🟢Coconino, AZ ≥150% (Low)
Idaho ≥150%
🟢Collier, FL—142% (L)
🟡Wicomico, MD—133% (Medium)
🟢Mercer, WV—125% (L)
🟢Dona Ana, NM—120% (L)
🟡Washington, TN—115% (M)
🟢Fairfax, VA—105% (L)
🟡Onondaga, NY—101% (M)
🟢Buncombe, NC—100% (L)
🟡Chesterfield, VA—100% (M)
[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]
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Some 220 (-1) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).
Of these, THREE are High "Level"—per CDC—near four in five only rate Low.
Full but Low.
Of only 99 (-5) counties that report any PICU capacity, one in seven are full or over capacity.
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Pediatric staffing never recovered to pre-omicron levels. Rather, ongoing attrition has reduced beds by near 10K since May.
Capacity Level steadily rising—mirroring steady climb in beds used, as staffing flat.
As for adults, peds Critical Staffing remains high.
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Capacity Level holds, as staffed and occupied beds trendlines both level off.
Hospitals Surveyed remains at new baseline: hundreds of hospitals never returned after holiday.
Critical Staffing Level continues to look more like it had in 2021 than it did in 2022.
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Another week, another ~80,000 on #LongCovid dashboard—metric depends on testing.
Media reports of 30 million.
Extrapolate latest Census survey—self-reported subset of symptoms—estimate to all ages: ~49½ million.
Not counted: new risks of morbidity/mortality.
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Northeast regions of U.S. in Kraken week eight…
NY/NJ—97.9% (+1.0)
New England—97.3% (+1.3)
Mid-Atlantic—93.7% (+2.9)
Southeast—86.3% (+5.8)
Mtn/Dakotas—83.4% (+8.5)
Middle South—81.7% (+7.7)
Great Lakes—81.2% (+7.7)
Lower Midwest—79.4% (+10.3)
SW—79.0% (+8.6)
NW—65.6%(+15.1)
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Five weeks into national Kraken XBB.1.5 wave, all regions are majority Kraken. XBB.1.5.3 (not shown) is leading subvariant: ~2% of XBB.1.5 samples.
Even Orthus CH.1.1—added to chart four weeks ago—falling from plateau.
Cerebrus BQ.1.1 still one in ten samples.
[Src: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions]
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U.S. share of G8 covid deaths ramps up: now 51% (+3)—a third again higher than U.S. share of G8 population.
U.S. share of G20 and global deaths likewise spiking, now at 27.6% (+5.8) and 27.5% (+5.7), representing 4× and 6½× U.S. share of respective populations.
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Given preliminary excess deaths estimates, year thru mid-Jan saw one in four excess deaths as due to causes other than acute covid.
That's sudden & not-so-sudden deaths due to post-acute sequelae plus other—once preventable—deaths due to understaffed hospitals.
[Note: CDC has yet to release this week's covid death count.]
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Counties by adult capacity—colored per CDC "Levels":
#1 🟡Smyth, VA—127% (Medium)
#2 🟡Warren, NY—115% (M)
#3 🟡Coles, IL—113% (M)
#4 🟢Yuma, AZ—108% (Low)
#5 🟢Kenton, KY—108% (L)
#6 🟢Mercer, IL—107% (L)
#7 🟢Boone, KY—107% (L)
#8 🟡Wise, VA—104% (M)
#9 🟢Union, GA—104% (L)
#10 🟢St. Mary's, MD—101% (L)
[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]
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Well over hundred hospitals remain months behind on reporting. "Pretty dysfunctional," says Jha.
Of 59 (-16) counties ≥ 100% capacity per HHS data, NONE are CDC High "Level"; 13 are Medium.
Reporting ≥ 90%—217 (-41).
For counties w/ ICUs—one in seven are full.
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Counties by pediatric capacity—colored per CDC "Levels":
#1 🟢Coffee, TN ≥150% (Low)
#2 🟢Coconino, AZ ≥150% (L)
#3 🟢Dawson, NE ≥133⅓% (L)
#4 🟢Dona Ana, NM ≥150% (L)
#5 🟢Wood, WV—150% (L)
#6 🟢Mercer, WV—150% (L)
#7 🟢Cayey Municipio, PR—132% (L)
Idaho—125%
#8 🟢New Castle, DE—125% (L)
#9 🟢Fairfax, VA—109% (L)
#10 🟡Florence, SC—107% (Medium)
[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]
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Some 221 (-1) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).
Of these, TWO are High "Level"—per CDC—near four in five only rate Low.
Full but Low.
Of only 104 (+9) counties that report any PICU capacity, near one in ten are full or over capacity.
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Pediatric staffing never recovered to pre-omicron levels. Rather, ongoing attrition has reduced beds by near 10K since May.
Capacity Level steadily rising—mirroring steady climb in beds used, as staffing flat.
As for adults, peds Critical Staffing remains high.
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Capacity Level drops a point—as now well over two-year trend of staffing attrition continues unabated.
Hospitals Surveyed remains at new baseline—hundreds of hospitals never resumed reporting after winter holidays.
Critical Staffing remains elevated since Dec.
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Another week, another ~70,000 on #LongCovid dashboard—metric depends on testing.
Media reports of 30 million.
Extrapolate latest Census survey—self-reported subset of symptoms—estimate to all ages: ~50½ million.
Not counted: new risks of morbidity/mortality.
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NY/NJ & New England in Kraken week eight.
NY/NJ—96.9% (+1.7)
New England—96.0% (+2.4)
Mid-Atlantic—90.8%(+5)
SE—80.5%(+8.1)
Mtn/Dakotas—74.9% (+14)
Middle South—74.0% (+10.6)
SW—70.4% (~+11)
Great Lakes—73.5% (~+10)
Lower Midwest—69.1% (~+11)
NW—50.5% (~+12)
[See toot above for variants color key, or https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions]
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Four weeks into national Kraken XBB.1.5 wave, all regions including Northwest now majority Kraken. No subvariants gain traction.
Even Orthus CH.1.1—added to chart three weeks ago—already down from plateau.
Cerebrus BQ.1.1 still one in eight samples nationally.
[Src: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions]
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U.S. share of G8 covid deaths at 48% (+1)—climbing vs. G8 population share.
With no China reporting, U.S. share of G20 deaths jumps to 21.8%. Same for G20 deaths.
Note that U.S. shares of global/G20 deaths have been above population shares for year and a half.
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Given preliminary excess deaths estimates, year thru mid-Jan saw one in four excess deaths as due to causes other than acute covid.
That's sudden & not-so-sudden deaths due to post-acute sequelae plus other—once preventable—deaths due to understaffed hospitals.
[Note: CDC has yet to release this week's covid death count.]
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