

For case and death seven-day averages, if there are days within that range with no data reported, the period is extended to older days until at least seven days of data are included. Cases and deaths data are assigned to dates based on when figures are publicly reported. Department of Health and Human Services and are subject to historical revisions.

Hospitalizations and test positivity are reported based on dates assigned by the U.S. viral test specimens tested by laboratories and state health departments and reported to the federal government by the 50 states, Washington D.C. Hospitalization numbers early in the pandemic are undercounts due to incomplete reporting by hospitals to the federal government. Dips and spikes could be due to inconsistent reporting by hospitals. Figures for Covid patients in hospitals and I.C.U.s are the most recent number of patients with Covid-19 who are hospitalized or in an intensive care unit on that day. The seven-day average is the average of the most recent seven days of data. Department of Health and Human Services (test positivity, hospitalizations, I.C.U.

Such shots offer valuable protection against a virus that is still killing around 500 Americans per day.Ĥ94 About this data Sources: State and local health agencies (cases, deaths) U.S. authorized a new coronavirus vaccine booster aimed at Omicron subvariants. Fewer than 40,000 people are currently in American hospitals with the coronavirus, a decrease of 9 percent in the past two weeks.
