Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7M tests, 90k cases, 69,283 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 2,303 deaths.
The reported new cases, people hospitalized, and new deaths decreased again this week. This week had the fewest reported new cases since October, and the fewest COVID-19 deaths of any in 2021.
We are still well above the numbers reported during the spring and summer surges. More than 18M people have tested positive for COVID-19 since October. More than 137k people have died of COVID-19 in 2021.
Ohio is including what are likely the final 1125 previously unreported deaths as part of reconciling their records. While not included in the daily update above, these additional deaths are in the API data, and are reflected in the number of total deaths.
Our weekly update is published. COVID-19 cases are down 23% from the previous week. Since the national peaks in January, cases are down 57% and hospitalizations are down 42%. Deaths are down 10% since last week. covidtracking.com/analysis-updat…
While most COVID-19 metrics are on a downward trend including the number of people currently hospitalized, new hospital admissions in the Northeast are moving slightly upward, most notably in NY and CT after last week’s winter snow storm.
Cases and deaths reported in long-term-care facilities declined between Jan 28 and Feb 4 (excluding MO and NY, both of which recorded large backfills of LTC deaths).
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.4M tests, 78k cases, 80,055 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 1,309 deaths.
While the weekend effect is most often reflected in Monday data, today's number of COVID-19 cases is still the lowest since Oct 27.
The number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 has dropped by 21k in 10 days. In the last week, hospitalizations have decreased by 10% or more in 40 states.
Our weekly analysis is up. Week over week, we saw cases, hospitalizations, and deaths decline nationally. Absolute numbers for these metrics remain very high, but the trends are good. covidtracking.com/analysis-updat…
Regional outbreaks have moved at different speeds through the fall and winter, and some are still in the early stages of easing. In the Midwest, case numbers have returned to levels we last saw in Sept and Oct.
Since January 1, COVID-19 hospitalizations have declined in every US region, though to widely varying degrees.