[jacquesm]

> hospitalizations are only up 14% and deaths are down 7%

For now. Let's see in three weeks from now, and let's hope that it stays that way. The differences in demographics between the populations that we have data on and the ones that are now affected are significant enough that I don't think we should party just yet.

[vitus]

Beyond that, deaths lag behind hospitalizations by several weeks for obvious reasons -- most people who get sick enough to die from the virus will end up going to the hospital first.