Hospitalizations in the U.S. due to Covid-19 continued to decline and the newly reported cases were at levels seen in late October, although weather conditions were affecting vaccination efforts in some parts of the country.
The reporting on data was probably also affected by the winter storms.
According to the latest data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the US reported 69,228 new cases of coronavirus for Thursday. Thursday’s score was similar to the previous day’s revised total of 70,188, although still high, but it is far from the peak levels reported earlier this year.
A total of 62,300 Covid-19 patients have been hospitalized in the U.S. since Thursday, according to the Covid Tracking Project, the sixth day in a row. The number of people needed in the intensive care units due to the disease has also decreased to 13,045, the lowest level since 12 November.
Even with the decline, health officials have warned that numbers remain high and that new variants that are spreading rapidly across the U.S. could reverse profits.
The country’s death toll rose to 2,558 on Thursday, exceeding a total of 493,000, according to Johns Hopkins data.
Federal officials, meanwhile, have predicted major delays in deliveries of vaccines and deliveries over the next few days due to severe weather in the US. The weather affected operations at the FedEx Corp facility in Memphis, Tennessee, and United Parcel Service Inc. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in Louisville, Ky., Both of which are vaccination centers for several states.
According to local health officials, many vaccination and testing areas in Texas closed over the weekend and earlier in the week, and some have not yet resumed work. Mississippi’s free drive-through Covid-19 test sites were closed Thursday and nearly all state-run vaccination sites were closed, according to the Department of Health.
Despite the disruptions in some states, vaccination has moved forward in large parts of the country. According to the CDC, more than 57.7 million shots were fired as of Thursday morning, including more than 16 million seconds.
According to data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday, cases of Covid-19 in nursing homes continue to decline rapidly – a sign that widespread vaccination in the facilities is having an impact.
The 5,672 reported coronavirus infections among nursing homes in the week ended February 7 were, according to the data, the seventh consecutive week of deterioration, from 33,601 in the week ended December 20. The most recent number was sharply lower than the previous week, and it was the lowest weekly total reported so far in the federal data, going back to May. However, the latest week with federal data is constantly revised in later issues. The data were obtained from a survey among nursing homes.
Worldwide, more than 110 million people have tested positive for the virus, and the worldwide death toll is more than 2.4 million, according to Johns Hopkins data.
At a virtual meeting with G-7 leaders on Friday, President Biden will announce a total of $ 4 billion in US contributions to the international Covax program, administrative officials said he is directly involving the country in global efforts to Covid-19 to deliver vaccines to the poorest in the world. countries.
In a call with reporters on Thursday, senior administration officials said Biden would announce an initial $ 2 billion investment and call on other countries to join the World Health Organization’s vaccination effort and strengthen their commitments. The Biden administration said the initial contribution would come from funding approved by Congress in December, which is expected to be paid out by the end of this month.