Daily coronavirus cases and deaths plummeted over the weekend after remaining stable for several weeks.
On Sunday, the U.S. recorded 33,645 cases, the lowest number seen since September 28 and a drop of almost 37 percent from the 53,000 cases seen the day before, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of Johns Hopkins University data. .
Meanwhile, only 432 fatalities have been recorded, which is the lowest number of daily deaths recorded since October 25, the analysis revealed.
It also marks the sixth time, since the beginning of the New Year, that the number of new deaths recorded in a single day has fallen below 1,000.
Hospital admissions are also declining to about 4,500 patients admitted every day last week, from about 4,800 a day in the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Since the start of the pandemic, more than 29.9 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19 and more than 542,000 have died.
However, even with the launch of vaccines increasing faster in the United States, cases of coronavirus are increasing in more than half of the states, data from Johns Hopkins show.
Among the states with increasing infections are Florida and South Carolina, where thousands of college students headed for spring break.
In addition, in some states in the Northeast, new cases per 100,000 people are at least twice the national average.
Although about 2.5 million Americans are vaccinated every day, some fear that governors have eased restrictions on business too quickly.
On Sunday, the US recorded 33,645 cases, the lowest number seen since September 28 and a drop of almost 37% from the 53,000 new cases recorded the previous day.
A total of 432 COVID-19-related fatalities have been reported, the lowest number recorded since October 25 and the sixth time since the beginning of 2021 that daily deaths have dropped to less than 1,000
Despite an average of 2.5 million people being vaccinated every day, 26 states are reporting an increase in cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins (above)
Infections are increasing in the following 26 states: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota , Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Public health experts believe that the increase is due to a combination of new variants that are spreading and the population experiencing the so-called ‘pandemic fatigue’.
Authorities estimate that the coronavirus variant first identified in the UK, B.1.1.7., Is probably responsible for about 30 percent of current infections.
The variant is behind a recent wave of blockages in Europe, with counties like France and Italy implementing strict measures to reduce the spread.
Some experts fear that this is a harbinger of what’s to come in the U.S.
‘I understand. We all want to get back to our daily activities and spend time with our family, friends and loved ones. But we must find the courage to take it just a little longer, ‘said CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky during a press conference on Monday.
“We must act now and I am concerned that if we do not take the right measures now, we will have another preventable increase, just as we are seeing in Europe now and just as we are aggressively increasing vaccines.”
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a former commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration, told CBS’s Face the Nation program on Sunday that enough people have been vaccinated and have natural immunity from previous infections to prevent a large increase.
However, ‘I think what you can see is a plateau for a period of time before we continue to decline – in large part because B.1.1.7 is becoming more prevalent, in large part because we are moving back too fast, in the with regard to taking off our masks and suspending mitigation, ‘he said.
But many states are concerned about Spring Breakers.
In the past 10 days, more than one million passengers have traveled through US airports every day, data from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) show.
On Sunday, more than 1.5 million people were screened, one of the highest numbers recorded since the pandemic began.
Florida is one of the states that report an increase in cases, probably due to the fact that it has the majority of infections associated with the UK variant, known as B.1.1.7
Another popular spring break destination – South Carolina – is reporting an increase in the number of cases, which health officials fear may undo the progress made to fight the virus.
A health expert said she fears that the mixture of going without a mask and getting together too much during spring break will take the coronavirus back to its home state and spread it. Photo: Spring break tourists walk alongside Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida, March 21
In Florida, Miami Beach officials declared a state of emergency and voted to impose a 8 pm curfew in the city’s entertainment district on weekends through April 11.
The Sunshine State reported a six percent increase in cases in the past week, and the highest number of cases linked to B.1.1.7, according to the CDC.
About eight percent of all cases in Florida are estimated to be linked to the variant, Walensky said during the briefing.
“I would like people to at least mask themselves,” Dr. Megan Ranney, and an emergency physician, told CNN on Sunday, referring to people on spring break.
‘I hope that very few of these young adults have been vaccinated and seeing them gather in that crowd, even outside, makes me afraid that they will bring that B.1.1.7 variant back to its home state and spread it -over there . ‘
Meanwhile, in South Carolina, an increasing number of residents are vaccinated, but health officials say they are still concerned about another wave.
Last week, there was an 18% increase in new daily cases.
“We are concerned about an increase,” said Dr. Jane Kelly, an assistant epidemiologist in the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control, to the Charleston Post and Courier.
‘We have come this far and would hate to lose the gains we have made to date.’
New Jersey is reporting 36.4 cases per 100,000 residents, more than double the national average of about 10 cases per 100,000 people.
In Pennsylvania, new daily cases of coronavirus have increased by 21% in the past two weeks, according to data from the state Department of Health.
However, the trends of increasing cases are not only occurring in the southern or western states.
“Some regions, like the Northeast and the Upper Midwest, are again beginning to see a significant increase in cases,” said Walensky.
“This should serve as a significant warning to the American people.”
Over the weekend, coronavirus activity across the state of New Jersey changed from “moderate” to “high” in the past three weeks, data from the Department of Health revealed, according to Patch.
In addition, Garden State is reporting twice the number of new infections per capita as seen at the national level.
The current national average is 10 cases per 100,000 people, according to an analysis by DailyMail.com. By comparison, New Jersey is reporting 36.4 cases per 100,000 residents.
Furthermore, almost 10% of all cases in New Jersey are linked to the UK variant, the CDC revealed on Monday.
Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, new daily cases of coronavirus have increased by 21% in the past two weeks, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer.
