Covid-19 August 17, 2021

Fig 1 

• Indicates the confirmed COVID-19 daily cases noticeably started to increase around the 3rd week in June 2021.
• At this time the delta variant was about 50%
• By August 17, 2021, the leading states in terms of were Louisianna,  Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, Alabama, and South Carolina  

Fig 2 shows the ratio of deaths/confirmed cases, it is seen that

• As the % deltas variant passed 60%  there is a noticeable decrease in the ratio, more specifically by 8/16/2021 for :
  • Hawaii it decreased by -22.5%, Louisianna -18.3%, Michigan -12.6%, Oklohoma -8.,7%, Michigan -8.28% and South Carolina by -7.93%.
  • On the other hand Maine increased by 2.46%, Wisconsin by 0.85%, Michigan by 0.49% and Montana, South Dakota, Utah and Minnesota had a 0% change.
  • The average change in the ratio was  4.71% +-  4.68%