It took a little over a year for the US to go from one to 25 million coronavirus infections.
This represents an average of approximately 67,934 new infections each day or an average of one new infection every 1.2 seconds as of January 21, 2020.
As infections continued to rise this weekend, so did the death toll. As of Sunday, more than 419,000 people had died from Covid-19 in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The death toll in the United States could reach 569,000 by May 1, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Assessment at the University of Washington – even if “42,800 lives will be saved by the planned launch of the vaccine.”
Threat of variants: While some states have reported recent declines in the daily number of Covid-19, new variants of the coronavirus are of concern to many scientists.
“It’s first and foremost good news to see the curve bend a little. We’re still at a very high level of infection,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health.
“But I’m very worried about whether or not we will be able to support this. If we go to vaccinations quickly … then we can keep the curve down. But if the variants keep first, the curve will get worse.” he.
“So this is a race. Obviously, I hope to win.”
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