As bad as January has been so far with our near 4 million new cases detected (and estimated several million asymptomatic cases not tested for) Experts expect the new, more virulent strain will become dominant in 4-5 weeks. So expect that as we come down off of the holiday travel surge on a surge, we are weeks away from the next surge.
WORLDOMETER stats:
- 7 day average new detected cases: 221,610 / day
- 7 day average new deaths: 3,416 / day
- 3,979,798 new cases in January (17 days)
- 52,811 new deaths in January (17 days)
- 24,482,050 total cases
- 407,202 total deaths
JOHNS HOPKINS stats:
- America’s 7 day average positive test rate is 10.9%
- 4 states + DC have a positive test rate of 5% or less
- 24 states have a positive test rate of 10% or higher
- 10 states have a positive test rate of 20% or higher
COVID TRACKING PROJECT stats:
- Hospitalized: 124,387
- In ICU Ward: 23,432
- On Ventilator: 7,797
Article compiled by 22SnakePlissken5150