As of 6 p.m. Eastern time on March 31, a total of 800,85,597 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 980,559 deaths were reported across the United States, according to the Global COVID-19 Data Real-time Statistics System released by Johns Hopkins University. In the past 24 hours, 34,851 new cases and 1,254 deaths have been reported in the United States.
The mental health of US high school students has worsened during the pandemic, according to a report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on March 31. The data show that in 2021, more than a third (37%) of high school students reported poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic; Forty-four percent of students reported feeling persistent sadness or despair in the past year; More than a quarter (29%) of parents or other adults in the household lost their jobs.
The increased racism in the United States during the pandemic has also affected the mental health of American high school students. More than a third (36%) of students say they have experienced racism during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the CDC. Asian students (64 percent) and black students (55 percent) reported the highest percentage. The United States Centers for Disease Control reports that it is not possible to determine the extent to which the pandemic contributes to racist practices, however, the experiences of racism experienced by young people affect their mental health, academic performance, and lifelong health risk behaviors.
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