US passes 20 million coronavirus cases: Johns Hopkins
The United States has recorded a lot more than 20 million cases of Covid-19, Johns Hopkins University said Friday in its real-time tally, as the brand new Year brought another grim milestone underlining the country’s struggle to quell the virus.
The US has so far registered 20,007,149 cases and 346,408 deaths in the pandemic, the Baltimore-based university said, which makes it the united states with by far the highest official number of instances and the highest death toll.
On Wednesday alone, more than 3,900 people died of Covid-19 in the US, a new daily record, and experts believe the worst is yet to arrive as health care personnel brace for a surge in cases and deaths after holiday gatherings.
A lot more than 125,000 people are hospitalized with coronavirus - another record - according to the Covid Tracking Project.
The united states have begun a mass campaign of vaccinations and nearly 2.8 million people have previously received their first jabs, a figure well behind the 20 million inoculations that the administration of President Donald Trump promised by the finish of the year.
A lot more than 12 million doses have been distributed nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but efforts to vaccinate health employees and vulnerable people have been hampered by logistical problems and overstretched hospitals and clinics.
President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on January 20, features criticized the troubled vaccine rollout, which week confirmed that he'd invoke the Korean War-era Defense Production Action to force private market to step up production for the federal government.
He has implored Americans to wear masks to slow the spread of Covid-19 and said he'd impose a good mandate on face coverings in areas where the authorities has jurisdiction, such as airplanes.
- ‘We owe them’ -
Paying tribute to US healthcare workers about New Year’s Eve, Biden explained “they stepped up and they are brave. They did so much for all of us, and we owe them.”
Under Trump, US authorities have given often mixed messages on mask-wearing, sociable distancing and shutdowns, and the outgoing president has repeatedly downplayed the risks while cases have rocketed across the country.
In his New Year’s Eve message, Trump hailed the “medical miracle” of coronavirus inoculations, adding “our many vulnerable citizens already are receiving the vaccine, and an incredible number of doses are quickly being delivered all over our country.”
According to Johns Hopkins, the US took almost a year to attain 10 million cases in November 9, before accelerating to 20 million cases on Friday.
After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 194,949 deaths from 7,675,973 cases, and India with 148,994 deaths from 10,286,709 cases.
