by Calculated Risk July 12, 2024 9:12pm
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.“So I don’t track hospitalizations anymore.
| COVID Indicators | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| now | week Before |
goal | ||
| Deaths per week ✅🚩 | 327 | 290 | ≤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).
Due to the weekly death toll, we have met our initial goal of ceasing posting, but we will continue to monitor to see if the death toll rises again. This week it has risen from pandemic lows.
And here’s the graph I’m looking at: COVID in wastewater As of July 11:
This appears to be a leading indicator of COVID hospitalizations and deaths.
COVID-19 in wastewater is increasing, particularly in the West and South, which unfortunately suggests that weekly deaths are likely to rise further.
