Coronavirus, Mid May Edition, 2022
The Numbers:
Nationwide, the estimated number of cases has been rising by 2-3% per day. By my calculation, 850,000 have Covid, but my numbers are based on the reported number of cases, which is widely acknowledged as under counted. How much depends on the report. From 3 times to 17 times.
But we do know how many are hospitalized, and how many died of Covid. Currently the number hospitalized is 14,000 with 1,700 in the ICU. This is up from a low on April 7 at 10,500 hospitalized and also with 1,700 in the ICU. The peak was on Jan 20, at 150,000 hospitalized and 26,000 in the ICU.
Deaths peaked in the end of January at around 3,500 per day, and are down to around 200 per day now.
Son of Son of Omicron:
64% of the new cases in the USA are the sub variant of the original Omicron variant, and 36% are the sub variant's sub variant. BA.2.12.1 (Omicron is B.1.1.529, "Stealth" Omicron is BA.2) is even more infectious than it's parents and grand parents, which in turn, were more infectious than Delta. Get a program, you can't keep the players straight without a program.
Omicron sub variants 4 and 5 are reported taking hold in the south. Again, more infectious, but less lethal.
That's it. I won't waste any more of your time.
