November 15th COVID Update: COVID in Wastewater Continues to Decline
by Calculated Risk on 11/15/2024 07:46:00 PM
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For deaths, I’m currently using 4 weeks ago for “now”, since the most recent three weeks will be revised significantly.
Note: “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.
| COVID Metrics | ||||
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| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Deaths per Week | 675 | 783 | ≤3501 | |
| 1my goals to stop weekly posts, 🚩 Increasing number weekly for Deaths ✅ Goal met. |
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This graph shows the weekly (columns) number of deaths reported.
Although weekly deaths met the original goal to stop posting, I’m continuing to post now that deaths are above the goal again.
Weekly deaths are now declining and will likely continue to decline based on wastewater sampling but are still more than double the low of 302 in early June.
And here is a graph I’m following concerning COVID in wastewater as of November 14th:
This appears to be a leading indicator for COVID hospitalizations and deaths.
COVID in wastewater is fairly low – only about 20% higher than the lows of last May – suggesting weekly deaths will continue to decline.