The average number of daily deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. has climbed above 2,600, according to a New York Times tracker, now higher than the peak surge in the fall when delta was dominant and close to the peak last winter, before vaccines were available. Deaths are up 36% from two weeks ago and show no signs of plateauing. Cases, now that the highly infectious omicron variant is dominant, are coming down from their January peak and averaging 424,077 a day, down 44% from two weeks ago, according to a New York Times tracker, Hospitalizations are down 14% from two weeks ago at 136,753 a day on average. If current death rates persists, the U.S. may see 900,000 fatalities from COVID by mid-February. On a global basis, the total tally for COVID-19 cases hiked up above 381.7 million on Tuesday, and the death toll rose above 5.68 million, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. leads the world with a total COVID-19 case count of 75.4 million and death toll of 890,770.
Source: Marketwatch
