The United States reported 4.6 million doses of vaccine administered on Saturday, a one-day record, and another 3.6 million shots administered on Sunday. This brings the average daily dose administered over the past week to 3.1 million.
At the same time, the country reports 70,000 new coronavirus infections a day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, a level in line with the increase last summer, when the average number of cases reached 67,000 by the end of July.
According to a CNBC analysis of Hopkins data, no state records more daily infections per capita than Michigan, with a daily count of cases and hospitalizations approaching the state’s previous highs and deaths from Covid-19 rising.
US Covid Cases
The United States has reported an average of 70,000 new daily cases of Covid-19 over the past week, according to Hopkins data. Although it is well below the country’s winter maximum, which is about 250,000 new cases a day, this figure coincides with the number of cases reported during the country’s “second wave” during the summer, which at that time were record highs. .
Michigan is registering about 7,400 new daily cases on average, approaching the state record level of more than 8,300 daily registered in December. On Friday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on high schools to temporarily stop face-to-face learning and urged residents to restrict activities. The governor also called for schools to voluntarily suspend sports games and for residents to avoid eating in person for two weeks in order to curb the spread.
The death toll in Michigan is also rising. The state reports an average of 43 deaths per covid per day over the past week, up from 30 the previous week.
According to Hopkins data, the average daily count of cases has increased 5% or more from a week ago in 29 states.
US Covid deaths
According to Hopkins data, the United States has reported an average of 981 daily deaths from Covid-19 over the past week.
The latest U.S. trend of coronavirus deaths is being overshadowed by the massive publication of data from some 1,800 deaths from Oklahoma. All of these deaths are currently reported as of April 7, 2021, despite having occurred weeks or months earlier. The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced that the state is in the process of transitioning to data reporting guidelines in accordance with the requirements of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is the cause of ‘this increase.
Prior to this reporting anomaly, the daily number of Covid deaths in the United States had been down from record levels seen in January.
US vaccines are administered
The country reported a one-day record of 4.6 million doses of vaccine administered on Saturday, according to CDC data, and the U.S. gave 3.1 million shots a day on average over the past week.
Share of vaccinated population in the US
More than a third of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of Covid vaccine and more than a fifth are fully vaccinated, according to CDC data.
Of those 65 and older, 78% have received at least one dose and 61% are completely vaccinated.