There were 145,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the US in the past day, far exceeding the one-day average of about 90,000 over the past week, according to data released by Johns Hopkins University on Monday. In the past week, the US reported 617,000 new COVID-19 cases and more than 2,000 deaths.
Based on its own statistics, Reuters reported that the NUMBER of new coronavirus cases in the United States rose again to 97,000 in a single day from about 73,000 a week ago. The number of hospitalized patients has also continued to rise from a low of 12,000 in mid-April to 16,500 last week and now to nearly 20,000.
According to data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday, about half of the new COVID-19 cases confirmed last week were infected with the new subtype of the Omicron strain, BA.2.12.1. This subtype has been spreading rapidly in the United States since mid-April and has become the dominant circulating strain in much of the East Coast of the United States.
The omicron strain has recently evolved into several new subtypes, including BA.2.12.1, ba.4 and BA.5.
Science magazine website published stories that appeared earlier and Mr. Mick Dijon subtype strains are similar, BA. 4, BA. 5 and co 2.12.1 these three subtypes of vaccine or new crown for infection of antibodies, show that the ability to escape, but in most cases, through vaccination or natural infection acquired immunity can still be prevented a serious disease caused by new subtype.
William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert in the United States, was quoted by Reuters as saying that one of the reasons for the accelerated spread of the virus was that “we are providing opportunities to spread, to take off the masks and return to commercial and group entertainment.” Schaffner said the next step is to determine how far the virus has spread, and the United States should again require masks and social distancing.
New York, the largest city in the U.S., was on alert on Monday. According to Reuters, New York’s health department strongly recommends that people wear face masks at all indoor public events, as well as those over 65 and high-risk groups who are outdoors in crowded places.
On the same day, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revised its emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, approving a Booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine for people ages 5 to 11 who have completed two doses of the vaccine at least five months after the second dose. At this point, The Pfizer vaccine booster is extended to all people age 5 and older.
US President Joseph Biden on Tuesday ordered flags at the White House and all federal public buildings to fly at half-staff to mourn the deaths of one million people from novel coronavirus infection. Ashish Jha, coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Response Task Force, said the United States remains in a pandemic state and will continue to face novel coronavirus variants
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