Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths are increasing, and the vast majority were not vaccinated
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html
The surge in Covid-19 cases fueled by the Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy has now led to increasing rates of hospitalizations and deaths.
Data from Johns Hopkins University shows:
-- The average number of new Covid-19 cases each day the past week was 32,278. That's a 66% jump from the average daily rate the previous week, and 145% higher than the rate from two weeks ago.
-- An average of 258 Americans died from Covid-19 each day this past week -- up 13% from the rate of daily deaths the previous week.
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More than 97% of people getting hospitalized with Covid-19 now are unvaccinated, Walensky said.
And 99.5% of deaths are among the unvaccinated, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said Sunday.
Getting people vaccinated as quickly as possible "is our fastest, most effective way out of this pandemic," Murthy said.
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Delta variant now accounts for 83% of all sequenced Covid cases in the U.S., CDC Director Walensky says
- The delta variant first identified in India is now estimated to make up 83% of all sequenced Covid-19 cases in the U.S., the director of the CDC said Tuesday.
- “This is a dramatic increase from up from 50%, the week of July 3,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a Senate hearing.
- Covid fatalities have risen by nearly 48% over the past week to an average of 239 per day, she said.
