The number of deaths from the new crown in the United States this year has exceeded 100,000
Xinhua News Agency, Washington, February 9th (Reporter Tan Jingjing) According to statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, only more than two months into 2021, the number of new coronavirus deaths in the United States has exceeded 100,000.
The core indicators of the recent US epidemic have shown signs of easing, but experts have warned that the accelerated spread of mutant viruses may lead to a surge in new cases.
Statistics released by Johns Hopkins University show that as of the evening of the 8th Eastern Time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 27.08 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 464,000.
Epidemic data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the recent increase in confirmed cases and deaths in the United States has decreased.
On February 7th, the United States reported 91,762 new confirmed cases of new crowns. This is the first time since November 7th last year that the number of new confirmed cases in a single day has fallen below 100,000; 1455 new deaths have been reported since January this year The lowest record since 3 days.
Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also showed that as of the 7th, the United States had an average daily increase of about 117,000 confirmed cases of new crowns in 7 days, which was also the lowest since early November last year. The recent average daily increase in cases has shown a downward trend; the average daily increase in the past 7 days The number of death cases increased by about 3,200.
According to the latest data of the National Epidemic Tracking Project initiated by The Atlantic Monthly, there are currently about 80,000 hospitalized cases of COVID-19 in the United States, which also shows a downward trend.
According to a report issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association on the 8th, as of February 4, the United States had reported a total of more than 2.93 million confirmed cases of new crowns in children, with 3899 infections per 100,000 children. Child cases accounted for 12.9 of the total number of new crown cases. %.
In the two weeks from January 21 to February 4, the number of confirmed cases of pediatric new crown in the United States increased by more than 257,000, an increase of about 10%.
The latest epidemic model prediction results issued by the Institute of Health Statistics and Evaluation of the University of Washington show that by June 1 this year, the cumulative number of new crown deaths in the United States may reach 631,000.
As of June 1, the new crown vaccination may save the lives of about 124,000 Americans.
According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, as of the 8th, 42.417 million doses of vaccine have been vaccinated in the United States.
However, the rapid spread of the mutated new coronavirus in the United States has caused concern among public health experts.
According to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the 8th, 38 states in the United States have reported a total of 699 cases of mutated new coronavirus infection, of which 690 were infected with the mutated virus reported in the United Kingdom, 6 were infected with the mutated virus reported in South Africa, and 3 were infected. A mutant virus reported in Brazil.
The Institute of Health Statistics and Evaluation of the University of Washington recently issued a forecast that if the mutant virus spreads widely in the United States and some people relax their precautions, there may be a "spring surge" in deaths from the new crown in the United States.