US reports lowest number of new weekly COVID cases since OCTOBER, as Bill Gates ‘daughter Jennifer, 24, joins the 11% of Americans who have had their first vaccination dose and jokes’ it’s not got my genius father in my brain implanted ‘
- Just over 650,000 new COVID-19 infections were reported in the US in the seven days to February 13. that is the lowest weekly number since October
- Deaths and hospital admissions have also fallen significantly from last week’s numbers
- While the numbers may drop after the holidays end, they are still much higher than during the spring and summer rises of 2020
- Officials warn Americans are still not out of the woods, especially as vaccine rollout remains quite slow
- As of Saturday, about 37.1 million Americans have received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine; that number represents only 11 percent of the population
- At the current rate, it will take until November for 90 percent of Americans to be partially vaccinated
- Bill Gates’ daughter, Jennifer, was among those who received her first injection on Friday
- Medicine student joked about conspiracy theories that claimed her father used the vaccines to inject microchips into the public
The number of COVID-19 infections reported in the United States continues to decline, with the country seeing the lowest number of cases per week since October last year.
Hospital admissions have also died by 15.7 percent from last week, while the number of deaths has dropped by 13.8 percent in the past seven days.
However, officials warn that the country is not yet unclear. The numbers currently reported are still much higher than during the spring and summer rises of 2020.
On Saturday, the United States reported 90,199 new COVID-19 cases and 2,303 additional deaths.
More than 27.5 million Americans have tested positive for the virus and 483,926 have now died.
More than 137,000 of those deaths have occurred in the 44 days since January 1.
According to The COVID Tracking Project, just over 650,000 new infections have been reported in the seven days to February 13.
The number of COVID-19 infections reported in the United States continues to decline, with the country seeing the lowest number of cases per week since October last year. A COVID patient is being treated in an intensive care bed in California earlier this week
Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in the United States continues to increase slightly every day.
On Friday, 1.66 million Americans received a dose of the Pfizer or Moderna shot, slightly more than the 1.6 million who received a shot the day before.
By comparison, on January 13, exactly a month ago, only 710,000 Americans received an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine.
On Saturday, officials stated that just over 37.1 million Americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
That may sound like a huge number, but it represents only 11 percent of the population.
At the current rate, it will take until next November to partially vaccinate 90 percent of Americans, according to the New York Times.
Meanwhile, Bill Gates’ daughter, Jennifer Gates, is one of those who received her first COVID-19 vaccination this week.
Bill Gates’ daughter, Jennifer Gates, is among those who got her first COVID-19 vaccination this week
Gates is a sophomore medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York at Mount Sinai, which means she is eligible for admission. She is pictured with her famous father in a recent snapshot on social media
Gates is a sophomore medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York at Mount Sinai, which means she is eligible for admission.
‘I have the privilege of getting my first dose of mRNA to teach my cells to set up a protective immune response against this virus. As a medical student and aspiring physician, I am grateful that it will provide me with protection and safety for my future practice, ” she stated in an Instagram post on Friday.
Billionaire Bill Gates has put money into vaccine research, sparking wild, baseless conspiracy theories that he tries to inject microchips into members of the American population.
Gates joked about that wild rumor in the caption of her post, writing, ‘The vaccine did NOT implant my genius father into my brain – if only mRNA had that power …’
A Rhode Island resident will receive his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Central Falls on Saturday. The city is currently offering the vaccines to any resident over the age of 18
