THE OVERALL SUMMARY - April 1, 2023
Overall USA weekly cases of COVID, FLU, HMPV, RSV in the USA fell. New Mexico still shows cases rising.
US week on week Covid cases fell 9.2%, and positivity also fell
US COVID week on week 7 day average admissions fell, hospital beds in use fell [page 8, 25]
US FLU cases and admissions fell. HMPV positivity fell yet still high (but no case counts from CDC). RSV cases fell.
NM continued a slow rise in covid weekly cases of 7.9%, hospital bed usage rose, and positivity rose [page 13, 14, 24]
Grant County Week on Week cases rose 36.6% but succeeding peaks are lower [page 5, 16, 22]
Silver City cases rose but peaks are getting lower.
OUR LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA - GRANT COUNTY COVID ADDITIONAL DATA:
Covid Silver City week on week cases rose 20.2% but peaks are lowering which is good, and case numbers are fairly low.
Bayard and Hurley cases rose a bit; but remember both have very low case numbers [page 17, 18]
COVID-like GRMC ED visit % were LOWER AT 3.6% down from 4.4% (NMDOH) 03/28/23 [page 20]
COVID-like GRMC ADMISSIONS were LOWER AT 0.0 down from 0.9 (NMDOH) 03/26/23 [page 20]
OUR STATE - NEW MEXICO COVID ADDITIONAL DATA:
Covid weekly deaths 03/31/23: Grant County 1, Luna 0, Dona Ana 3, Sierra 0, Catron 0, Hidalgo 0 [page 15]
Covid weekly cases 03/31/23: Grant County 24, Luna 11, Dona Ana 115, Sierra 1, Catron 0, Hidalgo 0 [page 15]
NM breakthrough cases: ages 50-64 worse, 65-74 next, 25-39 next, with ages 75+ better 03/27/23 [page 30]
NEIGHBORING STATES - COVID DATA:
AZ, CO, TX beds fell, but NM beds rose [page 24]
AZ cases and positivity rose. CO cases and positivity fell. TX cases fell, positivity rose. [page 9, 10, 11, 12]
THE NATIONAL DETAILS OF COVID, FLU, AND RSV ARE:
COVID: [page 7]
* USA Covid this week: cases:139,991 (-9%), admissions:16,359 (-4%) 03/29/23
* USA Covid last week: cases:154,244, admissions:17,115
INFLUENZA, RSV, HMPV: (CDC not showing case numbers for HMPV) [page 38, 39, 40, 41]
* USA FLU weekly cases for 03/25/23 fell 14% case count was: 690 (but data is sometimes revised) [page 39]
* USA RSV weekly cases for 03/25/23 fell 56% case count was: 243 (data often revised) [page 40]
* USA HMPV weekly positivity 25.9% for 03/25/23 fell 12.4% CDC HAD NO CASE COUNT DATA [page 41]
CASE AND ADMISSION CHANGES: [page 7]:
* USA weekly new cases: Covid: FELL Flu: FELL
* USA weekly hospital admissions: Covid: FELL Flu: FELL
* USA weekly hospital beds in use: Covid: FELL
NOTES AND NEWS:
VACCINATION DATA as well as VARIANT DATA can be seen [page 27]
* US covid sub-variant XBB and XBB 1.5 joined by 1.5.1 and 1.9.1 and are still dominant in the USA [page 27]
03/31/23: US CDC and FL case number discrepancies. FL data shows cases doubling in March
03/28/23: WHO revises COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for Omicron-era [Reuters]
03/27/23: Do You Need Another COVID Booster? Here's What Experts Say.
03/27/23: Astrazeneca (non mRNA), young women, cardiac issues
03/20/23: How much of a threat is COVID now?
03/20/23: Isn't COVID-19 or the Flu? Here's What It Might Be (HMPV?)
03/13/23: Blood clots occurring post covid
03/13/23: Comparing myocarditis from vaccines versus from covid itself