27,000+ Deaths in First Ten Days of ‘21
Hospitalizations 100,000+ for 40 Consecutive Days
Nearly 300,000 New Infections Daily
Experts Pleading for Better Vaccine Distribution
The coronavirus crisis is the worst it’s ever been. Hospitals are facing a sustained surge of patients as thousands die daily, with January shaping up to be the most catastrophic month of the pandemic thus far. Following the Trump administration’s refusal to acknowledge the science, failure to contain the virus, and sabotage of the vaccine distribution process, the Biden Administration is set to inherit a disaster.
More Than 27,000 People Have Died From COVID-19 In The First Ten Days Of 2021, And January Is On Pace To Be The Deadliest Month Of The Pandemic.
- “More than 27,000 new Covid-19 deaths have been reported in just the first 10 days of 2021, according to data from Johns Hopkins. At this rate, more people could die from Covid-19 in January than any other month of this pandemic. December had a record high of 77,431 deaths due to Covid-19.” [CNN, 1/11/21]
Coronavirus Hospitalizations Have Been Above 100,000 For Forty Consecutive Days.
- “There were 129,229 Covid-19 patients in US hospitals on Sunday, according to the COVID Tracking Project — the sixth highest figure recorded. It was the 40th consecutive day that US Covid-19 hospitalizations remained above 100,000.” [CNN, 1/11/21]
Sixteen States Reported Record Coronavirus Hospitalizations In The Last Week.
- “More than a dozen US states this week reported a record number of hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients, according to data from the COVID-19 Tracking Project published Friday. The majority of the 16 states that saw the record totals were in the US south, and include Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Record hospitalizations were also seen this week in Arizona, California, Delaware, and Maine.” [Business Insider, 1/9/21]
On January 8, The United States Reported A Record Of More Than 300,000 New Infections In A Single Day.
- “A record number — 310,000 — new cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday, according to the data, with the majority of new infections reported in New Jersey — 20,000 new cases — and in California — 50,000 new cases.” [Business Insider, 1/9/21]
The United States Is Averaging More Than 270,000 New Infections Daily.
- “The U.S. is adding, on average, more than 271,000 new cases per day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Over the past 24 hours, 3,700 new deaths were recorded. That brings the total number of reported cases in the U.S. to more than 22 million since the start of the outbreak — with a death toll of 373,000.” [NPR, 1/10/21]
The Vaccine Roll Out Is In Disarray As The US Has Vaccinated Just A Fraction Of What The Trump Administration Promised.
- “The Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed fell far short of its goal of immunizing 20 million people by the end of 2020. As of Friday, 6.6 million people had received their first dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…. States are struggling to meet demand for the vaccines. The New York Times reports that several states’ vaccination websites have been crashing under the strain of thousands of people all trying to sign up at once. In San Antonio, all 9,000 available slots for this week were filled within six minutes of registration opening, the city said. Some states aren’t vetting vaccine recipients to ensure they’re eligible, instead relying on the honor system.” [NPR, 1/10/21]
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb On The Trump Administration’s Vaccine Strategy: “We Need To Acknowledge That It’s Not Working.”
- “With Covid-19 hospitalizations surpassing 100,000 for 40 days in a row, officials are trying to ramp up the pace of vaccinations across the United States. ‘We really need to get this vaccine out more quickly, because this is really our only tool,’ Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, said on CBS’ Face the Nation.’ …’We need to acknowledge that it’s not working,’ Gottlieb said Sunday of the vaccination plan. ‘We need to hit the reset and adopt a new strategy in trying to get that out to patients.’” [CNN, 1/11/21]