The Census Bureau’s estimates for the last week of December put the United States population at around 330,750,000. On Saturday afternoon, Covid-19’s national death toll reached 331,116, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Covid-19 infections in the USA reached more than 18.7 million.
The first death in the United States attributed to Covid-19 occurred on February 29 in Kirkland, Washington. However, the autopsy results in April determined that two Californians died from Covid-19 in early February.
The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic on March 11. Towards the end of March, the country’s 1,000th death was recorded, according to a CNN count. Some states at the time initiated restrictive blocking protocols to try to contain the spread. Meanwhile, most European nations were in the midst of a wave of Covid-19 that overwhelmed hospitals and healthcare systems.
Within a few weeks, Johns Hopkins data showed that at least 10,000 Americans died from Covid-19 on April 4. Health experts have warned that due to testing problems and misclassifications, the total number of deaths may be underestimated.
With an average rate of more than 1,000 deaths per day, the US count reached 100,000 on May 23, according to Johns Hopkins data, four months after the first confirmed infection on American soil.
During the summer, mortality and infection rates across the country decreased from April’s highs, although different states experienced intermittent outbreaks, which caused local numbers to rise. Four months after 100,000 Americans died in May, a total of 200,000 Americans were registered on September 21.
Since November, death rates have accelerated. Instead of a similar slope that took four months to reach 200,000, the next jump to 300,000 deaths took just 11 weeks. The brand was announced on December 14.
Health officials are pleading with the American public for continued surveillance with coronavirus protocols, including quarantine, social detachment and wearing masks. California officials, where infections have grown at an alarming rate, have directly attributed the driving force behind the November surge to coronavirus fatigue.
With the arrival of Christmas and New Year, in addition to counting the long incubation time of the virus, hospitals and state governments are preparing for the increase to continue in January and February, one year after the start of the pandemic.
Hollie Silverman of CNN contributed to this report.
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