Covid-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Among Unvaccinated Americans Continues to Grow

The number of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations among unvaccinated Americans continues to grow. According to data from the CDC, as of yesterday, 50.7% of the total population in the United States had been fully vaccinated and according to data from Johns Hopkins University, cases are surging in 40 states. The National Institutes of Health predicted yesterday that the U.S. could soon be reporting more than 200,000 new cases per day which is a rate not seen since before vaccines became widely available.

Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health said “I will be surprised if we don’t cross 200,000 cases a day in the next couple of weeks, and that’s heartbreaking considering we never thought we would be back in that space again.” As of Saturday, the U.S. has averaged about 129,000 daily new cases over the last 7 days according to Johns Hopkins University.