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