COVID-19: US confirms more than 96,000 additional cases

20.09.2022

11:16

According to CDC's COVID Data Tracker on September 16, 2022 3:50 pm ET, the case count of COVID-19 in the US stands at 95,412,766* cases, including 1,047,741* deaths, in 55 (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Marianas, and US Virgin Islands) jurisdictions, while 96,354 new cases and 655 new deaths were reported.

Additionally, the CDC noted that the vaccination data are updated every Thursday. As of September 15, the CDC noted that a total of 263,415,633 (79.3%) people have received at least one dose of vaccine, 224,636,858 (67.7%) people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the US; meanwhile 109,201,576 (48.6%)** people have received a first booster dose. Further, 22,495,442 (34.7%) people ≥ 50 years of age and 14,967,856 (41.9%) people ≥ 65 years of age have received a second booster dose***.

* As of April 14, 2020, CDC case counts and death counts include both confirmed and probable cases and deaths.

** The count and percentage of people who received a first booster dose includes anyone who is fully vaccinated and has received another dose of COVID-19 vaccine since August 13, 2021. This includes people who received a first booster dose and people who received an additional primary series dose as this metric does not distinguish if the recipient is immunocompromised and received an additional dose. The percentage represents the proportion of fully vaccinated people who have received a first booster dose.

*** The count and percentage of people who received a second booster dose includes anyone who is fully vaccinated and has received two subsequent doses of COVID-19 vaccine since August 13, 2021. This includes people who received two booster doses and people who received one additional dose and one booster dose. The percentage represents the proportion of people with a first booster dose who have received a second booster dose for the age groups of 50 years or older and 65 years or older, respectively.

COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review for September 16, 2022

According to the CDC's COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review, the current 7-day moving average of daily new cases (59,856) decreased 15.9% compared with the previous 7-day moving average (71,190).

CDC Nowcast projections for the week ending September 17 estimate the combined national proportion of lineages designated as Omicron to be 100%, with the predominant Omicron lineage being BA.5, projected at 84.8% (95% PI 83.2-86.3%). The national proportion of BA.4.6 is projected to be 10.3% (95% PI 9.1-11.7%), BA.4 is projected to be 1.8% (95% PI 1.6-1.9%), BF.7 is projected to be 1.7% (95% PI 1.2-2.4%), and BA.2.75 is projected to be 1.3% (95% PI 0.8-2.2%).

The current 7-day daily average for new hospital admissions for September 7-12, was 4,371. This is a 6.1% decrease from the prior 7-day average (4,657) from August 31–September 6.

Moreover, the CDC’s Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET) showed that for the week ending August 27, the rate of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations for children ages 6 months and younger, who are not eligible for vaccination, is 19.5 per 100,000 population. While rates among children ages 6 months and younger have generally declined in recent weeks, they are the highest among all pediatric age groups and remain high compared with many previous months of the pandemic.

Additionally, the current 7-day moving average of new deaths (358) increased 3.9% compared with the previous 7-day moving average (344).

Meanwhile, the percentage of COVID-19 nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) that are positive (percent positivity) is decreasing in comparison to the previous week. The 7-day average of percent positivity from NAATs is now 12.2%. The 7-day average number of tests reported for September 2-8, was 395,481, down 22.0% from 507,235 for the prior 7 days.

Updates from state health departments

The following table depicts the 20 jurisdictions with the highest case counts and death tolls and their corresponding percentage of population fully vaccinated, first booster dose recipients, and second booster dose recipients. Vaccination information was obtained from the CDC’s site, with full details on vaccination status for all jurisdictions.

State	Cases	Deaths	% of population Fully Vaccinated	% of Fully Vaccinated people with a First Booster Dose	% of People 50+ with First Booster Dose who Received Second Booster Dose	% of People 65+ with First Booster Dose who Received Second Booster Dose
California "	10,354,899	94,747	73.6	55.9	40.0	48.2
Texas ~	7,827,704	88,954	62.1	37.3	30.4	36.8
Florida #	7,089,180	80,782	68.3	42.5	31.1	36.8
New York	5,990,906	73,968	78.6	47.3	29.7	38.4
Illinois	3,733,902	39,536	69.7	54.9	38.0	46.3
Pennsylvania +	3,220,317	46,970	70.7	44.6	31.4	38.2
North Carolina +	3,162,491	26,414	63.7	28.9	24.3	28.6
Ohio ++	3,117,109	39,675	59.4	54.7	34.6	41.7
Georgia +	2,893,001	40,025	56.1	41.0	26.8	32.2
Michigan ##	2,804,588	38,317	61.2	56.4	34.7	42.5
New Jersey	2,712,160	34,672	77.2	49.9	29.8	38.1
Tennessee #	2,324,658	27,585	55.5	46.4	31.9	38.0
Arizona +	2,264,159	31,244	63.2	45.2	35.3	41.6
Virginia	2,070,182	21,679	74.8	51.2	37.2	45.1
Massachusetts ++	2,030,335	21,588	81.0	53.7	37.0	45.9
Indiana ~	1,914,351	24,605	56.9	48.7	28.7	35.1
Wisconsin	1,851,886	15,190	66.7	58.6	40.9	50.0
Washington ~	1,800,799	14,199	73.9	55.8	44.8	53.2
South Carolina ##	1,696,746	18,316	58.4	42.7	28.2	33.6
Minnesota ++	1,651,999	13,199	70.5	60.5	45.7	55.4

" The California Department of Public Health noted that the COVID-19 data are posted two times a week on Tuesdays and Fridays; the data stated were as of September 16.

~ The Texas Department of State Health Services, the Indiana Department of Health and the Washington Department of Health noted that the COVID-19 data are posted three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; the data stated were as of September 16, respectively.

# Cases and deaths for Florida and Tennessee were obtained from the CDC site as no latest data were available from the state department of health, respectively.

## The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control noted that the COVID-19 data are posted once a week on Tuesdays; the data stated were as of September 13 and September 10 (posted on September 13), respectively.

+ The Pennsylvania Department of Health, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the Georgia Department of Public Health, and the Arizona Department of Health noted that the COVID-19 data are posted once a week on Wednesdays; the data stated were as of September 14, respectively.

++ The Ohio Department of Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Minnesota DOH noted that the COVID-19 data are posted once a week on Thursdays; the data stated were as of September 15, respectively.

Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 1,000,000 to 1,650,999 (as of September 18)

Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 800,000 to 999,999 (as of September 18)

Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 350,000 to 799,999 (as of September 18)

Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 200,000 to 349,999 (as of September 18)

Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 20,000 to 199,999 (as of September 18)

Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 1 to 19,999 (as of September 18)

^^ The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services noted that it is no longer updating COVID-19 case and death count in the weekly dashboard; the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services noted that the Nebraska COVID-19 Response Dashboard has concluded on June 30, 2021, as the state exits the Coronavirus State of Emergency; the North Dakota Department of Health is no longer updating COVID-19 related death count in the weekly dashboard; and the District of Columbia (D.C.) Department of Health noted that it is no longer updating COVID-19 case and death count in the weekly key metrics. Thus, the data for Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and D.C. were obtained from the CDC site.