at Calculated Risk on 1/17/2025 07:48:00 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.
Notes: “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.
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| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Deaths per Week | 518 | 524 | ≤3501 | |
| 1my goals to stop weekly posts. 🚩 Increasing number weekly for Deaths. ✅ Goal with. |
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This graph shows the weekly (columns) number of deaths reported since Jan 2020.
Although weekly deaths with the original goal to stop posting, I’m continuing to post now that deaths are above the goal again – and at a minimum, I’ll continue to post through the Winter.
Weekly deaths have mostly been declining, however weekly deaths are still above the low of 313 in early June 2024.
And here is a graph I’m following concerning COVID in wastewater as of January 16th:
This appears to be a leading indicator for COVID hospitalizations and deaths.
Nationally, COVID in waste water is “HIGH” according to the CDC but is now declining.