Does anybody here remember Covid? It was a bug that went around a few years ago.

 

A couple of days ago, WaPo published this story that started with, “Federal health officials say that covid-19 remains one of the leading causes of death in the United States, tied to about 250 deaths daily, on average, mostly among the old and immunocompromised.”

Of course, there’s the usual crowd of commenters who are sure that nobody with an MD after their name (unless they’re also a Fox News commentator) can be trusted to make true statements about Covid; the article deals with what those people will inevitably say (but only if the story ever gets reported on Fox, of course – not a good assumption).

I admit that even I stopped wearing a mask in indoor crowds, but I may rethink that, especially if the number of deaths starts climbing again. However, what I’m really afraid of is a long, lingering Covid case. I’ve always been quite healthy (the last time I was hospitalized overnight was when I was 17 – of course, that was only 30 years ago! 😊), and the idea of not feeling well for a long time is quite disturbing to me.

I’ll definitely get the second dose of the omnivalent booster that was given last year. That’s quite important since it specifically targets Omicron’s sub-variants; as far as I know, those are the entire Covid landscape now. In fact, there’s a new Arcturus sub-variant that’s spreading rapidly in India, where the delta variant originated, to devastating effect (remember the hundreds of bodies floating down the Ganges, because the families couldn’t afford the wood needed to cremate their loved ones?). It will “inevitably” end up as the leading subvariant here, too, although that’s not in itself a reason to panic now, according to the experts.

I was thinking it might be time to close this blog down. Nope.

 

The numbers

These numbers were updated based on those reported on the Worldometers.info site for Sunday, April 16.

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%
Month of October 2022	12,399	400	95%
Month of November 2022	9,221	307	74%
Month of December 2022	11,978	386	130%
Total 2022	271,387	744	-45%
Month of January 2023	17,768	573	148%
Month of February 2023	11,247	402	63%
Month of March 2023	7,885	263	70%
Total Pandemic so far	1,158,160	1,034

 

I. Total deaths (as of Sunday)

Total US reported Covid deaths as of Sunday:          1,158,160

Average daily deaths last seven days: 173

Average daily deaths previous seven days: 232

Percent increase in total deaths in the last seven days: 0.1%

II. Total reported cases (as of Sunday)

Total US reported cases as of Sunday: 106,465,921

Increase in reported cases last 7 days: 94,697 (13,528/day

Increase in reported cases previous 7 days: 121,476 (17,354/day)

Percent increase in reported cases in the last seven days: 0.1% (0.1% last week)

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