Our daily update is published. States reported 1.9M tests, 174K cases, and 3,577 deaths. 114k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US. Only two weeks ago, that number was 131k. Four charts showing the nationwide COVID-19 daily tests, dai
The weekly view today shows cases down 21%, with more modest but very welcome drops in hospitalizations and deaths. The 7-day average for cases has returned to pre-Thanksgiving levels. Tests are slightly down, possibly because most of the backlogs have now been resolved. Four charts showing the weekly tests, cases, average hospita
The reporting backlogs from Nov and Dec holidays make the past six weeks of case numbers look jumpy, but the drop we’re seeing now is very encouraging—though we’re still seeing almost three times as many new cases each day as we did at the summer peak. Chart showing the daily COVID-19 cases reported nationwide,
There are almost exactly twice as many people in the hospital with COVID-19 now as there were at the peak of the previous two surges, but hospitalizations are dropping very quickly. Chart showing the number of people hospitalized with COVID-1

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