COVID-19 in the US in April 2022
Monthly deaths in April were the third lowest since the first wave of the pandemic.
Cases in April meanwhile ticked up slightly, though mass self-testing makes that an increasingly dodgy indicator. Many cases are escaping tabulation.
Deaths per day in 2022 through April (120 days) fell to about 1,400 vs. about 1,131/day in 2020 (306 days) and about 1,310/day in 2021:
Deaths per day in Jan 2022: 2,001
Deaths per day in Feb 2022: 2,247
Deaths per day in Mar 2022: 980
Deaths per day in Apr 2022: 426.
Deaths per day in May 2022 have ticked up to about 497 through the 11th.
The goal is to get this down to 100 deaths per day, to make it more like the flu.
