U.S Covid Cases Falls To Record Low Since March 2020

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Confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States have fallen to levels not seen since March 2020, according to an NBC News analysis — and experts say they expect case counts to stay low through the summer.

Cases first surged in March last year, driven by a wave in New York City. That first surge peaked in April, then gradually decreased to a seven-day average of 19,000 cases June 1, 2020 — and would not fall below that threshold for the next year. On Wednesday, the seven-day average was 16,860, the lowest since March 29, 2020.

By last June, many governors had lifted the restrictions they had imposed in the spring, confident that the rest of the country would not see a surge like the one experienced in the Northeast. That was not the case: Infections surged across the South and the West last summer, and the U.S. had its most devastating surge in the winter, with daily cases exceeding 300,000 at the peak.

The winter surge has now receded, and as the calendar turns to June, the country is once again reopening. But the pandemic has changed drastically in the intervening 12 months. Thanks to vaccinations, experts say, the U.S. is unlikely to see a summer surge on a scale similar to last year.

Certain states, like Texas, have more “patchy” vaccination uptake, Hanage said, with certain areas of the state having significantly higher vaccination rates than others. In these low vaccination areas, there will continue to be a risk for outbreaks

And outbreaks are possible in areas with higher coverage, too.

“Even if 90 percent of the people in the community are vaccinated, if the 10 percent who are not all hang out together, and the virus is introduced to them, a large proportion of them could become infected,” Hanage said.

 

 

 

Source:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-cases-u-s-fall-levels-not-seen-march-2020-n1268955

 

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