On the first night of the new full-reporting week no sign of BA.2. The numbers:
Daily average March 16-22
29,288 Cases. Down from 29,664 March 15-21. My daughter tested + again after her initial 5-day quarantine period and will have to iso another 5 days. She's discouraged, the family was surprised and discouraged but her symptoms are only "sniffles." Obama, Mr. Emhof, Jen Psaki, my daughter, her boyfriend, all vaxed and boosted and their first positive tests (second for Jen). Prolly BA.2 in all of them.
21,365 Hospitalizations. Down from 21,679.
The Big Enchilada:
1,009 Deaths. So, so close to the psychological milestone of three figures. Down from 1,071. Deaths are still not under Delta's Dusk or any of the other troughs but is approaching the Delta low. For Deaths, 62/day is a huge drop from one it. of the 7-day to the next. If we average a decline of 43 in Wed.'s and Thurs.'s 7-day averages we will be under Delta.
Two-week changes
-26% Cases.
-40% Hospitalizations.
-30% Deaths.
Bright sunny day. 972,000 cumulative Deaths since start. At the rate of 1k/day we will hit 1M total Deaths, unfortunately on President Biden's watch, on April 19.
