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Friday, June 10, 2022 – Here is this week’s COVID-19 update with the latest numbers, analysis, and links to useful news. Stay safe, take your Vitamin D, wear a good mask, get vaccinated, and don’t be a spreader 😷!
Related Links 🔗
Here are some related items you might find useful:
- A timeline of events related to COVID-19 starting in December of 2019
- Why I’m Taking Vitamin D in the Age of COVID-19
- Find a Test-to-Treat (with Paxlovid) location near you
- Find a vaccine or booster at vaccines.gov
- Order free COVID tests
Updated Numbers
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Observations on This Week’s Numbers
United States 🇺🇸
Infections and Positive Test Rates
- Infections in the US have increased 306% (4 times) since March 21.
- The test positivity rate has been increasing consistently for 10 weeks and now exceeds 20%.
- The test positivity rate is now 600% (7 times) higher than it was on March 21.
- Daily testing in the US has fallen 44% compared to March 21.
- Roughly one out of every 4 people in the United States (25%) has had a confirmed case of COVID-19.
Deaths
- The case fatality rate (deaths per confirmed case) has been falling for ten weeks.
- The seven-day average for daily deaths is about 60% below the level of March 21.
- The 30-day total for deaths in the US remains below 10,000.
- RIGHT NOW, the disease is killing 365 people a day in the United States. That’s about one death every 4 minutes.
- Roughly one out of every 330 Americans has been killed by COVID-19.
NOTE: According to government statistics, over the past ten years, influenza has killed an average of 36,000 people a year. That equates to about 98 people a day. Even at this low point for COVID deaths, COVID is still killing three times as many people a day as the flu.
Georgia 🍑
Infections and Positive Test Rates
- Infections in Georgia have been increasing for two months.
- Daily confirmed cases in Georgia are about 300% (4 times) higher than they were on March 21.
- The disease is infecting about 2,125 people a day (about 20 daily cases per 100,000 people) in Georgia.
- The test positivity rate has been increasing for two months.
- The test positivity rate in Georgia is 367% (5 times) higher than it was on March 21.
- Daily testing in Georgia is 14% lower than the level of March 21.
- About one out of every 5 people in Georgia has had a confirmed case of COVID-19.
Hospitalizations and Deaths
- Hospitalizations in Georgia have increased consistently for 7 weeks.
- The seven-day average for hospitalizations in Georgia has increased by 90% (doubled) since March 21.
- The disease is killing about 7 people a day in Georgia.
- About one out of every 340 Georgians has DIED from this disease.
Useful News
Here are this week’s links:
Vaccines
- Moderna Finds ‘Robust Antibody Response’ in Omicron-Specific Booster
- Moderna says its new vaccine booster shows ‘superior’ response to Omicron
- Moderna says Omicron-containing booster outperforms current vaccine
- White House Ready to Vaccinate Children Under 5
- FDA panel recommends Novavax COVID-19 vaccine be the fourth allowed for use in US
- COVID mRNA vaccines can be quickly updated for new variants. So, where’s my Omicron booster?
- Covid shots for young kids are almost available. Here’s what you need to know.
Variants
- More Omicron Variants Gain Ground U.S., According to C.D.C. Estimates
- Opinion | Omicron BA.4 and BA.5: Starting From Scratch Yet Again
- Concern grows as two new Omicron sub-variants spread across US
- COVID US: Coronavirus reinfection continues as new variants emerge, CDC data shows
- Why Variants Keep Covid-19 Cases Simmering in the U.S.
- BA.5 Omicron Is Winning The Covid Variant Battle In The U.S., Especially In The Southwest
- More COVID-19 subvariants spike in portions of US; Experts also monitoring monkeypox
Testing, Treatments, Prevention, and Other News
- US will end Covid-19 testing requirement for air travelers entering the country
- U.S. to drop COVID testing requirement for international travelers flying to the U.S.
- COVID antivirals: Who is eligible for Paxlovid and molnupiravir and how can I get them?
- This New COVID Wave May Be More Like a Flood
- Nearly half of Americans detected with Vitamin D deficiency
Georgia Pandemic News
- 13,000 Georgia Lives Could Have Been Saved With COVID Vaccines: Study
- Georgia outlines supply of COVID child vaccines it will be getting
- Can the more tradition Novavax COVID vaccine win over skeptics in Georgia?
- Georgia reaches 2 million COVID cases since start of pandemic
- 6 metro Atlanta health providers receive $5K grants for COVID vaccinations
California & San Diego Pandemic News
- California’s latest COVID surge may be slowing, data suggest
- These 13 California counties are now in the CDC’s worst COVID category
- New Omicron subvariants raise COVID concerns in California
- Latest COVID surge worries San Diego experts
- ‘Here we go again’: San Diego COVID experts react to recent wave
- COVID Numbers Climb in San Diego County But Don’t Tell Full Story
- San Diego County’s COVID hospitalizations see slight decrease
Last Week’s News
Here are last week’s news items:
Vaccines
- Covid Booster Shots Are Key to Stopping Severe Infection: Study
- Pfizer seeks authorization of coronavirus shot for children under 5
- Bangladesh’s COVID-19 vaccination rate has soared in a year
- Canada’s Big Five banks move away from mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy
- Philippine FDA OKs Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6-11
- Do I Need a Covid Booster? Third Shot’s Benefits Have Been Undersold
- Pfizer-BioNTech sees favorable results for third dose COVID-19 vaccine in children 6 months to 5 years
- White House says COVID vaccination for kids younger than 5 could start in a few weeks
Variants
- Why new COVID variants are driving a surprise surge
- New variants are poised to keep Covid-19 circulating at high levels throughout the summer
- New Omicron variants are so infectious that South Africa had a 5th wave even though 97% had antibody protection
- Omicron sub-variant fuels Portugal’s COVID-19 surge
- “Battle Of Omicron” Being Won By New BA.4 And BA.5 Variants As Overlapping Covid Waves Hit U.S.
- ‘Mild’ Omicron variant was highly lethal, study finds
- “It is very easy to catch’ says doctor of COVID variant responsible for latest surge
Testing, Treatments, Prevention, and Other News
- As summer begins, US COVID-19 cases six times higher than last year
- U.S. doctors reconsider Pfizer’s Paxlovid for lower-risk COVID patients
- Covid-19 news: Record 2 million people in UK have long covid
- Two million people in UK living with long Covid, find studies
- Food allergy is associated with lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
- Dogs can detect Covid with high accuracy, even asymptomatic cases
- Herd immunity was sold as the path out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s why we’re not talking about it anymore
- China Plans for Years of Covid Zero Strategy With Tests on Every Corner
- More Than Two-Thirds of People Have Covid Antibodies, WHO Says
- How to handle a third summer with COVID-19
- Doc who sold hydroxychloroquine early in the pandemic is going to prison for 30 days
Georgia Pandemic News
- Atlanta’s COVID-19 risk increases following Memorial Day weekend
- MARTA tries to lure customers back amid pandemic
- Georgia COVID cases begin to increase; experts remind people to be cautious
- How has COVID-19 affected the youngest Georgians?
- [VIDEO] COVID-19 cases on the rise in Northwest Georgia
California & San Diego Pandemic News
- As California COVID cases climb, is it time to start wearing masks again?
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom tests positive for COVID-19
- First California County reinstates COVID mask mandate
- Expert says current California COVID surge will ‘peak at the beginning of June’
- Mask rules are back in California as COVID hits danger zone
- New data shows jump in COVID-19 cases across San Diego County
- San Diego County COVID-19 hospitalizations drop
Notes Regarding Data Sources
United States Data
Metrics for confirmed infections, deaths, and tests performed in the United States come from the CDC’s official COVID Data Tracker site.
Georgia Data
All tables and graphs appearing on this page for the State of Georgia use official data from the State of Georgia Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Status Report.
Data Sources
United States Data
- The COVID Tracking Project (prior to March 7, 2021)
- CDC: COVID-19 Cases in U.S.
- CDC: COVID Data Tracker
- https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations
- CDC: United States Laboratory Testing
- United States Coronavirus – Worldometer
World Data
State of Georgia Data
- COVID-19 Daily Status Report | Georgia Department of Public Health
- COVID Vaccine | Georgia Department of Public Health
- U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Georgia