The Census Bureau estimates that for the last week of December it places the US population at around 330,750,000. On Saturday afternoon, the national death toll in Covid-19 reached 331,116, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Covid-19 infections in the United States have reached over 18.7 million.
The first US death attributed to Covid-19 occurred on February 29 in Kirkland, Washington. However, the results of the April autopsy determined that two Californians died of Covid-19 in early February.
The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic on March 11. Near the end of March, the nation’s 1,000th death was recorded, according to a CNN report. Some states have since begun restrictive blocking protocols to try to limit the spread. Meanwhile, most European nations were in the midst of a Covid-19 wave that overwhelmed hospitals and health care systems.
Within weeks, Johns Hopkins’ data showed that at least 10,000 Americans had died of Covid-19 on April 4th. Health experts have warned that due to testing problems and misclassifications, the total number of deaths may be declining.
With an average rate of more than 1,000 deaths a day, the number in the United States reached 100,000 on May 23, according to Johns Hopkins, four months after the first confirmed infection on US soil.
During the summer, death rates and infections nationwide slowed from April highs, although different states experienced intermittent outbreaks, leading to rising local numbers. Four months after 100,000 Americans died by May, a total of 200,000 American deaths were counted on September 21.
Since November, the mortality rate has accelerated. Instead of a similar slope that took four months to reach 200,000, the next jump to 300,000 deaths lasted only 11 weeks. The brand was announced on December 14.
Health officials are urging the US public for continued vigilance with coronavirus protocols, including quarantine, social distancing and the wearing of masks. Officials in California, where infections have grown at an alarming rate, have directly attributed a driving force behind the November surge to coronavirus fatigue.
With the arrival of Christmas and New Year, along with accounting for the long incubation period of the virus, hospitals and state governments are preparing for growth to continue in January and February, one year after the pandemic began.
CNN’s Hollie Silverman contributed to this report.
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