The COVID, FLU, RSV REPORT - February 18, 2023

Category: Infectious Diseases Infectious Diseases
Published: 18 February 2023 18 February 2023

THE OVERALL SUMMARY - February 18, 2023

Things are generally improving, relatively low case numbers, but short term trends rose for the 5th week [page 5]
Grant County Week on Week cases rose
NM week on week cases rose this week, hospital bed usage rose, and positivity rose [page 13, 14, 24]
US Covid cases, hospital beds and admissions fell. US FLU cases and admissions fell, deaths rose. RSV cases fell.
US covid sub-variant XBB.1.5 is growing in AZ, CO, NM, TX, and the USA [page 27]

THE DETAILS OF COVID, FLU, AND RSV ARE:

US AND NM Grant County COVID, FLU, RSV ED visits as a percentage of all ED visits [page 41, 42]
* USA ED visits, week of 02/11/23 COVID= 79.05% FLU= 16.92% RSV= 4.03%
* GRMC ED visits for COVID+FLU+RSV as % of all ED visits: 7.10% DATED: 02/11/23, and before: 5.30%

COVID: USA as a whole [page 7]
* USA Covid: this week: WEEKLY: cases = 259,339 admissions = 24,997 deaths = 2,900
* USA Covid: last week: WEEKLY: cases = 284,683 admissions = 25,291 deaths = 3,530

INFLUENZA: USA as a whole [page 38, 39]
* USA FLU: this week: (week 6) weekly: cases = 1,290, admissions = 1,992, deaths = 50 (NCHS data) 02/11/23
* USA FLU: last week: (week 5) weekly: cases = 1,697, admissions = 2,137, deaths = 44

RSV: USA as a whole [page 40]
* USA RSV cases this week: 02/11/23 were: Lower [page 40]

THE WEEKLY CASE AND ADMISSION CHANGES IN THE USA ARE: [page 7]

* USA weekly new case change: Covid: FELL Flu: FELL
* USA weekly hospital admissions: Covid: FELL Flu: FELL
* USA hospital beds in use this week: Covid: FELL

ADDITIONAL USA NOTES: VACCINATION DATA [page 26], VARIANT DATA [page 27]
US COVID hospital beds in use fell a bit for the week, admissions (7 day average) fell a bit [page 8, 25]

OUR LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA - GRANT COUNTY COVID DATA: GRMC DATA IS SOMEWHAT SPORADIC
GRMC bi-weekly covid ED visit percentages as of 02/14/23 (nmdoh most recent data) UNCHANGED [page 20]
GRMC bi-weekly admissions as of: 02/12/23 (nmdoh most recent data) SAME, was 0 in last 7 days [page 20]
Grant County Week on Week cases rose [page 5, 16, 22]
Covid Silver City week on week cases rose, Bayard cases fell, and Hurley rose; case numbers are small [page 17, 18]
Covid deaths: Grant County 0, Luna 0, Dona Ana 1, Sierra 0, Catron 0, Hidalgo 0 as of: 02/17/23 [page 15]
OUR STATE - NEW MEXICO COVID DATA:
NM week on week cases rose this week, hospital bed usage rose, and positivity rose [page 13, 14, 24]

NEIGHBORING STATES - COVID DATA:
AZ beds fell. CO beds fell. TX beds fell [page 24]
AZ cases and positivity rose. CO cases and lagging positivity rose. TX cases and positivity fell. [page 9, 10, 11, 12]

NOTES AND NEWS IN 2023:
NOTE: Absent a rise in covid, flu, or RSV, this report's last date will be March 25; data collection will still continue.
NOTE: HHS covid emergency ends May 11. Johns Hopkins ends data March 10 (this report does not use JHU).
NOTE: CDC has not shown positivity numbers for the third week in a row.
NOTE: NM no longer lists ED COVID/FLU/RSV visits separately, now only the sum of COVID+FLU+RSV visits
01/27/23: FDA pulled its authorization of Evusheld, however Paxlovid, Remdesivir or Molnupiravir still effective
01/25/23: Updated COVID vaccines prevented illness from latest variants -CDC
01/18/23: CDC suggests tridemic has peaked


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