The head of the CDC has just published this warning "concerning"
Vaccinations can be rising, but the infections are therefore.
More people getvaccinated versusCOVID-19 [FeminineBut the pandemic is far from over. In fact, some parts of the country - including states like Michigan - could know their worst surge. During Friday's House White House Covid-19 Response Team, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of Disease Control and Prevention Centers (CDC), expressed concern about the current state of the pandemic, emitting a warning to the Americans. Read on the 4 most important things you need to do - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss this new urgent:Here's how you can catch Covid even if you are vaccinated.
Infections, hospitalizations and deaths are up
Dr. Walensky started revealing the latest statistics from Thursday: 73 622 COVID-19 cases with the average of seven days up to 69,500 - nearly 70,000 new cases a day. "I know that case numbers may seem like everyday, but four weeks ago, our seven-day average was only 53,000 cases a day. In concert with the increase in business, the average of seven days of emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and hospitalizations are all about 5 to 8% higher than they were in the next seven days. and average daily deaths, including the average, increased for the third day in a row to more than 700 per day, "she said.
People are vaccinated
It also revealed that vaccination efforts are progressing. "We also get vaccines in arms as quickly and equitably as possible. I am proud of the progress we have made - more than a third of the US population received at least one dose and more than one-fifth of the The population is fully vaccinated, but we must continue to get many vaccinated people, "she said.
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However, the variant spreads rapidly
"The growing trends in case, hospitalizations and deaths are very worrying and they threaten the progress we have already made," continued Walensky. "As I discussed, some of these increases are as a result of recidivism prevention efforts in the country's states, such as relaxed mask mandates or loosen restrictions on indoor restaurant seats. Another reason of these increases is the continuous propagation of highly transmitted variants., from more than 50 to 70% more communicable, which makes the race to prevent the transmission even more difficult and threatens to overwhelm our health system. "She also pointed out that B.1.1.7 quickly becomes the dominant strain and currently represents 44% of the virus circulating during the week of March 27th. "The prevalence of B.1.1.7 since that time is certainly higher and that we had to have new data soon," she added.
Continue doing your part
Therefore, it is equally important that ever follow the fundamental principles of Mr. Anthony Fauci and put an end to this pandemic, no matter where you live-wear afacial maskwhich adapts perfectly and is double layers, do not travel, the social distance, avoid the big crowds, do not go inside with people you do not go with (especially in the bars), practice a good hand hygiene, get vaccinated when it becomes available to you, and protecting your life and the lives of others, do not miss theseSigns that your illness is actually coronavirus in disguise.