COVID Oct 28, 2022: Update on Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths

by Calculated Risk on 10/28/2022 09:12:00 PM

30-year mortgage rates are close to a 20 year high.

NOTE: COVID stats are updated on Fridays.

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths). Data has switched to weekly.NOTE: Cases have declined by two-thirds from the recent peak, and deaths lag cases – so we might see weekly deaths below 2,000 soon (good news, but still too high).

Weekly deaths bottomed in July 2021 at 1,666.

COVID MetricsNowWeekAgoGoalNew Cases per Week2?265,893261,315<=35,0001Hospitalized220,93821,078<=3,0001Deaths per Week2?2,6492,591<=35011my goals to stop weekly posts,2Weekly for Cases, Currently Hospitalized, and Deaths? Increasing number weekly for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths
? Goal met.

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This graph shows the weekly (columns) number of deaths reported.