The COVID Report for April 23, 2022

Category: Infectious Diseases Infectious Diseases
Published: 23 April 2022 23 April 2022

OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA: our immediate local area is doing well for now, NM itself less so.

Silver City weekly cases fell, Bayard cases were 0 and Hurley cases rose a small amount. Grant County cases fell, positivity fell, and workplace case reports were 0. NM Daily Cases clearly rising, positivity was mostly level, but doubling times are hovering around 16 days which is a possible concern. Covid hospital beds are mostly level. NM Workplace Reports are slowly rising over the last 2 weeks. In NM, BA.2 increased from 3.5% to 9.1%, original Omicron is 91% which fell from 96%. Delta is dominant in Grant and Dona Ana, with Omicron dominant in Luna. Both are significantly contagious. The variant BA.2 has surfaced in Dona Ana. Mild cases from home testing are not reported, so there may be more cases than official numbers show.

NATIONALLY: there is a small (for now) wave happening

In the USA, BA.2 cases have decreased from 86% to 74%, however new variant BA.2.12.1 is now at 19% in the USA. Regardless, US cases and positivity rose continuing the current (small for now) wave. US hospitalizations appear to have risen based on CDC's most recent 7 daily numbers, but decreased based on an independent 14 day review.

In the 14 day period from the most recent recording date: 04/21/22 04/15/22

The number of states whose cases rose increased to 36 (was 32)
The number of states whose hospitalizations rose increased to 20 (was 12)
In the USA cases increased by 49% (was 32%)
In the USA hospitalizations decreased by 2% (was12%)

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