The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administered a record number of Covid-19 vaccines over the weekend, but public health officials warned that relaxing social distance measures could undermine progress and trigger new outbreaks across the country. Arizona, Texas, Alabama, South Carolina, California, and Mississippi all have relaxed restrictions to varying degrees.
The US records at least 59,200 new Covid-19 cases and at least 1,600 virus-related deaths every day, based on a seven-day average calculated by CNBC based on data from Johns Hopkins University.
The following data was collected by Johns Hopkins University:
- Worldwide cases: more than 116.92 million
- Worldwide deaths: At least 2.59 million
- US cases: more than 28.99 million
- US deaths: at least 525,035