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The U.S. has now reported more than 450,000 COVID-19 deaths during the pandemic, adding 3,912 more on Wednesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Daily COVID-19 deaths still remain high in the U.S., though they’ve decreased slightly from the peak of 4,466 deaths on Jan. 12.
The U.S. also reported more than 121,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, which is down from a peak of more than 300,000 new cases on Jan. 2. In total, more than 26.5 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with COVID-19, making up a quarter of the 104.5 million cases reported worldwide.
The 7-day average for COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths continues to decline, according to The COVID Tracking Project. The 7-day average for hospitalizations is around 96,500, and the 7-day average for deaths is about 3,000. With the exception of Vermont, all states and territories have reported declines or no changes in their hospitalizations and deaths.
“We have seen the 7-day average for new deaths decrease for over a week. At the same time, states are reporting an average of 3,000 people dying per day,” The COVID Tracking Project wrote in a post on Twitter. “The data is hopeful and devastating.”
More than 2.2 million COVID-19 deaths have been reported worldwide. The U.S. continues to report the most deaths, followed by Brazil with 227,500, Mexico with 161,200 and India with 154,700 deaths.
The U.S. COVID-19 death toll could reach 496,000 to 534,000 by the end of February, according to a new forecast by the CDC, which includes models from 36 national groups. Deaths will likely decrease during the next 4 weeks, with about 11,300 to 22,600 deaths possibly reported during the last week of February.
The 534,000 total would equal about one death for every minute of the pandemic, according to CNN, given that the first U.S. death was reported on Feb. 29 last year.
Sources
Johns Hopkins University, “COVID-19 Dashboard.”
COVID Tracking Project, “The Data.”
COVID Tracking Project, “Twitter post at 7:13 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2021.”
CDC, “COVID-19 Forecasts: Deaths.”
CNN, “The US coronavirus death toll could reach 530,000 this month. That would be one every minute of the pandemic.”
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