It took a little over a year for the US to go from one to 25 million coronavirus infections.
That’s an average of about 67,934 new infections per day, or an average of one new infection every 1.2 seconds since January 21, 2020.
As infections continued to soar this weekend, so did the death toll. More than 419,000 people died from Covid-19 in the United States on Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, the US death toll could rise to 569,000 by May 1 – even though “42,800 lives will be saved by the planned rollout of vaccines.”
Threat variants: While some states have reported recent declines in their daily Covid-19 numbers, many scientists have been concerned about new coronavirus variants.
“First of all, it’s good news to see that curve bending a bit. We still have a very high rate of infections,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health.
“But I am very concerned whether or not we can keep this up. If we go on vaccinations quickly … then we can keep that curve low. But if the variants catch on first, that curve will. Turn back And it will get a lot worse, ”he said.
“So this is a race. Of course I hope we win.”
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