US Update

United States

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm

CDC

Pneumonia, Influenza, COVID-19 (PIC)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcovid-data%2Fcovidview.html

Positive tests

Week 42, (ending 17th October), 6.6%

Week 43 (ending 24th October), 7.1%

Percent positivity increased among all age groups

and in all 10 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regions

Hospitalisations

Since week ending September 26 (week 39), weekly hospitalization rates have increased

Increase in rates among adults aged 18 years and older

https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/COVIDNet/COVID19_3.html

The age-adjusted hospitalization rate

Hispanic or Latino, 4.4 times that of non-Hispanic White

American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.3 times non-Hispanic white people

Non-Hispanic black, 4.3 times

Deaths

The percentage PIC deaths, flat from mid-September through mid-October

Death certificate data, the percentage of deaths attributed to PIC for week 43 was 8.2%

Declining, but above the epidemic threshold.

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesinlast7days

Poland

Cases, + 21,629

People over 70 should stay at home for the next two weeks, (Prime Minister Mateusz Morawecki)