65,000 Cases of Monkeypox Worldwide

It's September 27, and we've reached 65,000 cases of Monkeypox worldwide. That's 2,000 more cases than predicted 17 days ago. Instead of a drop down to 250 new cases per day, we remained at 500 new cases. However, the downward trajectory remains in place. The outbreak may still be over by Christmas.

The worldwide number of cases currently in hospitals can be estimated to be 5,000 based on an assumption that patients are released within 10 days.

Assuming that this trend persists, we can make the following projection going forward:

• July 24 - 17,500 cases, 700 new cases per day, 7,000 inpatients
• August 1 - 24,000 cases, 750 new cases per day, 7,500 inpatients
• August 9 - 32,000 cases, 1,000 new cases per day, 10,000 inpatients
• August 17 - 39,000 cases, 875 new cases per day, 8,750 inpatients
• August 25 - 46,000 cases, 875 new cases per day, 8,750 inpatients
• September 2 - 53,000 cases, 875 new cases per day, 8,750 inpatients
• September 10 - 57,000 cases, 500 new cases per day, 5,000 inpatients
• September 18 - 61,000 cases, 500 new cases per day, 5,000 inpatients
• September 26 - 65,000 cases, 500 new cases per day, 5,000 inpatients
• October 4 - 67,000 cases, 250 new cases per day, 2,500 inpatients
• October 12 - 69,000 cases, 250 new cases per day, 2,500 inpatients
• October 20 - 70,000 cases, 125 new cases per day, 1,250 inpatients
• October 28 - 71,000 cases, 125 new cases per day, 1,250 inpatients

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