There are renewed concerns about the trajectory COVID-19 the cases in the USA are going in the wrong direction. Hospitalization rates are rising and the number of cases is rising in 33 states.
However, nearly 15 percent of the total U.S. population is now fully vaccinated, according to the CDC, and nearly half of people age 65 and older are fully vaccinated.
A daily record of over 3.3 million photos was reported on Friday, pushing the total number of doses administered in the United States to over 136 million.
“We have the weapon that wins the war, we have the weapon that kills the enemy. But it must be here,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday, pointing to his arm.
The impetus for vaccinations has picked up even more this week – from pop-up centers opening in New York to the Salvation Army to disadvantaged people in Los Angeles, Michael George told CBS This Morning: Saturday ”. The administration has also announced plans to double the number of soldiers to support the vaccine distribution effort.
The US is now one of the top countries in the world in terms of COVID-19 vaccination, with many more to follow. The US supply of vaccines is set to gain momentum this week. Johnson & Johnson says it is ready to offer 11 million extra doses.
Forty-seven states state that anyone 16 years of age or older will be eligible for the vaccine by May 1. New York, Arkansas and Wyoming have not yet been hired.
“Clearly, there is a case for optimism, but there is no case for relaxation,” COVID-19 White House Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said Friday.
As cases are on the rise in many states, many people are still dying.
“The latest seven-day average is about 57,000 cases a day, up seven percent from the previous seven days,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said Friday. “The latest seven-day average of new hospitalizations, about 4,700 a day, is also a slight increase from the previous seven-day period. The seven-day average of deaths continues to be 1,000 deaths a day.” .
“I am deeply concerned about this trajectory,” she said.
Scientists are still trying to figure out if vaccinated people can spread the virus. They are studying 12,000 vaccinated students and their contacts to try to respond to that.
“We hope that in the next five months, we will be able to answer the very important question of whether vaccinated people become asymptomatically infected and, if they do, transmit the infection to others,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci.