More than 40 million cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the United States, according to a New York Times Database.
The total number of known infections . more than california population, the country’s most populous state, is a testament to the spread of coronavirus, especially in recent times highly contagious delta version, and the patchwork efforts of the United States to rein in it.
Vaccines are effective in preventing serious illness and death, but 47 percent of Americans are not fully vaccinated, allowing the delta version more than enough opportunity hurting and disrupting daily life. Health officials say the vast majority of patients who are hospitalized and dying are not vaccinated, and it is the illiterate who are fueling the current boom and burdening the health care system.
In the past week, as of Sunday, cases of the new virus have averaged more than 161,000 daily. New deaths are up to 1,385 a day, and those hospitalized average more than 103,000. Those numbers, while very high, remain low compared to last winter’s peaks.