US Vice President Mike Pence gets vaccinated against corona about two weeks ago // Photo: Reuters
That number comes after long months in which the plague spread across the country, which also led to high loads in hospitals across the U.S. and enormous economic damage to the country’s residents. To date, more than 340,000 people have died in the U.S. from corona.
“It is very possible that we will see a significant increase in morbidity at the end of the season, after the holidays,” the head of the American Institute of Allergy and Disease, Dr. Anthony Pauchi, told the “State of the Nation” program broadcast on the American network CNN. He pointed out that holiday travel and socializing during this period could lead to a spike in US morbidity – a figure that can be seen in the fact that more than 1.1 million Americans passed through the country’s airports last Saturday, after Christmas. It was the busiest third day in US skies. “Since March.
The number of people hospitalized in the United States is also higher than ever due to the epidemic, with just yesterday more than 118,000 Corona patients hospitalized in the various hospitals – today with the fourth highest number of patients since the epidemic broke out across the country. The 26th in a row in which more than 100,000 corona patients are hospitalized.
“When you face 200,000 new diagnoses, about 2,000 deaths every day and such a high number of inpatients, it brings us to a critical point,” Pucci said. “With the entry into the coming weeks, the situation may even get worse.”
To date, more than 19.5 million people have been infected with corona in the United States. Yesterday, a new daily record was set in the US disease numbers: 1,215 people died from the virus and another 127,740 were diagnosed as being infected with it. It is estimated that an additional 193,000 people could die from coronary heart disease over the next two months.