great question! I am in region 8 and know our spike was late Nov/Dec likely due to holidays and cold weather (people indoors). Typically, northern regions see more illness in winter due to people being indoors due to cold, whereas in the south, more people are indoors in the summer due to heat, stay indoors the A/C. Doesn't make a lot of sense, but then none of this virus stuff makes a lot of sense to me.
(I noticed a discrepancy and investigated the difference because I track some Texas COVID #'s since that's where I live. COVID-positive hospitalizations in Texas are at this time lower than the same date last year by ~2/3. That would be very tough to reconcile with Region 5 CLI #'s. Makes a lot of sense, though, after realizing that Texas is actually the biggest state in HHS Region 6.)
Do you think adverse effects from the vaccine will get designated as "CLI"?
I assumed that's what this term was invented for!
Most region trends are much better than last year and not tracking last year. Positive sign for winter.
Why would every region see a dip in Sept '20, but a steep rise in Sept '21? Otherwise the y-y trends seem to be consistent.
So I’m not American… do we have an idea why regions 4,6, and 10 have that much bigger peak around September?
great question! I am in region 8 and know our spike was late Nov/Dec likely due to holidays and cold weather (people indoors). Typically, northern regions see more illness in winter due to people being indoors due to cold, whereas in the south, more people are indoors in the summer due to heat, stay indoors the A/C. Doesn't make a lot of sense, but then none of this virus stuff makes a lot of sense to me.
The initial map is off. It's labeled as federal court districts, and the HHS districts are occasionally the same/similar but also often different - https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/iea/regional-offices/index.html
(I noticed a discrepancy and investigated the difference because I track some Texas COVID #'s since that's where I live. COVID-positive hospitalizations in Texas are at this time lower than the same date last year by ~2/3. That would be very tough to reconcile with Region 5 CLI #'s. Makes a lot of sense, though, after realizing that Texas is actually the biggest state in HHS Region 6.)
Justin, this is missing Region 11!
Are these the right charts? "with Diagnosed COVID-19" - does not seem like the right title for a CLI chart.