US surpasses 850,000 total COVID-19 deaths, 800,000 daily cases
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The United States has surpassed 850,000 total COVID-19 deaths just one month after reporting 800,000 fatalities related to the virus, according to data released Sunday.

Data collected by Johns Hopkins University shows that the United States has reported 850,247 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic along with 65,404,580 infections with a seven-day average of more than 800,000 new daily cases nationwide amid the presence of the Omicron variant.

Reports of infections are up about 400% within the past two weeks in Alaska with 1,888 daily new cases at 258 per 100,000 people, Oregon at 7,670 new daily cases and 182 per 100,000 and Utah reporting 9,759 daily cases at 304 per 100,000, according to data from The New York Times.

Florida over the weekend surpassed 5 million total infections with 5,0451,918, trailing only Texas at 5,522,176 and California with 6,416,171, according to CDC and state reports. In the most recent daily data, Florida added 49,339 Saturday, California 119,264 Friday and Texas 50,151. New York reported 51,264 and is fourth at 4,507,344.

A total of a 156,874 inpatient beds at more than 6,000 hospitals nationwide are in use for COVID-19 patients, accounting for 20.44%, according to Department of Health and Human Services data. One day earlier it was a record 158,263 with 10 more hospitals reporting.

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced he was sending more than 100 military medical personnel to overcrowded hospitals in six states -- Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio and Rhode Island -- to assist with the surge.

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Sunday told CNN's State of the Union that while New York, which reported a 47% drop in COVID-19 cases on Saturday, and other parts of the Northeast are beginning to see plateaus and declines in COVID-19 cases "the entire country is not moving at the same pace" creating a challenge for health officials.

"The Omicron wave started later in other parts of the country. So we shouldn't expect a national peak in the next coming days," said Murthy. "The next few weeks will be tough."

As of Saturday, 248,707,432 people, or 74.9% of the U.S. population, have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose while 208,995,438, or 62.9% of the population, have completed their vaccine regimen, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data. Among people who have completed their vaccine sequence, 38.1% have received an additional booster shot.



https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/01/...642348674/



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COVID-19 infections surging again in U.S. nursing homes

Published: January 16, 2022


COVID-19 infections and deaths are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the Omicron wave, leading to new restrictions on family visits and a renewed push to get more residents and staff members vaccinated and boosted.

Nursing homes reported a near-record of about 32,000 COVID-19 cases among residents in the week ending Jan. 9, an almost sevenfold increase from a month earlier, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A total of 645 COVID-19-related deaths among residents were recorded during the same week, a 47 percent increase from the earlier period. And there are fears that deaths could go much higher before omicron is through.

COVID-19 cases for nursing home residents on Dec. 19 were at 4,361, and cases on Jan. 9 were at 32,061. For nursing home staff, cases went from 5,919 on Dec. 19 to 57,243 on Jan. 9, according to The Hill.

“As soon as news of Omicron broke in December, we were very concerned this variant would lead to a surge of cases in the U.S. and therefore, an increase in cases in nursing homes and unfortunately it has,” Mark Parkinson, president, and CEO of AHCA and National Center for Assisted Living, said.



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