The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average is 14.2 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 3.9 %
HIGHER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 13.5 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 229,042
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at a record 125,220 (for the next 9 days this is the number to watch as new cases and deaths will not be accurately reported)
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at a record 3,744
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 0.8% of the population
email article
At least one of two or more new SARS-CoV-2 variants have likely made it into community spread in the United States, but they re unlikely to have much impact on vaccine effectiveness or standard precautions, CDC officials said at a briefing.
The first reported U.S. case of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant first seen in Great Britain (dubbed SARS-CoV-2 VUI 202012/01) was confirmed on Tuesday in a Colorado man with no travel history. The strain may be at least 56% and up to 70% more transmissible than the wild type virus, although not more severe or more deadly. The British variant has likely been circulating there since September 2020.