It appears there is another wave coming (Europe and China are seeing sharp increases). According to Andy Slavitt the new variant “BA2 spreads approx 30% faster than omicron”. Hopefully it will not be severe.
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Tuesday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing survey for March. The consensus is for a reading of 7.2, up from 3.1.
• At 8:30 AM, The Producer Price Index for February from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.9% increase in PPI, and a 0.6% increase in core PPI.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 65.3% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 216.7 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3 | 34,113 | 41,216 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 21,471 | 31,949 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3 | 1,187 | 1,295 | ≤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 deaths reported.
New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are now declining.