November 5th COVID-19: “Path of the economy continues to depend on the course of the virus”

The CDC is the source for all data.
According to the CDC, on Vaccinations.  Total doses administered: 426,728,092, as of a week ago 419,020,753, or 1.10 million doses per day.

COVID Metrics
  Today Week
Ago
Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated 58.2% 57.8% ≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions) 193.2 192.0 ≥2321
New Cases per Day3🚩 71,241 69,805 ≤5,0002
Hospitalized3 41,162 45,274 ≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3 1,102 1,211 ≤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).  Note: COVID will probably stay endemic (at least for some time).

KUDOS to the residents of the 4 states that have achieved 70% of total population fully vaccinated: Vermont at 71.5%, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maine at 70.9% .

KUDOS also to the residents of the 16 states and D.C. that have achieved 60% of total population fully vaccinated: Massachusetts at 69.9%, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Washington, Oregon, Virginia, District of Columbia,  Colorado, California, Pennsylvania,  Illinois, Delaware, Minnesota and Hawaii at 60.0%.
The following 20 states have between 50% and 59.9% fully vaccinated: Florida at 59.9%, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, South Dakota, Texas, Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, Alaska, Utah, North Carolina, Ohio, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Indiana at 50.0%.
Next up (total population, fully vaccinated according to CDC) are Missouri at 49.9%, Georgia at 48.5%, Arkansas at 48.2%, and Tennessee at 47.9%.
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.