We set a record! Where’s our gold medal?

 


I was genuinely shocked when I (belatedly, I’ll admit) updated my spreadsheet with Sunday’s numbers. First, average daily new cases increased last week; they didn’t decrease. But much more shocking: the 4,775 average daily Covid deaths last week shattered the all-time record of 4,197, set the week ending Feb. 1, 2021.  

Of course, I was shocked to see these numbers because I don’t think I’ve seen a single news story lately that doesn’t sound like we’ve finally turned the corner, and it will be easy street from here on. And that’s true: Other than the fact that new cases increased last week and that deaths set an all-time record, things are great!

I also note that we’re marching toward 1 million Covid deaths faster than I’d thought would happen. We hit 900,000 just four weeks ago and as of today, I’m sure we’re well over 950,000. Looks like we’ll probably reach the long-desired 1 million mark by the end of March, at the latest. And don’t worry: The US already wears the crown of most deaths per capita; that’s very unlikely to change at this point.

That’s certainly something we all can brag about to our grandchildren.

The numbers

These numbers were updated based on those reported on the Worldometers.info site for Sunday, February 13.

Month

Deaths reported during month/year

Avg. deaths per day during month/year

Deaths as percentage of previous month/year

Month of March 2020

4,058

131

 

Month of April

59,812

1,994

1,474%

Month of May

42,327

1,365

71%

Month of June

23,925

798

57%

Month of July

26,649

860

111%

Month of August

30,970

999

116%

Month of Sept.

22,809

760

75%

Month of Oct.

24,332

785

107%

Month of Nov.

38,293

1,276

157%

Month of Dec.

79,850

2,576

209%

Total 2020

354,215

1,154

 

Month of Jan. 2021

98,604

3,181

119%

Month of Feb.

68,918

2,461

70%

Month of March

37,945

1,224

55%

Month of April

24,323

811

64%

Month of May

19,843

661

82%

Month of June

10,544

351

53%

Month of July

8,833

287

84%

Month of August

31,160

1,005

351%

Month of Sept.

56,687

1,890

182%

Month of Oct.

49,992

1,613

88%

Month of Nov.

38,364

1,279

77%

Month of Dec.

41,452

1,337

108%

Total 2021

492,756

1,350

158%

Month of Jan. 2022

912,826

2,124

159%

Total Pandemic so far

927,610

1,323

 

 

I. Total deaths (as of Sunday)

Total US reported Covid deaths as of Sunday: 946,249

Average daily deaths last seven days: 4,775

Average daily deaths previous seven days: 2,917 

Percent increase in total deaths in the last seven days: 3.7%

II. Total reported cases (as of Sunday)

Total US reported cases as of Sunday: 79,495,286

Increase in reported cases last 7 days: 2,857,300 (408,186)

Increase in reported cases previous 7 days: 2,636,211 (376,602/day)

Percent increase in reported cases in the last seven days: 3.7% (3.5% last week)

I would love to hear any comments or questions you have on this post. Drop me an email at tom@tomalrich.com.

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