COVID Update: February 4, 2022: Falling Cases and Hospitalizations; 2,400 Deaths per Day

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):

COVID Metrics
  Now Week
Ago
Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated 64.0% ≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions) 212.3 ≥2321
New Cases per Day3 343,563 577,975 ≤5,0002
Hospitalized3 120,724 140,770 ≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3🚩 2,371 2,353 ≤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.


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.

New cases and hospitalizations are now declining.
Unfortunately, deaths are still rising, but will likely start declining soon (following cases and hospitalizations).