The only metric that is preventing Harris County (Houston, TX) from going to the lowest warning level for Covid is number of new cases.
Posted by
Qale
Apr 5 '22, 20:41
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Now I know that sounds like a joke, but the four metrics they use are:
1. Hospital population trends. (Goal: Negative 14-day trends for COVID-19 hospital population)
2. Hospital usage. (Goal: 14-day average of COVID-19 hospital population below 5%)
3. New cases trends. (Goal: 14-day trend of new COVID-19 cases is negative)
4. New cases total. (Goal: less than 10 new cases per 100,000 population over 7 days)
Why the last goal is only 7 days is a question I certainly have. But I mean, I'm not an expert. Currently the last category is at 18.63 per 100,000 so we're so close to achieving that last one too!
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