(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of new crown cases in the United States exceeds 75.95 million and the number of deaths in a single day reaches 3,916

　　China News Agency, Washington, February 3 (Reporter Sha Hanting) According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the cumulative number of confirmed new coronary pneumonia cases in the United States exceeded 75.95 million local time on the 3rd local time, and the death toll exceeded 896,000.

　　According to the data, as of 21:00 on the 3rd, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States was 75,954,167, and the cumulative number of deaths was 896,496.

Among them, California, which has the most cumulative confirmed cases in the United States, has more than 8.56 million cases; Texas has more than 6.35 million cases; Florida has more than 5.57 million cases, New York State has more than 4.83 million cases, and Illinois has more than 2.93 million cases.

　　In recent days, the number of new coronavirus cases in the United States has been on a downward trend, and the death toll has continued to climb.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 287,000 new coronavirus cases were added on February 1, and the average daily number of new cases in the past 7 days was 415,000, far below the peak of 800,000 in mid-January; In terms of death toll, 3,916 new deaths were added on February 1, setting a record since January 2021. The average daily death toll in the past 7 days has reached 2,369.

　　According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Health, the number of hospitalizations due to infection with the new crown is also on a downward trend.

The average number of hospitalizations in the past seven days was 134,000, down 16% from the peak on January 20.

　　In the face of the current epidemic situation, expert analysis believes that the peak of the epidemic in the United States brought by the Omicron strain has passed, especially in densely populated coastal areas.

The death toll is expected to decline in the coming weeks, as the death toll usually lags the number of new cases.

　　In terms of vaccination, CDC data shows that more than 250 million people in the United States have received a dose of vaccine, accounting for 75.4% of the total population; more than 212 million people have been vaccinated, accounting for 63.9% of the total population; the number of people receiving booster shots has reached 88.61 million people, accounting for 41.8% of the completed vaccinations.

　　Pfizer applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the 1st of this month for approval to provide a new crown vaccine to children 6 months to 5 years old.

Currently, there is no COVID-19 vaccine available to this age group in the United States.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, at least 11.4 million children have been infected with the new coronavirus since the outbreak began.

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