The United States set another record for the most coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, with 3,865, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University.
The death toll is rising only as cases and hospitalizations increase. More than 132,000 Americans are hospitalized with COVID-19, also a record as the number continues to rise, according to the COVID Tracking Project. The country handles an average of over 200,000 new cases every day.
A staggering total of more than 361,000 Americans have died from the virus, according to Johns Hopkins.
Many Americans are tired of the pandemic’s restrictions, despite the demands of public health officials to maintain them. President Trump
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Many governors have also been reluctant to impose new restrictions.
There is a light at the end of the vaccine tunnel, but the distribution effort is slow, while Trump administration officials say they are working to speed it up.
But with a few months to go before the vaccine becomes widely available, a new strain of coronavirus poses an even greater threat, as it is believed to be more contagious, though not more lethal.
This strain has already been found in several states, and experts say it will clearly become much more prominent, as it is easier to spread.
Even though the new strain is still dominant in the United States, hospitals in some areas are already overwhelmed, especially in Los Angeles. Ambulance crews there were recently instructed not to transport some patients with reduced chances of survival to hospitals due to capacity issues.