October 6th COVID-19: Slow Progress

The CDC is the source for all data.
According to the CDC, on Vaccinations.  Total doses administered: 398,675,414, as of a week ago 391,992,662, or 0.95 million doses per day.

COVID Metrics
  Today Week
Ago
Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated 56.1% 55.9% ≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions) 186.4 185.5 ≥2321
New Cases per Day3 96,757 109,273 ≤5,0002
Hospitalized3 65,162 75,426 ≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3 1,428 1,488 ≤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 13 states and D.C. that have achieved 60% of total population fully vaccinated: Vermont at 69.8%, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Washington, Oregon, Virginia, and District of Columbia at 60.6%.
The following 22 states have between 50% and 59.9% fully vaccinated: Colorado at 59.8%, California, Minnesota, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Florida, Wisconsin, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, South Dakota, Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, Alaska, Utah, North Carolina and Ohio at 50.6%.
Next up (total population, fully vaccinated according to CDC) are Montana at 48.8%, Indiana at 48.7%, Missouri at 48.4% and Oklahoma at 48.1%.
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.