More than a month before the end of 2021, the United States has crossed a sobering timescale in the new crown pneumonia pandemic. According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of November 21, at least 7,71013 people in the United States have died of new coronary pneumonia. According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2020, the total number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the United States is 385,343. This means that the number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the United States so far in 2021 has exceeded the total number of deaths in 2020. The United States recently reopened its borders, and the situation of epidemic prevention and control has become increasingly severe.
A surge in confirmed cases
Recently, the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the United States has shown a steadily deteriorating trend, and a number of core epidemic indicators have remained high.
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6:22 on November 23, 2021, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States reached 47,861,585, and the cumulative number of deaths was 772,157. In the past 24 hours, there have been 137,939 new confirmed cases and 1051 new deaths in the United States.
The number of newly confirmed cases in a single day once again exceeded 100,000, and the United States has returned to the peak level of new coronary pneumonia in the summer of August this year. In this regard, American infectious disease expert Fauci said that the unvaccinated population is the main source of infection in the American community. Among Americans currently eligible for vaccination, more than one-third of them have not yet been vaccinated.
Affected by the surge in newly confirmed cases, the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients in many states in the United States is also increasing, and the carrying capacity of many hospitals is approaching its limit. According to the "New York Times" statistics, more than 20 states in the United States are currently facing a surge in new hospitalization cases. According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in the 14 days ending on November 18, New Hampshire, Michigan and Minnesota were the three states with the highest rate of increase in hospitalized cases in the United States. The number of hospitalized cases has increased by 45%. Local health officials said that the severe situation of the current epidemic in the state is very similar to that of last winter, which means that the surge of confirmed cases this winter has begun.
"One wave has not settled, another wave has risen." Speaking of the US epidemic prevention and control situation, Zhang Tengjun, deputy director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of the China Institute of International Studies, told the Overseas Edition of the People's Daily. The epidemic is mainly a series of follow-up effects produced by the delta mutant strain. The current epidemic in the United States is still at a stage that is difficult to control, and the situation is quite severe.
The continued spread of the epidemic is challenging the limits of the US medical system. Under pressure, a large number of medical staff reluctantly left this profession that had to face pain and death. Data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics show that since February 2020, this industry has lost about 500,000 employees. "The U.S. medical and health industry is facing ‘hemorrhage’." The Atlantic Monthly reported that since the beginning of the epidemic, one in five medical staff has resigned.