THE FINAL COVID REPORT - APRIL 15, 2023

Category: Infectious Diseases Infectious Diseases
Published: 15 April 2023 15 April 2023

This is the final edition of the COVID Report series. In essence, states are reducing reporting due to the endemic nature of covid, NM is halting their dashboard and only doing some updates monthly, the public health emergency is ending, trends are trending down, and new sub variants have not negated progress; thus the report can no longer provide meaningful updates. Thank you for having read it, and for offering suggestions that improved this report. Be safe.
Simon Wheaton-Smith

THE OVERALL SUMMARY - April 15, 2023
THIS IS THE LAST REPORT IN THIS SERIES

US COVID weekly cases 101437 which FELL 17.3%, and positivity FELL also [page 7]
US COVID weekly admissions fell, and hospital beds in use fell [page 25]
NM COVID weekly cases rose 8.3%, and positivity rose, hospital bed usage fell [page 13, 14, 24]
Grant County weekly COVID cases fell 28.1% and succeeding peaks are lower [page 5, 16, 22]
Silver City Week on Week cases fell and succeeding peaks are lower [page 1]

OUR LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA - GRANT COUNTY COVID ADDITIONAL DATA:

COVID Bayard cases rose, Hurley cases fell. Both have low case numbers [page 17, 18]
COVID-like GRMC ED visit % were LOWER AT 3.20% (NMDOH) report dated 04/11/23 [page 20]
COVID-like GRMC ADMISSIONS were LEVEL AT 0.0 (NMDOH) report dated 04/09/23 [page 20]

OUR STATE - NEW MEXICO COVID ADDITIONAL DATA:

Covid weekly deaths 04/14/23: Grant County 0, Luna 0, Dona Ana 2, Sierra 1, Catron 0, Hidalgo 0 [page 15]
Covid weekly cases 04/14/23: Grant County 22, Luna 21, Dona Ana 101, Sierra 1, Catron 1, Hidalgo 1 [page 15]
Luna County covid cases doubled this week [page 36]
NM breakthrough cases: ages 50-64 still worse 04/10/23 [page 30]

NEIGHBORING STATES - COVID DATA:

AZ beds rose; CO, TX, NM beds week on week fell [page 24]
AZ cases rose, positivity fell. CO cases, positivity fell. TX cases fell, positivity rose but trend is down. [page 9, 10, 11, 12]

THE NATIONAL DETAILS OF COVID, FLU, AND RSV ARE:

COVID: [page 7]
* USA Covid this week: cases:101,437 fell 17%, admissions:12,950 fell 11% [page 7]
* USA Covid last week: cases:122,632, admissions:14,560
* USA Covid weekly hospital beds in use: FELL this week

INFLUENZA, RSV, HMPV WEEKLY AVAILABLE CDC DATA [page 38, 39, 40, 41]
* USA FLU 04/01/23 FELL 16% Cases: 539 [page 39]
* USA RSV 04/08/23 The overall trend is FALLING [page 40]
* USA HMPV 04/08/23 The overall trend is FALLING [page 41]

NOTES AND NEWS:

NOTE: VACCINATION DATA [page 26] as well as VARIANT DATA can be seen [page 27], and related news
US covid sub-variant XBB 1.9.1 1.9.2 and 1.16 are on the rise in the USA [page 27]

04/11/23: COVID, end of the emergency, the sub variants keep coming but seem to be manageable
04/07/23: 11 notes on the new omicron subvariant - XBB.1.16
04/03/23: COVID 1.16 in 18 states, including TX
04/03/23: COVID 1.16 has shown increased infectivity
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?
03/13/23: Blood clots occurring post covid
03/13/23: Comparing myocarditis from vaccines versus from covid itself


 

 

 

 

Content on the Beat

WARNING: All articles and photos with a byline or photo credit are copyrighted to the author or photographer. You may not use any information found within the articles without asking permission AND giving attribution to the source. Photos can be requested and may incur a nominal fee for use personally or commercially.

Disclaimer: If you find errors in articles not written by the Beat team but sent to us from other content providers, please contact the writer, not the Beat. For example, obituaries are always provided by the funeral home or a family member. We can fix errors, but please give details on where the error is so we can find it. News releases from government and non-profit entities are posted generally without change, except for legal notices, which incur a small charge.

NOTE: If an article does not have a byline, it was written by someone not affiliated with the Beat and then sent to the Beat for posting.

Images: We have received complaints about large images blocking parts of other articles. If you encounter this problem, click on the title of the article you want to read and it will take you to that article's page, which shows only that article without any intruders. 

New Columnists: The Beat continues to bring you new columnists. And check out the old faithfuls who continue to provide content.

Newsletter: If you opt in to the Join GCB Three Times Weekly Updates option above this to the right, you will be subscribed to email notifications with links to recently posted articles.

Submitting to the Beat

Those new to providing news releases to the Beat are asked to please check out submission guidelines at https://www.grantcountybeat.com/about/submissions. They are for your information to make life easier on the readers, as well as for the editor.

Advertising: Don't forget to tell advertisers that you saw their ads on the Beat.

Classifieds: We have changed Classifieds to a simpler option. Check periodically to see if any new ones have popped up. Send your information to editor@grantcountybeat.com and we will post it as soon as we can. Instructions and prices are on the page.

Editor's Notes

It has come to this editor's attention that people are sending information to the Grant County Beat Facebook page. Please be aware that the editor does not regularly monitor the page. If you have items you want to send to the editor, please send them to editor@grantcountybeat.com. Thanks!

Here for YOU: Consider the Beat your DAILY newspaper for up-to-date information about Grant County. It's at your fingertips! One Click to Local News. Thanks for your support for and your readership of Grant County's online news source—www.grantcountybeat.com

Feel free to notify editor@grantcountybeat.com if you notice any technical problems on the site. Your convenience is my desire for the Beat.  The Beat totally appreciates its readers and subscribers!  

Compliance: Because you are an esteemed member of The Grant County Beat readership, be assured that we at the Beat continue to do everything we can to be in full compliance with GDPR and pertinent US law, so that the information you have chosen to give to us cannot be compromised.