated
(millions)
173.5 172.6 170.8 ≥2321
New Cases
per Day3🚩
147,030 144,761 142,514 ≤5,0002
Hospitalized3🚩 88,009 87,585 79,393 ≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3🚩 949 902 815 ≤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.


IMPORTANT: For “herd immunity” most experts believe we need 70% to 85% of the total population fully vaccinated (or already had COVID).  

KUDOS to the residents of the 8 states that have achieved 60% of total population fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.8%, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland. New Jersey and Washington at 60.0%.
The following 16 states and D.C. have between 50% and 59.9% fully vaccinated:  New York State and New Mexico at 59.9%, New Hampshire, Oregon, District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Minnesota, California, Hawaii, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan at 50.4%.
Next up (total population, fully vaccinated according to CDC) are South Dakota at 49.1%, Ohio at 48.3%, Kentucky at 48.3%, Kansas at 48.1%, Arizona at 47.7%, Nevada at 47.6%, Utah at 47.5%, Texas at 47.2% and Alaska at 47.1%.
COVID-19 Positive Tests per DayClick on graph for larger image.

This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7 day average (line) of positive tests reported.