Deaths/day over the past week: 992.
Hospitalizations related to Covid are at an all-time high at 61,964--Nov 10 was the first time the hospitalization peak in April was surpassed.
Understanding who is dying is not easy. New York state, where Governor Cuomo was one of 6 governors to demand nursing homes take back Covid-infected patients, claims only 25% of Covid-related deaths occurred in people residing in nursing homes or similar settings, while New Hampshire reports that 81% of deaths occurred in such residents. Cuomo, who may face legal action over his decision, would benefit by reports of low death rates in this group.
Here are updated death rates/day, averaged over the first week of each month since the start of the pandemic, in the US.
March 3 (daily average February 29-March 7)
April. 1376 (daily average March 31-April 7)
May 1823 (daily average April 30-May 7)
June 788 (daily average May 3-June 7)
July 525 (daily average June 30-July 7)
August 1056 (daily average July 31-August 7)
September 817 (daily average Aug. 31-Sept. 7)
October 666 (daily average Sept. 30-Oct. 7)
November 989 (daily avg Oct. 31-Nov. 7)
data from Covidtracking
Just as there is a distinction between death from Covid versus death with Covid: is anyone beginning to push distinguishing between hospitalization because of Covid versus hospitalization with Covid?
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