(Reuters) – The United States reported a 22% drop in COVID-19 deaths last week, while vaccinations accelerated to a record 2.4 million shots a day, according to an analysis by Reuters of state, county and CDC data.
As of Sunday, 21% of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of vaccine, up from 18% last week. Approximately 11% have received two doses, compared to 9%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The number of new COVID-19 cases reported each week has fallen for nine weeks in a row, falling 10% to just under 378,000 in the seven days ending March 14th. -From November.
However, health authorities warned Americans not to lower their guard, which pointed to a resurgence of infections in several European countries after relaxing social distancing measures.
“These should be warning signs for all of us. The (American) cases went up last spring, went up again in the summer, will go up now if we stop taking precautions,” the director said on Monday. of CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
Friday’s air travel reached its highest level since the pandemic began, he said, as the warmer weather caused many people to go on spring break.
Nineteen out of 50 states reported more new infections last week compared to the previous seven days, up from 13 states the previous week, according to Reuters analysis. New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island had the highest rates of new infections per 100,000 residents.
The average number of COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals fell 13 percent to 38,000, the lowest since late October, according to a Reuters account.
Graphic by Chris Canipe, written by Lisa Shumaker, edited by Tiffany Wu