19,985 hospitalized (up 1,272 from January 4) 64 counties (unchanged from January 4) 5,208 deaths among cases (up 274 from January 4) 4,107 deaths due to COVID-19 (up 200 from January 4) 3,179 outbreaks (up 126 from January 4)
Four major takeaways:
• The pace of cases has definitely quickened. The increase of 19,898 easily exceeded the average weekly bump of 17,686 between December 13 and January 4. • Hospitalizations are up, too. The average count over the three-week period between December 13 and January 4 was 862 about two-thirds of the current 1,272. • Deaths among COVID cases and directly attributable to the disease are both down from an average of 325 from December 13 to January 4 to 274 for the former on January 10, and from 298 to 200 for deaths attributed to COVID on January 10. But because fatalities are a lagging statistic, these figures could jump: The current death toll averaged just under 29 per day this past week.