Coronavirus Cases on the Rise Again As B.1.1.7 Variant Becomes More Prevalent

After weeks of declines and then a plateau, Coronavirus numbers are on the rise again. According to the CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the average number of new Covid-19 cases saw a 7% increase from the previous week and the average of new virus-related hospitalizations also saw an increase. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, over two dozen states are reporting at least a 10% increase of new cases. Some officials believe the new cases are among younger groups. The CDC also says cases of the B.1.1.7 variant have now been identified in 51 U.S. jurisdictions, it is expected to become the dominant variant in the country in the coming weeks.

The eased restrictions have also been attributed to the spread of the virus. So far, at least 28.2% of the population has received at least one dose of the Coronavirus vaccine and 15.5% of Americans are fully vaccinated. During an interview for a new documentary ‘Covid War: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out” that aired last night, Dr.Deborah Birx said the hundreds of thousands of citizens who died from Covid-19 could have been avoided after the first wave. She said “there were about a hundred thousand deaths that came from that original surge. All of the rest of them, in my mind, could have been mitigated or decreased substantially.”