The daily case rate in the United States is about half what it was at this time last year, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. But the current rate – about 95,000 new Covid-19 cases per day – has increased by 9% from just a week ago.
More than a third of new cases are in Midwestern states, with Michigan reporting more cases per capita than any other state and Minnesota not far behind. But the trend is nationwide; JHU data shows that more than half of states have seen cases increase by at least 10% in the past week.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN’s Dana Bash that “State of the Union” Sunday.
“We have a lot of viruses circulating around,” Fauci said.
With millions of people still unvaccinated, that “leads to community outbreaks of the virus, which is not only dangerous and leaves unvaccinated people vulnerable, but also infects vaccinated people.” vaccine because no vaccine is 100% effective,” he said.
Unvaccinated people continue to get new infections
Fauci said Sunday on “ABC This Week” that people who remain unvaccinated are the “main source” of coronavirus infections in communities in the US.
Nearly 60% of the US population is fully immunized, but about 81 million people – more than a quarter of those eligible – have yet to receive their first dose, CNN analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Disease Prevention USA shows .
Unvaccinated people face a higher risk of testing positive for Covid-19 than fully vaccinated individuals, and the gap is even larger in terms of risk of hospitalization or death.
Unvaccinated people are 6 times more likely to test positive for Covid-19 and 14 times more likely to die from Covid-19, according to the latest CDC data, according to the latest CDC data. .
“Get vaccinated and you can enjoy the holiday very easily. And if not, be careful,” he said.
The number of people hospitalized is also increasing
After the increase in cases, Covid-19 hospitalizations also began to increase again. More than 50,000 people are currently hospitalized with Covid-19, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. Three-quarters of the beds in intensive care units are full – more than one-seventh of the beds are for Covid-19 patients.
And more than 1,100 people are dying from Covid-19 every day, according to JHU data.
“Ever since vaccines became widely available, the vast majority of those dying have been unvaccinated people. People who, for one reason or another, have been led to believe that this is what they’re not. they don’t want to take advantage,” Dr Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said Sunday.
“Those are preventable deaths,” Collins told CNN’s Jim Acosta. “Probably at least 100,000 of the 100,000 deaths happened this year.”
Asking Thanksgiving guests to get a Covid-19 test before gathering is “a reasonable idea for that extra level of protection,” Fauci said on “CBS Mornings” Monday.
“It’s not a firm claim, but I think if you want to go that extra step, especially when you’re in an area with a lot of infections and people are traveling, it’s not a no-no. it makes sense to say people do a test, one of those quick tests, 24 hours or so before you go into an indoor environment with people.”
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