THE OVERALL SUMMARY - March 4, 2023
Overall COVID in the USA, Grant County, and Silver City improved; NM rose but the percentage was small.
US week on week Covid cases fell 5%
The US case rise last week rise was due to states reporting 31,776 old 2022 cases, not new cases that week.
US COVID week on week average hospital beds in use fell as admissions fell [page 8, 25]
US FLU cases and admissions fell. RSV cases fell.
US covid sub-variant XBB.1.5 is growing in AZ, CO, NM, TX, and the USA [page 27]
NM week on week cases rose 3.4% this week, hospital bed usage rose, and positivity rose [page 13, 14, 24]
Grant County Week on Week cases fell [page 5, 16, 22]
THE DETAILS OF COVID, FLU, AND RSV ARE:
COVID: USA as a whole [page 7]
* USA Covid, this week, WEEKLY: cases = 226,618 (-5%) admissions = 22,421 deaths = 2,219
* USA Covid, last week, WEEKLY: cases = 238,714 admissions = 23,681 deaths = 2,383
INFLUENZA: USA as a whole
* USA FLU weekly cases for 02/25/23 fell 28%, case count was: 755 (but data is sometimes revised) [page 39]
RSV: USA as a whole
* USA RSV weekly cases for 02/25/23 fell 53%, case count was: 520 (but data is sometimes revised) [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
OUR LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA - GRANT COUNTY COVID DATA: GRMC DATA IS SOMEWHAT SPORADIC:
GRMC bi-weekly covid ED visit percentages as of 02/28/23 (nmdoh most recent data) ROSE a bit [page 20]
Grant County Week on Week cases fell [page 5, 16, 22]
Covid Silver City week on week cases fell, Bayard cases rose, and Hurley cases oscillated [page 17, 18]
OUR STATE - NEW MEXICO COVID DATA:
NM week on week cases rose 3.4% this week, hospital bed usage rose, and positivity rose [page 13, 14, 24]
NM ages 75 and over are now more likely to have breakthrough cases than the 65-74 age group [page 30]
Covid deaths: Grant County 0, Luna 0, Dona Ana 1, Sierra 0, Catron 0, Hidalgo 0 as of: 03/03/23 [page 15]
NEIGHBORING STATES - COVID DATA:
AZ beds rose, CO beds leveled, TX beds fell [page 24]
AZ cases rose, positivity rose. CO cases rose, positivity rose. TX cases rose, positivity fell. [page 9, 10, 11, 12]
NOTES AND NEWS:
NOTE: US COVID positivity is now only shown for states, not for the USA itself.
NOTE: VACCINATION DATA as well as VARIANT DATA can be seen [page 27]
02/27/23: A condition called POTS rose after covid, but patients can't find care
02/26/23: COVID-19 admissions up in 21 states. Western states are seeing some of the largest increases.
02/17/23: Spring may bring a COVID-19 uptick, data suggests
02/13/23: The 20% Medicare cut coming for hospitals, less testing? fuel a covid surge?