Here’s a bunch of views from the Arizona Dept of Health Services.
Cases per Day
“As you get further on and the infections become less severe, it is much more relevant to focus on the hospitalizations as opposed to the total number of cases,” Dr. Anthony Fauci
Hospitalization Stats (by Day)
Discharges are one of the best data points for showing positive trends in hospital capacity. Normally, discharges peak right before the hospital bed use peaks. There was a peak of discharges around 12/1 that signaled the bed use decrease you can see to the right of the chart above. I wonder if the second discharge peak we’re seeing now signals a larger bed use decrease?
Deaths
Deaths were already trending lower before Omicron arrived, but they might be trending much lower (need another week or two to know for sure).
Other Visualizations
Here’s my standard Case Rate (color) and Acceleration (Diameter) chart. What do we see here? It does seem like the higher rates and accelerations are in the more dense parts of the country. Prior to Omicron’s arrival, the brighter colors were trending in the northern (colder) parts of the country. It appears like the case breakouts are trending more southern now. We can see big outbreaks in Miami, Denver, El Paso, and NYC.
Data Tables
Note that a lot of states seem to not be reporting (Delta_Active is very unlikely to be zero right now). Case Rates (IROC_confirmed) are through the roof for most states. Deaths appear very low considering the case acceleration.
Things that make you scratch your head
Here are two charts that I put together a while back when it became clear that the states with higher vaccination rates were doing much better than the ones with the lowest vaccination rates. Now we see opposite behavior during Omicron. I’m not really sure how to explain this. Weather differences?
What do we see here? Pretty much all of these states (not New Mexico) is sharply accelerating cases per 1000 right now. The states on the top are accelerating at a much lower rate. My guesses are weather and higher density, but those are just guesses. Other ideas??