Here's a cool public Tableau that gives you visuals of key monitoring metrics: tests, positive tests, hospitalizations, and deaths by state on a daily level (with 7 day averages), along with a 7 day average of % of tests that are positive. The data is sourced form the COVID tracking project. You can pick any state you want. https://public.tableau.com/profile/peter.james.walker#!/vizhome/COVID-19SeeYourState/YourStateKeys
Here's TX:
The 2nd picture (cases!!) is what the media seems to obsess over, but you can see pretty clearly it's essentially a proxy for how many tests are being conducted (1st picture).
Hospitalizations (3rd picture) is what we should be focusing on. After a run-up through about 5/7, hospitalizations seem to have leveled off and, if we are lucky, peaked. Deaths are a lagging indicator, but follow the upward trend of hospitalizations. The % positive seems to be holding steady.
Anyway, something to play around with other than yourself.