U.S. confirmed cases of new crown exceed 27 million

　　China News Service, Washington, February 9 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeded 27 million on the 8th.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg announced a 14-day quarantine due to the diagnosis of a staff member around him.

　　According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 22:00 on the 8th, the number of new coronary pneumonia infections in the United States has exceeded 27.09 million, and the total number of deaths has reached 464,000.

Among them, 3.42 million were confirmed in California, 2.5 million were confirmed in Texas, 1.78 million were confirmed in Florida, 1.48 million were confirmed in New York State, and 1.14 million were confirmed in Illinois.

On February 5, local time, Americans dine at Pier 39, a well-known attraction in San Francisco, California.

California lifted the “home order” restrictions in late January, and restaurants and personal care businesses in various counties can be reopened.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

　　After reaching its peak at the beginning of the year, the number of new cases in a single day in the United States has steadily declined for four consecutive weeks.

The data on February 7 was below 100,000 for the first time this year.

　　On the afternoon of the 8th, US President Biden "inspected" a vaccination center in Arizona in the form of video.

"Things have begun to turn around", he said, the current production and supply of vaccines in the United States have greatly increased, and he is optimistic about the goal of vaccinating 100 million people within 100 days.

　　According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the 8th, more than 32.34 million people in the United States have received at least one dose of the vaccine, accounting for about 9.8% of the total population.

　　American infectious disease expert Fauci told the media on the 8th that the supply of vaccines in the United States is still clearly in short supply, and it is expected that there will be no substantial improvement until March and April.

On January 31, local time, people in San Francisco, the United States, were vaccinated at the large-scale new crown vaccination site at San Francisco City College.

San Francisco officials previously stated that two other local mass vaccination sites will also be open to the public in the future.

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　　In addition to the problem of vaccine supply, cases of mutated new coronavirus infection have also attracted the attention of the US health department.

According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the 8th, 699 cases of mutated new coronavirus infection have been detected in the United States.

Among them, 690 cases are cases of variant new coronavirus infections reported in the United Kingdom, distributed in 33 states across the United States.

　　On the same day, U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, who had just taken office for less than a week, had to quarantine for 14 days after a security officer was diagnosed.

He tested negative for the virus on the 8th and showed no symptoms.

　　The family of Representative Ron Wright of Texas, United States, confirmed on the 8th that Wright died on the evening of the 7th from contracting the new crown virus.

He was the first current U.S. Congressman to die from contracting the new crown virus.

　　Wright announced on January 21 that his new coronavirus test result was positive, and he was subsequently hospitalized with his wife due to complications caused by the new coronavirus.

Wright also suffered from lung cancer before his death and was admitted to the hospital for complications of lung cancer last year.

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