“The current 7-day moving average of daily new cases (14,885) increased 16.0% compared with the previous 7-day moving average (12,832)…for the week ending July 7th.” reports the CDC.
Over 33,600 cases of Covid19 were reported to the CDC in the past week. There are four variants of concern currently circulating in the United States.
“Nationally, the proportion of cases attributed to B.1.617.2 (Delta) is predicted to increase to 51.7%, becoming the predominant lineage in the United States; B.1.1.7 (Alpha) proportion is predicted to decrease to 28.7%; P.1 (Gamma) proportion is predicted to decrease to 8.9%; and B.1.351 (Beta) is predicted to decrease slightly to 0.2%.”
“The current 7-day average for [new Hospital admissions for] June 29–July 5 was 2,037. This is an 8.6% increase from the prior 7-day average (1,875) from June 23–June 29. The 7-day moving average for new admissions has been consistently increasing since June 28, 2021.