More than 400,000 deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the U.S.
Washington, January 20th (Reporter Zhang Mengxu) The latest epidemic data released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States shows that as of 7:22 Eastern Time on the 20th (20:22 Beijing Time), the United States The cumulative number of new coronary pneumonia deaths exceeds 400,000, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeds 24.25 million.
The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeded 100,000 on May 27 last year. It took less than 4 months to increase from 100,000 to 200,000, and less than 3 months to increase from 200,000 to 300,000. It took only 36 days to increase from 300,000 cases to 400,000 cases.
The New York Times pointed out that since last fall, the number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the United States has been rising rapidly.
Public health experts point out that the increase in gatherings between Thanksgiving and New Year has led to a surge in the number of cases.
In the early days of the epidemic, cases in the United States were mainly concentrated in several cities in the Northeast. Today, the number of cases across the United States is rapidly increasing.
According to a report released on the 19th by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association, as of the 14th, the United States had reported more than 2.51 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in children, with 3336 infections per 100,000 children.
Data show that in the week from January 7 to 14, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in children in the United States increased by approximately 211,000, a record increase since the outbreak.
In order to curb the spread of the virus and reduce the mortality rate, US states are stepping up to promote vaccination.
According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website, as of the 15th, 12.279 million doses of vaccinations have been vaccinated across the United States, but this is lower than expected.
CNN pointed out that the telephone or online vaccination registration system established by many states is imperfect, and the system collapsed as soon as it went live. At the same time, the speed of the federal government's distribution of vaccines was not ideal, which resulted in the vaccination schedule being lower than expected. .