Covid-19 Tracker: Hospitalizations Still Down

San Francisco CA

29 December, 2021

10:59 AM

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By Mark Rabine, Mission Local December 27, 2021 Good morning, Mission, and welcome to Virus Village, your (somewhat regular) Covid-19 data dump. Hospitalizations decline as infections and positivity rates surge. R Number models continue to show substantial and increasing transmission rates. I wasn't going to publish Covid Tracker today because of expected delays in reporting around the Xmas weekend. But the hospitalization numbers, if nothing else, are worth checking out. The New York Times continues to show much higher infection numbers (almost double the average number below ). From the beginning, we've known that in covid world, time is relative, and there are no reliable "absolute" numbers. Numbers are useful to identify trends. Today, whether the Times, the State, or Johns Hopkins University, it is evident the infection trend line is climbing a vertical slope. We will continue to publish numbers supplied by San Francisco's Department of Public Health as the Department (theoretically) is accountable to the residents of the City and should (theoretically) supply the most accurate figures. 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.