Figured I'd get some graph action going now that we've got all the August data.

Summary
With August data complete, not many surprises at this point. August cases wound up almost identical to July (-1.2%) deaths increased 68.2% Month-over-month, and August deaths increased 30% over April, the previous record.


Averages
As Pete mentioned, month ends with a peak in the 7-day case average. I've noted 5 new records for the 7-day death average in August.


Same data - but all the way back to April 1st for reference during "first wave":


7/14/21 Day Case Averages - somewhat concerning short-term trend here, where we see the 7 day leading an increase in the 14 and 21 day averages:



Hospitalizations vs. Deaths
Haven't posted hospital #'s in a while, but they've basically been the same for about a month now. Plotted against the 14-day death average, I'm not entirely sure what to conclude here.

Are patients simply dying at roughly the same rate they are being admitted? Is there some ceiling - either imposed via hospital policy or due to other constraints that has kept the number of patients flat? I feel like this plot provides more questions than answers.

(*Note - the Saturday and Sunday counts are simply a copy of the Friday #'s here.)



If you're on a computer, you can right-click images and view in tab if you would like to zoom in.

Stay safe out there - while part of me wants to think the worst is behind us, I've got a bad feeling about being at such a relatively high daily case count with Fall knocking on the door.