THE OVERALL USA SUMMARY - November 5, 2022:
Weekly US covid new cases rose, deaths fell, covid beds in use leveled but admissions stopped falling [page 5, 7, 8, 25]
Three new covid sub variants BQ.1, BQ.1.1 and BF.7 are rapidly rising [page 34]
Weekly Influenza cases have rapidly risen for the 9th week [page 38, 39]
Weekly RSV cases have risen in AZ, CO, and TX. NOTE: NM data questionable [page 40, 41, 42]
Weekly Monkeypox cases are very low and continued to fall even lower this week [page 43, 44]
OUR LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA (Grant County):
Grant County Week on Week covid cases fell, case rate 86, last week 91 [page 5, 16, 22]
Silver City, Bayard, and Hurley covid week on week cases fell [page 17, 18]. Grant County covid hospital admissions rose to 2, and covid ED visits also rose [page 23]. Deaths in Grant County 0, Luna 0, Sierra 0, Dona Ana 2 [page 15].
OUR STATE (New Mexico):
NM week on week cases this week rose to 3501 up from 2784 the week before; and positivity also rose [page 13, 14]. NM daily hospital bed usage rose [page 13, 14, 24]. Deaths leveled in NM [page 14, 15].
NEIGHBORING STATES:
AZ, and CO cases, beds, and positivity rose. TX cases, and positivity rose but beds fell [page 9, 10, 11]
HOSPITALS:
* US COVID daily hospital admissions trend (7 day averages) are no longer going down [CDC] [page 25]
* COVID inpatient beds rose in AZ, CO, and NM. TX covid beds fell. [HHS] [page 24]
* Grant County ED COVID like visits oscillated per HHS (their data lags) [page 20] but rose per NM DOH [page 23]
* COVID admissions in Grant County were 2 in the last 7 days (per CDC) [page 19]
ACTIVE PATHOGENS
COVID: [page 7, 34]
* This week: COVID cases = 273,110, admissions = 22,981, deaths = 2,505
* Last week: COVID cases = 260,830, admissions = 22,911, deaths = 3,022
* US COVID BQ.1.1 BQ.1 /BF7 sub variant is 34.6% of all variants, and took 13 days to double
INFLUENZA: [page 38, 39] US show a weekly rise for 9 weeks now
* US Flu this week: weekly: cases = 7971, admissions = 4326, deaths = 29
* US Flu last week: weekly: cases = 4427, admissions = 2361, deaths = 28
RSV: [page 40, 41] AZ, O, and TX rose, NM may have missing data
* RSV: AZ on 10/16 weekly cases were: 86 and the week before: cases: 75
* RSV: NM on 10/08 weekly cases were: 25 and the week before: cases: 45 (NM data questionable [page 40, 41])
MONKEYPOX: [page 43, 44].
* US Mpox weekly cases: this week: 355 previous week: 418
* AZ Mpox weekly cases: this week: 0 previous week: 11
* NM Mpox weekly cases: this week: 2 previous week: -3 (NM adjusted down 3 cases)
NOTES AND NEWS:
11/04/22: Hospitalization rates for the flu are at their highest level since 2010, according to the CDC.
11/02/22: RSV, influenza can fuse together to create hybrid virus. "viruses from two completely different families combining with the genomes and the external proteins of both viruses. It is a new type of virus pathogen."
11/01/22: Pfizer's trial RSV vaccine will be submitted to the FDA for approval by the end of 2022
10/31/22: Cumulative flu hospitalization rate hits 13-year high
10/20/20: Reports reveal the new omicron sub variants evade AstraZeneca's Evusheld, and Eli Lilly's Bebtelovimab.
10/15/22: BQ1.1 and BQ.1 are thought to resist existing monoclonal antibody drugs. The updated omicron boosters are believed to offer protection against the strains [page 34]