USA: Deaths from coronavirus remain at high levels

Despite progress, deaths from COVID-19 remain stubbornly high in the U.S., at nearly 400 a day, a number that hasn’t changed significantly since the spring, according to an ABC News report, which cited data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the main federal health agency.

In the previous seven days, just under 2,700 deaths related to the infection caused by the new coronavirus were recorded in the country, and the toll of the victims of the pandemic since the beginning of 2022 is approaching 205,000 dead, according to the same source.

The recent outbreak of infections has been attributed to more virulent subvariants of the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2, particularly BA.5.

Although 61 million people over 50 have the opportunity to receive a second booster dose of vaccines against COVID-19, only a third of them have done so. Concern is expressed especially for the most elderly and vulnerable.

Overall, the US has recorded 1.03 million deaths out of a total of 92.5 million infections. This is the heaviest death toll of the pandemic in the world.

SOURCE: APE-ME

Source: Capital

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