One in every 500 U.S. residents has died from COVID-19

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The United States reached a bleak new milestone in its fight against the COVID pandemic – 19, when the fatal rate encompasses one of each 500 residents of the country, since the first infection was detected.

Since 20 of January of 2020, when the first case diagnosed by COVID – 19 was reported in the state from Washington, to Wednesday’s Johns Hopkins University report , 663, 929 people have died from this disease .

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the country’s population as of April 2020 It was from 331.4 millions.

The amount It is reached just when the country’s hospitals are struggling to keep up to date to attend the growing volume of patients who contract the virus and among them, more and more children.

With the implementation of vaccination mandates in workplaces and the use of masks in schools, an attempt has been made to stop the spread.

Last week, the United States averaged 1, 805 new daily deaths from COVID – 19, a figure that contrasts sharply with the lowest average of the year (218) reached July 5 , according to Johns Hopkins.

The 54% of the population is fully vaccinated , while every day 341, 900 people start their vaccination process, which represents a 28% less than the previous month, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.