On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
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| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 63.7% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 211.3 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3 | 577,748 | 726,986 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 139,164 | 146,333 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3🚩 | 2,300 | 1,910 | ≤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. |
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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 – now averaging over 2 thousand deaths per day – but below the previous 7-day average record of 3,421 in January 2021.