Deaths per day in October remain below the lows achieved in June.
COVID-19 deaths per day in the USA, monthly, as reported:
Mar 138
Apr 1,961May 1,330
Jun 769
Jul 851
Aug 955
Sep 779
Oct 748 (thru 10/24).
The compound daily growth rate measured over 7 days for COVID-19 deaths ticked up 10.6% in the last week from 0.329% to 0.364%, still near the lows but rising.
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As cases of COVID-19 have shot up since mid-Sep, hospitalizations are up about 55%.
14 US states show >1k hospitalized for COVID-19 on 10/25. Currently worst hit Texas, shown in the graphs in pink, relative to worst hit ever New York shown in gray, was still a lot worse in the summer than it is now. And improved clinical treatment nationwide has meant fewer deaths.
Rhetoric aside, America is coping better and learning to live with the pandemic.
In California about 71% of cases but only 7% of deaths affect those aged 0-49.
About 30% of cases but 93% of deaths affect those 50 or older.
Younger people should definitely be social distancing and wearing masks around people 50 or older to prevent transmission to them.
Latinos in California have more cases and deaths than any other ethnicity, by far.
The story is similar in Texas.
Nearly 40% of cases and almost 56% of deaths in Texas affect Latinos, more than for any other ethnicity.
In California it's 61% of cases and 49% of deaths affecting Latinos.
