September 17th COVID-19: Over 180 Million Fully Vaccinated

Note: There will be no weekend updates.

The CDC is the source for all data.
The 7-day average deaths is the highest since March 1st.
According to the CDC, on Vaccinations.  Total doses administered: 383,994,877, as of a week ago 378,569,717. Average doses last week: 0.78 million per day.

COVID Metrics
  Today Week
Ago
Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated 54.4% 53.6% ≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions) 180.6 177.9 ≥2321
New Cases per Day3🚩 142,736 139,221 ≤5,0002
Hospitalized3 88,506 93,097 ≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3🚩 1,464 1,253 ≤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).  
This is all from the CDC – state data may differ!

KUDOS to the residents of the 11 states that have achieved 60% of total population fully vaccinated: Vermont at 68.8%, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, New Jersey, Washington, New York, New Mexico, New Hampshire at 60.9%.
The following 18 states and D.C. have between 50% and 59.9% fully vaccinated: Oregon at 59.6%, District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Minnesota, California, Hawaii, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, South Dakota, Kentucky, Arizona and Kansas at 50.0%.
Next up (total population, fully vaccinated according to CDC) are Texas at 49.8%,  Nevada at 49.6%, Ohio at 49.4%, Utah at 49.2%, Alaska at 48.8% and North Carolina at 48.4%.
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.