The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 16.8 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 2.8 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 3.3 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 141,999 [likely understated due to the MLK holiday]
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at an elevated 123,848
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are 1,403 [likely understated due to the MLK holiday]
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 3.7 % of the population [not updated since 15 January]
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A lab in Italy reported a cluster of the U.K. coronavirus variant. But that wasn t enough to stop the spread.
Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli, The Washington Post
Jan. 16, 2021
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TERAMO, Italy - The virus hunter saw the apparent pattern come into view over several hours in late December, as he studied genetic sequences from positive coronavirus tests in his region. He found four cases involving the new, highly infectious British variant, in the same hilltop town. A cluster, said Alessio Lorusso, the virologist.
His findings were a rare, initial insight into the mutated forms of the virus reaching new parts of the world. Most countries, including the United States and across Europe, do not perform enough genomic surveillance to adequately track the virus s changes - to the alarm of disease control agencies, which warn that governments could be blind to dangerous mutations.