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.