February 2022 Summary Statistics

I will present some summary statistics which can explain the trends that we observed during the month of February 2022. This complements similar reports from previous months. The post-peak decline of Omicron continued throughout the month.

As of late February, the DC area is under 1,000 reported daily cases. This is the first time the region has been at that level since early December 2021.

Note that the apparent "spike" of infections in mid-late February was driven by single datum for 16 February (10,554 cases), which itself was driven by an unusual datum for Maryland (9,839 cases). I presume this was  backlog, and you will note that the downward trend continued.

Total Case Growth

Total cases on 31 January: 919,425
Total cases on 28 February: 959,092
Total case increase: 39,667

Smallest daily case increase: 343 (28 February)
Largest daily case increase: 10,554 (16 February)

Average daily increase: 1,417





Total Fatality Growth
Total fatalities on 31 January: 8,756
Total fatalities on 28 February: 9,347
Total fatality increase: 591

Smallest daily fatality increase: 1 (27 February)
Largest daily fatality increase: 42 (3 February)

Average daily increase: 21





Population-adjusted statistics, per 1,000 of population (data as of 28 February)
MD cases: 170.941 
MD fatalities: 2.075

DC cases: 191.646
DC fatalities: 1.878

VA cases: 165.660
VA fatalities: 1.218





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