The United States closed with the deadliest and most contagious month of 2020 since the onset of the coronavirus epidemic, surpassing 200 million confirmed Covid-19 cases.
More than 77,000 people lost their lives in Kovid-19 in December, while 6.4 million people developed a new strain of the virus and delayed efforts to vaccinate people. The second busiest month was April 2020, when more than 58,000 people died.
At least 227,651 new cases were reported on Thursday, with 3,451 deaths being the second-highest daily death toll, according to NBC News.
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At least four cases of the new Covid-19 variant, first discovered in the United Kingdom, have been reported in Colorado, California and Florida. However, the Vice Chair of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University, Dr. Mercedes Carnethon said experts believe this type is now everywhere.
This variable also appears to affect adults under the age of 20. “And I think the reason it’s particularly critical is that this young adult population is moving more. They’re playing some of the essential roles, like delivery work, factory work, and they’re usually in the population there, and that population is soon in line to be vaccinated. Not. “
About 2.8 million people have been vaccinated since vaccinations began in mid-December, although the Trump administration aims to vaccinate at least 20 million by the start of the new year. The increase in cases in the states has led to delays due to a lack of trained personnel ready to vaccinate, officials said.
With vaccines available, cases are almost certain to continue to rise, and another surge is expected in the weeks following Christmas and New Year.
For the second day in a row on Thursday, New York broke the daily record for new cases with 15,700. As the state prepares to report the potential of its millionaire case this Saturday, officials say they expect to vaccinate at least one million people this month.
The state of Virginia also had a one-day record with 5,239 new cases on Thursday.
In California, hospitalizations have increased eightfold in two months and in Los Angeles County nearly tenfold. As hospitals are overcrowded, and intensive care units have no more beds for Covid-19 patients, temporary wards are being set up in tents, arenas and classrooms for lack of space in overfit hospitals.
On Thursday, California’s total death toll topped 25,000, making it the third state to cross that milestone, along with New York and Texas.
“Most heartbreaking is that if we had done a good job of reducing the transmission of the virus, many of these would not have died,” said Barbara Farrell, Los Angeles County Public Health Director, who urged people not to gather. And spread spoils.
The states of Nevada, North Carolina and Wyoming also set new single-day records for coronavirus deaths on Thursday – 59, 123 and 33, respectively.
J Mur Murphy and The Associated Press Contributed.
