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New cases of COVID – 19 and U.S. deaths declined slightly on Monday, but the day’s national case count remained above 200, 000 for the eighth consecutive day.
According to updated Monday data from Johns Hopkins University, there was 204 , 700 new proven cases of COVID – 19 and a little more than 1, 700 deaths from coronavirus. But on Tuesday cases rose again with a total of 213, 173 and the deaths that occurred on the day were 2, 000.
Of the 12 days of January, the daily number of cases has exceeded 200, 000 in 11 of them.
Health experts say persistent levels of coronavirus contagion this month are partly due to some Americans ignoring travel advice and attending large family gatherings during the holiday season last month.
The total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic in the country reached more than 22. 8 million and t Total number of deaths from COVID – 19 is now 380, 555, according to John Hopkins University.
Currently there is more of 131,000 patients with coronavirus in hospitals according to the COVID monitoring project.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that nearly 9 million people in the United States have received an initial dose of the COVID vaccine – 19. By Monday, they had distributed around 25 million doses to hospitals and health centers.
CDC recommended vaccines for all people older than 65 years and scrapped their policy of withholding some doses, a directive that agrees with the approach of Biden .
