Whatever the numbers are doing, they aren’t going down…

Fortunately, neither Covid cases nor Covid deaths have changed very much in the last month or so. Deaths are currently varying in the 350-550/day range, which is a lot better than the 1400-2000 range they were in at this time last year (as the Delta variant firmly took hold) – but still many times more than the flu, which is what some misinformed people say Covid is now comparable to. Will we ever get back in the 1400-2000 range again?

I hope not, but it’s important to remember that deaths have nowhere to go but up as the weather gets colder. The big difference from last year is that we now seem to be following Wayne Gretzky’s advice and skating toward where the puck is going, not where it’s been. It seems the new Omicron-specific boosters are a Godsend, since for the last 11 months or so, Omicron and its unruly children have been ruling the roost in the Covid variant world – and that may continue. For the first time, you can be vaccinated against likely new variants (the Omicron family), not just past variants.

So, get the shot, if you haven’t yet!

The numbers

These numbers were updated based on those reported on the Worldometers.info site for Sunday, October 2.

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 2020	59,812	1,994	1,474%
Month of May 2020	42,327	1,365	71%
Month of June 2020	23,925	798	57%
Month of July 2020	26,649	860	111%
Month of August 2020	30,970	999	116%
Month of Sept. 2020	22,809	760	75%
Month of Oct. 2020	24,332	785	107%
Month of Nov. 2020	38,293	1,276	157%
Month of Dec. 2020	79,850	2,576	209%
Total 2020	354,215	1,154
Month of Jan. 2021	98,604	3,181	119%
Month of Feb. 2021	68,918	2,461	70%
Month of March 2021	37,945	1,224	55%
Month of April 2021	24,323	811	64%
Month of May 2021	19,843	661	82%
Month of June 2021	10,544	351	53%
Month of July 2021	8,833	287	84%
Month of August 2021	31,160	1,005	351%
Month of Sept. 2021	56,687	1,890	182%
Month of Oct. 2021	49,992	1,613	88%
Month of Nov. 2021	38,364	1,279	77%
Month of Dec. 2021	41,452	1,337	108%
Total 2021	492,756	1,350	158%
Month of Jan. 2022	65,855	2,124	159%
Month of Feb. 2022	63,451	2,266	96%
Month of March 2022	31,427	1,014	50%
Month of April 2022	13,297	443	42%
Month of May 2022	11,474	370	86%
Month of June 2022	11,109	370	97%
Month of July 2022	11,903	384	107%
Month of August 2022	16,199	540	136%
Month of September 2022	13,074	436	81%
Total Pandemic so far	1,084,893	1,148

 

I. Total deaths (as of Sunday)

Total US reported Covid deaths as of Sunday: 1,084,893

Average daily deaths last seven days: 454

Average daily deaths previous seven days: 436

Percent increase in total deaths in the last seven days: 0.3%

II. Total reported cases (as of Sunday)

Total US reported cases as of Sunday: 98,254,659             

Increase in reported cases last 7 days: 348,744 (49,821/day)

Increase in reported cases previous 7 days: 396,479 (56,640/day)

Percent increase in reported cases in the last seven days: 0.4% (0.4% last week)

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