(1/7/21): “As the United States reported its highest single day of Covid-19 deaths, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned the overall toll could exceed 430,000 by the end of the month.
The US reported 3,865 coronavirus deaths Wednesday, bringing the overall toll to 361,123 people in the US, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In addition, the number of people who have been infected reached more than 21.2 million, according to the data.
At the same time, hospitals are being flooded with coronavirus patients. On Wednesday, a record 132,476 patients were being treated for the virus, according to the Covid Tracker Project [link]. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html
“Amid a devastating Covid-19 surge, Los Angeles County ambulance crews told not to transport patients with little chance of survival” https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/05/us/los-angeles-county-california-human-disaster-covid/index.html
“At least 2,048 new coronavirus deaths and 198,181 new cases were reported in the United States on Jan. 4. Over the past week, there has been an average of 214,270 cases per day, about the same as the average two weeks earlier. As of Tuesday morning, more than 20,864,900 people in the United States have been infected with the coronavirus according to a New York Times database.” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
“As coronavirus death toll surpasses 350,000, Trump calls U.S. count ‘far exaggerated’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trump-calls-us-coronavirus-death-toll-fake-news-as-count-surpasses-350000/2021/01/03/6bdc0b08-4e14-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html
An average of 2,000 to 3,000 Americans are now dying per day (up to 2 per minute) due to COVID-19
(1/7/21): “As the United States reported its highest single day of Covid-19 deaths, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned the overall toll could exceed 430,000 by the end of the month.
The US reported 3,865 coronavirus deaths Wednesday, bringing the overall toll to 361,123 people in the US, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In addition, the number of people who have been infected reached more than 21.2 million, according to the data.
At the same time, hospitals are being flooded with coronavirus patients. On Wednesday, a record 132,476 patients were being treated for the virus, according to the Covid Tracker Project [link]. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html