Covid Usa today, exceeded 100 thousand cases a day: more than last summer

In the United States, Covid is back to more than 100,000 new cases a day. It is the first time since last February, and it is a higher number than last August, when vaccines were not yet available. It is also alarmed by the increase in hospital admissions, + 40% since last week, in hospitals where the staff is now exhausted 20 months after the start of the pandemic. “For both hospitalizations and deaths, the vast majority are unvaccinated people,” said the director of the CDC, Rochelle Walensky. About half of the cases and hospitalizations occurred in seven southern states – Florida, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, although these represent less than a quarter of the US population. These states have a lower vaccination rate than the rest of the country, where half of the population is currently fully vaccinated. Notably, there were 3,164 new cases in Mississippi Thursday, with only eight places remaining available in intensive care units across the state.