Forty-two states noticed a rise in COVID-19 circumstances final week from the week earlier than, an indication that the pandemic is just not but over in the United States.
Only Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota and West Virginia noticed a decline in circumstances from the earlier week over the seven-day interval that ended Saturday.
The price of vaccinations has slowed, and fewer than half of all Americans, 47.9%, are totally vaccinated, in accordance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky mentioned greater than 99% of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. in June had been amongst unvaccinated people. In addition, preliminary information signifies that over the previous six months, practically all of the COVID-19 deaths in numerous states have occurred in unvaccinated people, she mentioned.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a prime Biden administration adviser, mentioned Sunday that it was “horrifying” to see people on the Conservative Political Action Conference cheering as a result of the federal government has not been ready to get extra of the nation vaccinated.
“They are cheering about someone saying that it’s a good thing for people not to try and save their lives,” Fauci mentioned. “It’s almost frightening.”
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►As many adolescents and younger adults put together to return to the classroom in the autumn time period amid the unfold of the delta variant, the lagging vaccination price amongst Generation Z is elevating considerations amongst consultants.
►The bar scene is returning in full pressure to New York and different cities as partiers reemerge and ditch COVID precautions.
►The mayors of two Tokyo islands, Oshima and Hachijo, have requested the metropolitan authorities to take the deliberate Olympic torch relay off public roads amid a surge in coronavirus circumstances. The torch relay in Tokyo, which began Friday, was already taken off all public roads apart from these on islands as a result of of rising circumstances in the Japanese capital.
►The Navajo Nation’s largest on line casino is making ready to reopen Monday for the primary time because the coronavirus pandemic started. The Twin Arrows Resort Casino east of Flagstaff, Arizona, has been closed since March 2020.
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►CONMEBOL mentioned friends on the Copa America last on Saturday introduced false COVID-19 checks to Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The South American soccer governing physique mentioned in a press release it detected “a considerable amount of fraudulent PCR tests” introduced by accredited friends.
📈Today’s numbers: The U.S. has had greater than 33.8 million confirmed COVID-19 circumstances and greater than 607,000 deaths, in accordance to Johns Hopkins University information. The international totals: greater than 186.6 million circumstances and greater than 4 million deaths. Nearly 159 million Americans — 47.9 % of the inhabitants — have been totally vaccinated, in accordance to the CDC.
📘What we’re studying: The CDC has up to date its masks tips for faculties. Some states will pay attention, some will not. Read extra right here.
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Pfizer and U.S. well being officers to talk about booster pictures this week
Representatives from Pfizer and federal well being officers, who despatched out conflicting indicators in regards to the want for vaccine booster pictures (*42*), are planning to meet this week. Reuters reported that the gathering would happen Monday.
Last week, the American pharmaceutical large and its associate BioNTech mentioned they’d pursue U.S. and European regulatory approval for a 3rd dose of their COVID-19 vaccine, given the unfold of variants and information they mentioned confirmed diminished vaccine efficiency six months after the preliminary pictures.
In a joint assertion late (*42*), the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasised that people who’ve been totally vaccinated don’t want booster pictures but.
Pfizer and BioNTech mentioned a 3rd dose, given six months after the second, will increase neutralizing antibodies 5 to tenfold in opposition to the unique virus and the Beta variant, first recognized in South Africa.
White House calling out critics of door-to-door vaccine push
For months, President Joe Biden’s administration shunned criticizing Republican officers who performed down the significance of coronavirus vaccinations or sought to make political hay of the federal authorities’s all-out effort to drive pictures into arms. Not any longer. With the COVID-19 vaccination price plateauing throughout the nation, the White House is returning fireplace at these they see as spreading dangerous misinformation or worry in regards to the pictures. When South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster tried this week to block door-to-door efforts to drive up the vaccination price in his state, press secretary Jen Psaki didn’t mince phrases in her response.
“The failure to provide accurate public health information, including the efficacy of vaccines and the accessibility of them to people across the country, including South Carolina, is literally killing people, so maybe they should consider that,” she mentioned.
India’s horrible 2021: Twice as many infections as in all of final 12 months
India has already reported greater than twice as many COVID-19 circumstances in 2021 because it had all of final 12 months, a USA TODAY evaluation of Johns Hopkins University information reveals.
India handed the mark early Sunday. Of the 30.8 million circumstances India has reported, two-thirds have come in the lower than 6 1/2 months of 2021. India’s COVID deaths, broadly believed to be drastically undercounted, have added up to 259,302 this 12 months, in contrast with 148,738 in 2020.
Only the United States has reported extra circumstances than India, by a margin of about 3 million. At the present price, India would surpass the U.S. whole in about 19 weeks. India’s tempo has plummeted in the final two months after an enormous spring surge, whereas infections in the U.S. have jumped in the final two weeks.
The U.S. additionally has probably the most recorded COVID deaths in the world with upward of 607,000, and Brazil ranks second at practically 533,000. At current charges, Brazil would move the U.S. loss of life toll in about 10 weeks, although the tempo of reported deaths in the South American nation has fallen by greater than half in the final three months, whereas the tempo of U.S. deaths has stopped declining.
— Mike Stucka
Couples flock to Las Vegas to tie the knot as pandemic wanes
Thousands of {couples} are flocking to Las Vegas because the coronavirus pandemic wanes in a growth that has the native marriage ceremony trade in excessive demand. With COVID-19 restrictions on giant gatherings loosened, Las Vegas marriage ceremony chapels, venues and planners mentioned they’re about as busy as ever.
After 30 years of marriage, Don and Cindy Couse made the cross-country journey from New York to renew their marriage ceremony vows on the Graceland Wedding Chapel. Friends and household again dwelling watched and cheered by Zoom through the ceremony. The two met practically 5 many years in the past in Albany, New York, throughout kindergarten class and have had a bond ever since. The journey got here at time for the couple, who’re each 51 and work in IT. After over a 12 months of quarantine, they had been in want of a getaway. “Really, it was just great to be back out doing things,” she advised the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Contributing: Mike Stucka, USA TODAY; The Associated Press
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