by Calculated Risk May 31, 2024 7:10pm
Note: Mortgage interest rates are Mortgage News Daily These are for top-level scenarios.
For deaths, the most recent three weeks are subject to significant revisions, so we are currently using four weeks ago as the “current” number.
Note: “Beginning May 1, 2024, hospitals will no longer be required to report COVID-19 hospitalizations, hospital capacity, or hospital occupancy data.“I don’t track hospitalizations anymore, but three weeks ago hospitalizations were at their lowest point of the pandemic.
| COVID Indicators | ||||
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| now | week Before |
goal | ||
| Deaths per week | 378 | 391 | ≤3501 | |
| 1My goal to stop posting every week is 🚩 Deaths are increasing every week ✅ Goal achieved. |
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This chart shows the number of reported deaths by week (column by column).
The weekly death toll has fallen from a recent peak of 2,561 and is now below the low of 491 at the start of the pandemic last July.
And here’s the graph I’m looking at: COVID in wastewater As of May 30:
This appears to be a leading indicator of COVID hospitalizations and deaths.
Nationwide, COVID-19 infections in wastewater have fallen about 90% since their holiday peak in late December and are nearing last year’s lows, suggesting weekly deaths will continue to fall. However, there have been signs of recovery recently, especially in Western countries.
