China News Service, July 14 (Xinhua) Comprehensive reports indicate that the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States has rebounded recently, with large increases in daily new cases, hospitalization records, and deaths. In addition, the Omicron BA.5 subtype strain has become the main new coronavirus strain in the United States.
According to CNN (CNN) reported on the 14th, the rapidly spreading Omicron BA.5 subtype strain has become the main new coronavirus strain in the United States. According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the BA.5 strain accounted for 65% of the number of newly confirmed cases in the past week.
According to a report by the US Consumer and News Business Channel (CNBC) on the 12th, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the current seven-day average number of hospitalizations in the United States is about 5,000 per day, which has doubled compared with the beginning of May. The
report also stated that as of the 10th, the United States reported an average of more than 100,000 new coronavirus infection cases every day, almost twice the number of cases reported in early May.
However, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), bluntly stated that the number of infections in the United States is obviously underestimated because many people do not report whether they are infected after being tested at home. He said the actual number of infections could be between 300,000 and 500,000 cases per day.
However, Fauci also said that the current death toll caused by the virus is relatively low. "The proportion of hospitalizations, ICU and death cases is now much lower than a few months ago."
According to Reuters report, White House officials urged people over the age of 50 to get booster shots on the 12th, saying that this would not prevent people from getting another booster shot this fall, which mainly targets the Omicron strain.
( China News Network )
