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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
What I'm finding disturbing - in NC (not sure if this is true in other states/countries) - our daily/weekly covid stats have dropped markedly - for new infections, positive tests, hospitalizations, ER admissions, etc. - EXCEPT for daily deaths. NC has now surpassed 13,000 covid-related deaths and has maintained a steady daily death rate of 20-30 per day for months.
NC reports 48% adults fully vaccinated, and 53% adults with at least 1 dose.
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Looking at the charts here:
https://www.worldometers.info/corona...orth-carolina/
It looks to me like deaths are tracking cases, delayed by a couple of weeks, as expected. Peak of cases (weekly average) on 12th January, Peak of deaths (weekly average) on 27th January or so - perhaps a bit latter - that second peak's a bit fuzzy.
Cases steadily dropped until about March 14th, deaths until March 20th. Minor cases peak on April 15th, deaths on April 21st. Both decline slowly since then. Although I grant that cases have dropped by over half, and deaths by only 1/3rd.
Still, nothing looks like cases are being significantly undercounted.