** For Case & Hosps, Rate of growth is calculated by comparing Week over Week (WoW) 7DMAs
* PCR Pos% still in decline. Declines 0.5% WoW
* Case rate of growth up to 30.2%
* Hospitalization rate of growth down to 2.6% to 26.1%
2/n .
8/18 Positivity Rates & Rt:
* Cases arrive to state over time. Pattern is Tue, Wed, Thurs - pos% is higher, then Sat, Sun, Mon, pos% gets revised down. Happens over and over
* PCR pos% at 18.42. Down 0.5% WoW
* Covidestim has Texas Rt at 0.98 (below magic # of 1.0)
3/n .
8/18 Cases:
* Case rate of growth jumps to 30% w/ 2 days of 20K cases
* Usual offenders
* With the Rt & Pos% numbers (and hosps BTW), hard to tell if this is the last throes of backlogged cases or what. Peak should be imminent
4/n .
8/18 Hospitalizations Part 1 of 2
* Cool off continues
* +175 to 12402. Last Wed was +422
* Past 5 days is +1141. Same 5 days last week was +1941. * Rate of growth down 2.6% to 26.1%. You can see the curve starting its bend.
* Gen beds well ahead of 2020. ICUs behind
5/n .
8/18 Hospitalizations Part 2 of 2
* Did some regional analysis today
* Most of the TSA regions are cooling off pretty quickly
* Only ones still pretty hot are San Angelo up through Midland and up the Panhandle
* See charts below for Hou/Dal, Aus/SAT, and LRGV
6/n .
8/18 Fatalities Part 1 of 3:
* Primer in 10/n
* Weekly Projections out today, from today minus 7 to today minus 28 days.
* See graphic below. This is how the sausage is made
* Projected down on 19 of previous 21 projections.
* This informs the next slide (8/n)
7/n .
8/18 Fatalities Part 2 of 3:
* 2021 thru 7/27. 2020 thru 6/26, 13 months apart.
* 2021 Actual is 22.2% less fatalities than 2020, and 2021 Projections are -10.6% less
* 6/27/20 - 6/30/30 blowing the doors off of 7/28/21-7/31/21.
* This summer not nearly as fatal as last.
8/n .
8/18 Fatalities Part 3
* 96 reported Tue, 174 today
* +12 vs last Tue, +62 vs last Wed
* 84.4% from past 2 weeks. Quicker arrival than projected as usual
* Meaning little will come in for July going forward
* The divergence from hospitalizations is much larger than 2020
9/n .
8/18 Primer on Fatalities:
Explains how fatalities are reported to the state and how they arrive over time. Explains the divergence between fatalities and hospitalizations. And why 8/n is comparisons only as recent as 21 days ago.
* Pos% & Rt still looking good. In decline since 8/9 & watch for steep Pos% decline by Monday
* Cases gone wild
* Hospitalizations -end is in sight. Still confident in prediction of 9-11 days from peak
* Covid less lethal this summer than last thus far
* Total positivity rate as of 9/6 at 13.14%.
* Testing hits Labor Day wall, with big decline, and doubtful it comes back to same rate. 100K+ tests taken right out of the 7DMA on a single day.
* Covidestim Rt up from 0.69 to 0.74
2/n .
9/14 Cases
* New Case Peak 9/14
* 17.3K Cases reported, vs 6.0K last Tues
* Case 7DMA WoW up 31%. Literally all over the place
* This should be the final peak. With Labor Day impacting testing numbers, and huge comps coming up, should not be seeing another new peak set
1) Hospitalizations with a strong decline today 2) Cases- chance of new peak tomorrow, likely last possible new peak date 3) Pos% & testing have flattened thru 1st week of Sep 4) Fatality breakdown on 46 reported
* Total positivity rate as of 9/5 at 13.41%. It has flattened out into first of Sep as of right now
* Testing new high of 1.075 Million tests per week on 9/3
* Rate of growth still all near 0 or decline
* Covidestim Rt declines to 0.69!!
2/n .
9/13 Cases
* 8.1K Cases reported, vs 2.6K last Labor
* Case 7DMA WoW down 3%
* Peak is 9/5
* If 14.7K cases tomorrow, new peak will be set. Which is nuts since Hospitalizations peaked end of August. Its a factor of massive testing and case reporting antiquity
. 3/n
Cases today - 3952
Last Sunday - 6844
Change vs last week - minus 2.9k
7DMA Rate of decline - 13.6%
Today 7DMA - 12999
Peak 7DMA - 15039 9/5
Two super weak comps coming up with about 15K in the 7DMA peak bank. After that its brutal post Labor Day catchup comps
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2/n
9/12 Hospitalizations
* Hospitalizations - 13230 down from 13285
* Vs yesterday -55. Compared to last Sun daily decline of -25
* 7DMA Rate of decline - 2.8%
* ICU - 3758, -58 from yesterday
The dam should be about to break. Admits dropping more strongly than census
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3/n
1) Hospitalizations with a strong decline today 2) Cases decline Week over week 3) Saw some Labor Day catch up on tests & positives. A bunch of older tests from end of Aug 4) Fatality breakdown on 357 reported
* Total positivity rate as of 9/3 at 13.51%. Thousands of tests between 8/29 and 9/2, a ton of positives. Should shake itself out by Monday
* Maybe 8 days back isnt far enough
* Rate of growth still all near 0 or decline
* Covidestim Rt holds at 0.72
2/n .
9/11 Cases
* New record 7DMA of 151.3K tests per day on 9/2.
* That's 1.06 Million tests a week. #nuts
* 10.1K Cases reported, vs 13.9K last Sat
* Case 7DMA WoW down 7%
* Peak is 9/5
* Can't guarantee we don't have a new peak on Mon or Tues with low comps of Labor Day
1) Testing & Postive tests on the decline thru 9/2 2) Harris trying to keep this going. Cases flat WoW 3) Hosps down vs yest & Last week. Ready from some strong declines 4) Fatality breakdown on 400 reported
* Total positivity rate as of 9/2 at 12.88% (Changed Calcs to be more accurate)
* Testing through 9/2, definitely a peak late August. Positives were in decline.
* Covidestim with another drop in Rt to 0.72
* Everything at ~0% growth or decline 2/n .
9/10 Cases
* 19.5K Cases reported, vs 19.2K last Fri
* Case 7DMA WoW down 3%
* Peak is 9/5
* Harris dumped 7.5K. Trying their best to keep it going. 2 more tough comps next 2 days, not expecting a new peak at this point. Especially with positives declining through 9/2
1) Testing definitely peaking last week 2) More Labor Day catch up on Cases 3) Hosps down vs yesterday & Last week. Should decline strongly this weekend 4) Fatality breakdown on 405 reported. Labor Day catch up
* Total positivity rate as of 9/1 at 13.68%
* Testing through 9/1, a peak may have formed on 8/27. 7DMA actually decreased vs 8/25 (preliminary)
* Covidestim with another drop in Rt to .74
* Gotta have positive tests to have cases
2/n .
9/9 Cases
* 23.7K Cases reported, Labor Day catch up vs 17.1K last Wed
* Case 7DMA WoW up 5%
* Peak is 9/5
* All the counties have had big case dumps the past two days. Comps of 19.2K, 14K, 6.8K coming up. Don't see a new peak, but I've been wrong before