Covid-19 Tracker: No Tricks, No Treats

San Francisco CA

01 November, 2021

2:01 PM

Description

By Mark Rabine, Mission Local November 1, 2021 Good morning, Mission, and welcome to Virus Village, your (somewhat regular) Covid-19 data dump. Case numbers, hospitalizations and positivity rates all seem more or less stuck on the current plateau. Hospitalizations have been fluctuating in the 40s and low 50s for most of October, while case numbers have hung in the low 50s for the past couple weeks. Positivity rates remain relatively low and the R Number remains below 1. "Observational studies" suggest Grim Reaper costumes were less prevalent this year than in the past. Is this evidence of The Vaccine's efficacy in the real world? While waiting to see what happens over the holidays, more experts weigh in on the potential covid "endgame." To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.