The US reported +347 new coronavirus deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 622,329. The 7-day moving average rose slightly to 221 deaths per day.
The US had +24,460 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total closer to 34.7 million. The 7-day moving average rose to 16,767 new cases per day, its highest level since June 1st.
Five US states reported over 1,000 new cases yesterday. Florida led the pack with nearly 4,000 new cases, followed by Texas with over 2,000. Missouri and Arkansas are becoming a new hot spot of rising cases.
Arkansas had over 1,000 new cases yesterday, its highest number since February 9.
Missouri had over 1,600 new cases yesterday, its highest number since February 3.
The latest map of COVID cases from nytimes.com clearly shows the new hotspot centered in Missouri and Arkansas. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Florida is also starting to see an uptick in new cases.
This is concerning: after a long decline, new hospital admissions in the US due to COVID-19 are up +10.5% from a week ago.
According to the CDC, almost 3/4 of new COVID cases in Missouri are due to the B.1.617.2 Delta (or India) variant.
More on the surge in the Delta variant in Missouri.
abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-s…
Missouri is one of the states with less than half its population vaccinated (43.7%). Neighboring Arkansas, also seeing a rise in cases, had only 39.0% vaccinated.
Nearby Mississippi (35.3%) and Alabama (36.0%) are noticeably vulnerable.
The US administered only 621,000 new vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 333 million, or 100.3 doses for every 100 people. The 7-day moving average fell to just 594,000 shots per day, its lowest level since January 10.
The number of Americans receiving their first vaccine shots continues to decline to levels not seen since the very beginning of the vaccine campaign in December, when vaccine supplies were severely limited.
64.7% are eligible Americans (ages 12 and up) have received at least one vaccine shot; 55.9% are now fully vaccinated.
Over 84 million American adults and nearly 16 million qualified children remain completely unvaccinated. Over 6 million of those >65 remain unvaccinated.
It appears that the race to achieve herd immunity via vaccination before the Delta variant got a foothold in the US has been lost. What the implications of that are remain to be seen.
For the moment, the US vaccination effort has slowed to a virtual standstill, not due to lack of supply but due to widespread vaccine skepticism.
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