What the peak of each US Covid-19 wave has looked like

Omicron

Still

peaking

January 2021

Cases peaked

11 Jan 2021

Delta

Cases peaked

13 Sept 2021

2020

2022

Cases

700k

600k

Cases during the

Omicron wave

are still rising

500k

400k

300k

200k

100k

0

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

Hospitalizations

125k

100k

75k

50k

Hospitalizations

are nearing the

January 2021 peak

25k

0

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

Deaths

3.0k

2.5k

2.0k

1.5k

1.0k

Deaths typically lag

behind cases, but so

far this wave has

been less deadly

500

0

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

Omicron

Still

peaking

January 2021

Cases peaked

11 Jan 2021

Delta

Cases peaked

13 Sept 2021

2020

2022

Cases

700k

600k

Cases during the

Omicron wave

are still rising

500k

400k

300k

200k

100k

0

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

Hospitalizations

Hospitalizations

are nearing the

January 2021 peak

125k

100k

75k

50k

25k

0

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

Deaths

3.0k

2.5k

2.0k

1.5k

Deaths typically lag

behind cases, but so

far this wave has

been less deadly

1.0k

500

0

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

Omicron

Omicron

Still peaking

January 2021

Cases peaked

11 Jan 2021

Delta

Cases peaked

13 Sept 2021

Jan

2021

Delta

2020

2022

Cases

Hospitalizations

Deaths

700k

125k

3.0k

Cases during

the Omicron

wave are

still rising

600k

2.5k

100k

500k

2.0k

75k

400k

1.5k

300k

50k

1.0k

200k

Hospitalizations

are nearing the

January 2021 peak

Deaths typically

lag behind cases,

but so far this

wave has been

less deadly

25k

500

100k

0

0

0

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

Omicron

Jan

2021

Omicron

Still peaking

January 2021

Cases peaked

11 Jan 2021

Delta

Cases peaked

13 Sept 2021

Delta

2020

2022

Cases

Hospitalizations

Deaths

700k

125k

3.0k

Cases during

the Omicron

wave are

still rising

600k

2.5k

100k

500k

2.0k

75k

400k

1.5k

300k

50k

1.0k

200k

Hospitalizations

are nearing the

January 2021 peak

Deaths typically

lag behind cases,

but so far this

wave has been

less deadly

25k

500

100k

0

0

0

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

Omicron

Jan

2021

Omicron

Still peaking

January 2021

Cases peaked

11 Jan 2021

Delta

Cases peaked

13 Sept 2021

Delta

2020

2022

Cases

Hospitalizations

Deaths

700k

125k

3.0k

Cases during the

Omicron wave

are still rising

600k

2.5k

100k

500k

2.0k

75k

400k

1.5k

300k

50k

1.0k

200k

Hospitalizations

are nearing the

January 2021 peak

Deaths typically lag

behind cases, but so

far this wave has been

less deadly than

previous waves

25k

500

100k

0

0

0

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

Omicron

Jan

2021

Omicron

Still peaking

January 2021

Cases peaked

11 Jan 2021

Delta

Cases peaked

13 Sept 2021

Delta

2020

2022

Cases

Hospitalizations

Deaths

700k

125k

3.0k

Cases during the

Omicron wave

are still rising

Hospitalizations

are nearing the

January 2021 peak

600k

2.5k

100k

500k

2.0k

75k

400k

1.5k

300k

50k

1.0k

200k

Deaths typically lag behind

cases, but so far this wave

has been less deadly than

previous waves

25k

500

100k

0

0

0

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after

8 wk

before

Cases

peak

8 wk

after