US now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day
The U.S. is now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day, returning to a milestone last seen during the winter surge in another bleak reminder of how quickly the delta variant has spread through the country. Health officials fear that cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to soar if more Americans don’t embrace the COVID-19 vaccine. Nationwide, 50% of residents are fully vaccinated and more than 70% of adults have received at least one dose.
“Our models show that
if we don’t (vaccinate people), we could be up to several hundred thousand cases a day, similar to our surge in early January,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky said on CNN this week.
Hospitalizations and deaths are also increasing rapidly ...
More than 44,000 Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 up 30% in a week and nearly four times the number who were hospitalized in June.
The seven-day average for deaths also increased, ... It rose from about 270 deaths per day two weeks ago to
nearly 500 a day as of Friday. Deaths usually lag behind hospitalizations as the disease normally takes a few weeks to kill.
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