The US reported +883 new coronavirus deaths today, bringing the total to 582,456. The 7-day moving average rose to 747 deaths per day.
The US had +60,317 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 32.5 million. The 7-day moving average declined to below 68,000 new cases per day.
16 US states had over 1,000 new cases today. Michigan led the pack with over 6,000 new cases, followed by Florida and Pennsylvania with over 5,000 each.
The more contagious UK B.1.1.7 variant now accounts for 44.7% of all new cases in the US, including 61.2% in Tennessee, 59.7% in Michigan, 57.3% in Minnesota, and 54.6% in Florida. (The Brazilian variant P.1 account for just 1.5%).
This shift towards these more contagious variants is very striking and helps account for why new cases remain stubbornly high despite a growing number of people being vaccinated.
New hospital admissions in the US due to COVID-19 are up +1.5% from a week ago.
The US administered 1.8 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 213 million, or 64.3 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average declined to 3.03 million shots to per day. Hard to say if this decline is due to the J&J pause or reaching the wall of public resistance.
51.1% of all American adults have received at least one vaccine shot; 33.3% are now fully vaccinated.
80.3% of Americans age 65 or older have received at least one shot; 65.1% are now fully vaccinated.
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