Records of New COVID-19 Cases and Mortality in the United States

The country has seen a sharp increase in the incidence of COVID-19 for more than a month. Currently, about 113,000 people are hospitalized in the United States. people infected with coronavirus, mostly at the same time as the pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services said.

In the last week, the daily increase in the number of deaths of people infected by coronavirus has exceeded 3,000 for the third time. The previous mortality record was recorded in late April, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the past two weeks, the number of new COVID-19 cases recorded per day for 11 days exceeded 200,000.

Until Wednesday at 8pm. 30 minutes. 3,784 people living with coronavirus died in the United States at local time (Thursday 3:30 am Lithuania).

Health officials feared that Thanksgiving in late November would lead to a significant increase in the incidence of coronavirus infection, as millions of Americans go to visit friends and family.

Now experts fear that the situation could get worse due to the end of the year holidays, including the Christmas holidays.

This week a mass vaccination program against COVID-19 was launched in the United States in hopes of stopping the pandemic.

The first doses of the vaccine, developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, were launched in the country on Monday, but the services warn that it will take several months for a sufficient proportion of the population to become immune.

In a rush to vaccinate the population and fearing a vaccine shortage, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Wednesday that six or seven doses could be taken from a vaccine vial, although it was initially estimated that a vial equaled five doses.

“Currently, given the public health emergency, the FDA advises that it is acceptable to use all available full doses,” the service said in a Twitter message. The FDA added that Pfizer supports this recommendation.