- The United States has recorded more than 40 million Covid-19 cases and at least 649,000 virus-related deaths.
- The shocking data comes as the United States is struggling to cope with the surge in cases caused by the Delta variant.
- In the last month alone, the country recorded more than 4 million cases and 32,000 deaths from the new virus.
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The United States has reached another serious milestone in its fight against the coronavirus, with more than 40 million Covid-19 cases recorded.
According to reports, as of Tuesday morning, a total of 40,019,441 confirmed coronavirus cases and 649,168 virus-related deaths have been recorded across the country since the pandemic began more than a year ago. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The shocking data comes as the United States is struggling to cope with the surge in Covid-19 cases caused by the highly contagious virus Delta variant Coronavirus.
Data show that in the last month alone, the country recorded more than 4 million Covid-19 cases and more than 32,000 deaths from the new virus.
According to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are an average of about 150,000 coronavirus cases per day across the country for 7 days, and the average number of new Covid-19 hospitalizations for 7 days is about 12,000 per day.
Data shows that the average daily number of Covid-19 deaths in the United States for 7 days exceeds 1,100.
At the same time, as of Tuesday morning, 62.3% of the U.S. population had at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, while 53% of the country’s population had been fully vaccinated with the coronavirus. According to CDC.
