Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Due to changes at the CDC, weekly cases are no longer updated.
For deaths, I’m currently using 3 weeks ago for “now”, since the most recent two weeks will be revised significantly.
Hospitalizations have more almost tripled from a low of 5,150 in June 2023.
Hospitalizations are far below the peak of 150,000 in January 2022.
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Hospitalized2🚩 | 17,479 | 15,516 | ≤3,0001 | |
| Deaths per Week2 | 1,197 | 1,291 | ≤3501 | |
| 1my goals to stop weekly posts, 2Weekly for Currently Hospitalized, and Deaths 🚩 Increasing number weekly for Hospitalized and Deaths ✅ Goal met. |
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This graph shows the weekly (columns) number of deaths reported.
Weekly deaths have more than doubled from a low of 485 in early July. Weekly deaths are far below the weekly peak of 26,000 in January 2021.
And here is a new graph I’m following on COVID in wastewater:
Note the recent surge in COVID.
This appears to be a leading indicator for COVID hospitalizations and deaths, and both will likely increase over the next several weeks.