US COVID-19 deaths reach 800,000 when Reuters destroyed Delta in 2021

By Roshan Abraham and Aparupa Mazumder

(Reuters) – The United States reported 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, according to Reuters estimates, as the nation predicts a potential rise in infections due to longer periods of cold weather inside and the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus. .

The milestone means that the number of deaths in the U.S. as a result of this virus exceeds the total population of North Dakota.

Although vaccines are widely and freely available, the country has lost more lives this year than in 2020 due to the virus, the more contagious Delta variant, and people refusing vaccination against COVID-19.

Since the beginning of the year, more than 450,000 people have died in the United States https://tmsnrt.rs/2WTOZDR after contracting COVID-19, or 57% of all deaths due to the disease in the United States since the start of the pandemic.

This year’s deaths have been mostly in unvaccinated patients, health experts say. Deaths have been exacerbated by advances in COVID patient care and new treatment options, such as monoclonal antibodies.

It took 111 days for the U.S. death toll to rise from 600,000 to 700,000, according to a Reuters analysis. The next 100,000 deaths took just 73 days.

Other countries have lost much less lives per capita in the last 11 months, according to Reuters analysis.

Among the richest nations in the Group of Seven (G7), the United States is the worst in terms of per capita deaths of COVID-19 from January 1 to November 30, according to Reuters analysis.

The death rate in the United States was three times higher than in neighboring Canada and 11 times higher than in Japan.

Although the United States is compared to a larger group of rich countries with access to vaccines https://tmsnrt.rs/3Gx9lYC, it is located near the bottom. Among the 38 members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United States ranks 30th https://tmsnrt.rs/3lXISvD. Only Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Colombia, Poland, and Slovenia had more COVID-19 deaths per capita. New Zealand had the least.

Compared to the European Union, the United States has 1.3 times more deaths per capita than the whole block in the last 11 months.

Among the more than 200 nations and territories tracked by Reuters, the United States ranks 36th.

The United States has the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind Brazil and India, according to a Reuters count. With only 4% of the world’s population, the country accounts for about 14% of all COVID-19 deaths and 19% of cases worldwide. The country will soon surpass 50 million cases.

New infections in the United States averaged about 120,000 a day, with Michigan causing the most cases a day. COVID-19 patients were filling record highs in Michigan hospitals, three out of four were unaccounted for according to the Michigan Health & Hospital Association https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98158-57328– , 00.html (MHA).

Scientists are still evaluating the effect of https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/omicron-vs-covid-19-vaccines-what-more-do-we-need-know-2021-12-09 are. Whether the new Omicron variant and vaccines can provide adequate protection against it.

“TOGETHER TOGETHER”

The Delta variant remains the dominant version of the virus in the United States.

Of the 10 states with the highest population deaths in the last 11 months, eight were from southern countries: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia. , According to Reuters analysis https://graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/DEATHS-PERCAPITA/xmvjonbxepr/chart.png.

About 60% of the U.S. population has been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to CDC data.

Fears of the new variant have prompted Americans to line up for COVID-19 vaccine-boosting doses at a record pace. They received booster doses from one of the three vaccines allowed by less than a million people a day last week, the highest rate since regulators gave a nod to additional shots.

“We need to work together right now to address the impact of the current cases we are seeing, most of which are Delta, and prepare for the possibility of having more Omicron,” said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At a White House conference https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/12/07/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public – health officer-2 on Tuesday.