A health worker dresses in a protective gown at the Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in San Diego, California, on January 28.
Photographer: Bing Guan / Bloomberg
Photographer: Bing Guan / Bloomberg
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Deaths from Covid-19 have begun to decline throughout the United States, the latest sign of relief as cases continue to decline and the vaccination momentum accelerates.
The virus has been declining in the U.S. for about three weeks, but reported deaths – the delay indicator that is the final measure of Covid’s impact – have remained close to record levels.
Now, the seven-day average shows signs of peaking in all four regions of the U.S. Census, even in the south, which is lagging behind. The falls will give states time, as they attempt an unprecedented vaccination effort to inject the majority of the country’s 330 million people.
Deaths by covid-19
Seven-day average of deaths reported by Covid-19
Source: The Covid Tracking Project at The Atlantic
The deaths reflect infections that happened weeks and sometimes months ago, and it is unclear how much of the shift is the result of the vaccination boost, which reached less than one tenth of Americans. But by first targeting shots at the most vulnerable Americans, including those in nursing homes and people 65 and older, he says hope resurgences will be less lethal.
Last week, the United States administered about 1.35 million doses of Covid vaccines per day, according to the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker. There were 31.8 million doses administered across the country.
The US reported 116,999 new cases on Sunday, pulling the seven-day average to 151,487, the lowest since November 14, according to Data from Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday, there were more than 441,000 deaths reported, Johns Hopkins data show.
According to data from the Covid Tracking Project:
- The number of people currently hospitalized in the United States with Covid-19 has dropped to its lowest since November 29.
- Arizona has the highest number of people hospitalized with the virus per capita.