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Xinhua News Agency, Washington, Dec 17, Report: US Outbreak Core Indicators Still High
Xinhua News Agency reporter Tan Jingjing
The latest epidemic data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 17th showed that on the 16th, the United States reported more than 230,000 new confirmed cases of new crowns, reaching 236,913 cases and 3,435 new deaths. Core indicators remain high.
According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of the night of the 17th ET, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 17 million, reaching nearly 17.2 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 310,000. The number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States increased from 16 million to 17 million in just 5 days.
According to data from the National Epidemic Tracking Project initiated by the US “Atlantic Monthly”, as of the 16th there were more than 114,000 patients hospitalized with a new crown in the United States, the highest record since the outbreak.
This week, the United States launched the new corona vaccine. The first vaccine approved for emergency use in the United States is the new corona vaccine developed jointly by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. and the German biotechnology company. The vaccines have been distributed to the states one after another. The first group of people to be vaccinated is medical personnel and groups living in long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes.
According to US media reports on the 17th, two staff members of a hospital in Alaska developed allergic reactions after being vaccinated with the new corona vaccine, and one of them was hospitalized for observation. CNN reported that a hospital staff member was washed 10 minutes after being vaccinated and then developed symptoms such as shortness of breath and increased heart rate, and was hospitalized for observation for two nights; another staff member was vaccinated 10 minutes later. Symptoms like puffy eyes, dizziness, and itchy throat, which returned to normal after an hour. This is the first and second widely reported allergic reaction to the vaccine in the US media since the start of vaccination in the US.
As vaccination progresses, the number of confirmed cases, deaths and hospitalizations reported in the United States continues to rise dramatically, and medical systems in many places face unprecedented pressure.
According to data from the National Epidemic Tracking Project, California had more than 250,000 recently confirmed cases last week, and Los Angeles County, with a population of about 10 million, currently has 1 in 80 people infected with the new virus. the crown.
Project data also shows that long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes in the United States, have been the “worst hit areas” by the epidemic. Last week, the state’s long-term care agencies reported more than 61,000 confirmed cases and more than 5,000 deaths, all setting new highs since the project began collecting relevant data in late May.
The project said the new corona vaccine could soon reach these high-risk groups. “The vaccine is expected to prevent future outbreaks of the new corona epidemic, but for many groups and staff living in long-term care facilities, the vaccine came too late.”
US public health experts emphasized that vaccines cannot replace epidemic prevention measures and call on the public to continue to effectively implement public health measures, including wearing masks, maintaining social distancing, and Avoid gatherings, especially indoor gatherings, to avoid further deterioration of the epidemic.
