The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administered a record number of Covid-19 vaccines over the weekend, but public health officials warned that weakening social distance measures could undermine progress and lead to new outbreaks across the country. Arizona, Texas, Alabama, South Carolina, California and Mississippi have relaxed restrictions to varying degrees.
The United States has at least 59,200 new cases of Covid-19 and at least 1,600 virus-related deaths each day, based on a seven-day average calculated by CNBC using data from Johns Hopkins University.
The following data were compiled by Johns Hopkins University:
- Global cases: over 116.93 million
- Deaths worldwide: at least 2.59 million
- Cases in the USA: over 28.99 million
- US deaths: at least 525,035