149,000 new daily cases in 78% vaccinated U.S.
QUICK FACTS:
- The United States is averaging 97,024 new coronavirus infections per day, up from about 73,000 a week ago, according to Google statistics, which uses data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- 78.3% of Americans are vaccinated, according to the same data, 67% fully.
- Cases have been gradually rising since hitting a recent low of 30,000 new infections a day in late March, Reuters reports.
- New York City on Tuesday raised its COVID-19 alert level to high, its health department even telling citizens to wear masks in all public indoor settings.
- New York’s seven-day average is now 4,000, up from about 3,900 the week before.
- But New York’s population is 90.1% vaccinated, 76.9% fully.
STATES WITH MOST COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE HIGH VACCINE RATE:
- Based on population, the states with the most hospitalizations are Maine, New York, and Delaware, Reuters notes.
- Maine is 91.1% vaccinated, 80% fully.
- Delaware is 83.9% vaccinated, 69.8% fully.
BACKGROUND:
- Johns Hopkins categorizes the U.S. as being vaccinated “above [the] world average.”
- The U.S. surpassed 1 million COVID deaths Tuesday, despite its population being so highly vaccinated.
