The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe that a rise in COVID-19 cases over the previous few weeks may be a precursor to a minor summer COVID-19 wave in the United States.
Since mid-July, there has been a countrywide increase in emergency room visits, test-positive rates, and hospital admissions among those who have caught the virus, albeit the numbers are still rather low.
Over 144 Million Vaccine Doses Administered in the US
It is not unexpected to find a rise in COVID-19 in the United States given that rises in COVID-19 have occurred throughout the previous three summers. However, experts caution that there is currently inadequate proof that this increase would trigger a more widespread epidemic, despite the fact that it is something to keep an eye on.
In the US, more than 144,000,000 doses of the vaccine have been administered, and around 56.4 million persons have received an updated booster dose.
According to CDC research, 96% of blood donors over the age of 16 have antibodies from an earlier infection or vaccine, demonstrating that most Americans have some degree of immunity to the virus.
Data from the CDC reveals that between July 9 and July 15, hospital admissions associated with COVID-19 increased by 10.3%, or by more than 7,000 hospitalizations in the US.
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Steady COVID-19 Deaths Despite Case Uptick
In addition, during the last several weeks, the proportion of persons who had the virus discovered after going to the emergency department increased from around 0.5% in mid- to late June to 0.78% on July 24.
COVID-19-related deaths are roughly unchanged. The previous three weeks’ worth of data are still being updated, but the week of July 1 had 494 COVID-related fatalities, compared to the week of June 24’s 549.
In general, however, the data for this summer is still below the peak of the most recent upsurge, which occurred this winter, according to the charts that monitor this information.
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