DC Metropolitan Area COVID-19 Analysis

Maryland has been suffering from a server error for the past two weeks (interestingly enough, the result of a cyberattack ), and thus I haven't been able to receive their data updates. In turn, I have been unable to do my weekly updates. At least for the month of December 2021, I may suspend the weekly updates, and instead focus on a monthly update. This presumes that the server error is fixed by then, but we'll see.

I will present some summary statistics which can explain the trends that we observed during the month of November 2021. This complements similar reports from   previous months .  This will be the last monthly summary to include the "Regional Shares" analysis. It has become obvious over the past several months that the numbers for regional shares of infections and fatalities barely move, and if they do, they simply trend towards the population share. This doesn't really come as a surprise this far into the pandemic, but it also means that the statistic has lost any particular utility. Total Case Growth Total cases on  31 October: 507,807 Total  cases  on 30 November: 525,948 Total  case  increase: 18,141 Smallest daily case increase: 353 (1 November ) Largest daily case increase: 883  (17 November ) Average daily increase: 605 Total Fatality Growth Total fatalities on  31 October: 7,830 Total  fatalities  on 30 November : 7,957 Total  fatality  increase: 127 Smallest daily

This post updates COVID-19 confirmed case data for the DC Metropolitan area as of 1 December 2 021 (covering 25 November - 1 December) .  The total confirmed cases in the DC area rose by 4,740 t o  527,008  ( average daily increase of 677 )  from  the previous total of 522,268 . Fatalities rose  by 18 t o  7,962   ( average daily increase of 3 )  from  the previous total of 7,944 . Cases DC Region: 527,008 By State DC Region (527,008) Maryland: 228,503 District of Columbia: 67,173 Virginia: 231,332 By Jurisdiction Maryland (228,503) Frederick County: 25,907 Montgomery County: 85,430 Prince George's County: 102,189 Charles County: 14,977 District of Columbia  ( 67,173 ) Virginia (231,332) Arlington County: 19,543 City of Alexandria: 14,837 Fairfax County: 97,058 Loudoun County: 36,064 Prince William County: 63,830 Fatalities DC Region: 7,962 By State DC Region (7,962) Maryland: 4,152 District of Columbia: 1,197 Virginia: 2,613 By Jurisdiction Maryland (4,152) Frederick County: 393 M