math or statistics question

Trying to figure out the math behind something
If the 7 day average of daily covid cases is 1046 how does the 7 day average per million come to 1182.

Also is there any other info that I need to know to work this out? like the actual population maybe?

Sorry im dumb asf and just trying to figure this out.

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ElwoodBlues · M

In a straight 7-day average, you're taking whatever the population size is, say 900,000 people, and just averaging cases over 7 days.

In the 7-day average per million situation, you're [i]also[/i] dividing by the total population, then multiplying by one million.

So if 1050 cases occur among 900,000 people, you do (1050/900000)*1000000 = 1167 cases per million.