Johns Hopkins University (JHU) data show that more than 3 million new cases of Covid-19 have been counted in the U.S. since the start of 2021 (Jan. 13), or more than 3 million new infections in the U.S. in 13 days.
In comparison, it took 167 days from January 22, 2020, when JHU reported the first U.S. case of coronavirus (Covidium), to July 8, 2020, to reach a total of 3 million cases.
Throughout the plague pandemic, as of today, JHU data show that 23,044,857 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the United States, as well as 384,204 deaths.
The overall forecast released Wednesday (Jan. 13) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the number of deaths from the contagion in the U.S. will reach 440,000 to 477,000 by Feb. 6.
Unlike some individual models, the CDC’s overall forecast provides projections only for the next few weeks. The previous overall forecast, released on Jan. 6, projected 438,000 deaths by Jan. 30.
First UK cases of new strain at least 76 across US
On Wednesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing that at least 76 cases of the new strain of the virus, first identified in the United Kingdom, have been identified in 12 U.S. states.
These include 32 cases in California, 22 in Florida, five in Minnesota, four in New York, four in Colorado, two in Connecticut, two in Maryland and one each in Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin and Georgia.
The CDC said this does not represent the total number of cases of the new strain spreading in the United States, but only those found through analysis of positive samples. The CDC warns that the numbers provided may not match the numbers released by state and local health departments.
White House Outbreak Task Force warns of more transmissible Covid-19 strain
In its weekly report to the states, the White House Outbreak Task Force again warned that a “more transmissible” strain of Covid-19 exists and that the virus is spreading “much more rapidly,” CNN reported.
Given this possibility and the fact that the British variant is already spreading in U.S. communities at a rate of more than 50 percent, the report said, the United States must be prepared and mitigate the rate of transmission.
After the holidays, the U.S. saw a marked continuation of high pre-holiday transmission rates, a trend shown in increased test positives, increased cases, increased hospitalizations and increased deaths, the report said.
The report said there was a “full-blown resurgence” of virus transmission in “virtually all metropolitan areas” and called for “aggressive action. The task force group outlined a number of precautionary measures, including the use of ‘two or three layers’ of masks, as well as ‘strict social distancing’ and more aggressive testing of young people.
This week’s report raises concerns that the outbreak continues to worsen severely from California to the entire Sunbelt to the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S., and even throughout the continental U.S.
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