Saturday, January 2, 2021

US COVID-19 Summary for 2020 plus Jan 2021 death projection

Cumulative cases 20.026m
Cumulative deaths 0.346m
case fatality rate 1.73%
(us-covid-tracker.com, data subject to revision)

Cumulative hospitalizations 686,158
Cumulative deaths 336,779
percent dead 49.1% (not all deaths were hospitalized, obviously)
Peak Saturday for hospitalizations was 12/26 with 117,344
(covidtracking.com, data values last revised 1/2/21 and also subject to change)

Worst months for deaths:
Dec 78,016 (2,516/day)
Apr 58,836 (1,961/day)
May 41,239 (1,330/day)
Nov 37,513 (1,250/day)
Aug 29,610 (955/day)
(us-covid-tracker.com)

Nov cases 4.406m
Dec deaths 78,016
cfr 1.77%

Dec cases 6.4111m
Projected new deaths for Jan 2021 at 1.7%: 108,988