by Calculated Risk on 9/06/2024 07:31:00 PM
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
For deaths, I’m currently using 4 weeks ago for “now”, since the most recent three weeks will be revised significantly.
Note: “Effective May 1, 2024, hospitals are no longer required to report COVID-19 hospital admissions, hospital capacity, or hospital occupancy data.” So I’m no longer tracking hospitalizations.
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Deaths per Week? | 971 | 891 | ?3501 | |
| 1my goals to stop weekly posts, ? Increasing number weekly for Deaths ? Goal met. |
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This graph shows the weekly (columns) number of deaths reported.
Although weekly deaths met the original goal to stop posting, I’m going to continue to post now that deaths are above the goal again.
Weekly deaths are triple the low of 302 in early June.
And here is a graph I’m following concerning COVID in wastewater as of September 5th:
This appears to be a leading indicator for COVID hospitalizations and deaths.
COVID in wastewater turned down in most areas recently and this suggests weekly deaths will likely decline in a few weeks (until the winter surge).
