Roshan Abraham, Aparupa Mazumder

(Reuters] – Sunday saw the United States reach 800,000 deaths from coronavirus. The nation is anticipating a possible surge in infection due to the increased time that Americans spend indoors and exposure to the Omicron virus.

It is now the United States’ highest-ever death toll due to this virus.

Even though vaccines are readily and easily available, this virus has claimed more lives than 2020. It is contagious in Delta and the refusal of COVID-19-infected people to inoculate themselves.

Since the start of the year, over 450,000 people in the United States https://tmsnrt.rs/2WTOZDR have died after contracting COVID-19, or 57% of all U.S. deaths from the illness since the pandemic started.

Experts say that this year, the majority of those who died were unvaccinated. The death rate has risen despite improvements in COVID treatment and the availability of monoclonal antibodies.

According to Reuters analysis, the time it took for U.S. death to increase from 600,000 up to 700,000 was 111 days. The next 100,000 deaths will take just 73 days. 

The Reuters analysis shows that other countries have suffered far fewer deaths per capita over the 11-month period.

The Reuters analysis shows that the United States ranks among the Group of Seven wealthiest countries (G7) in terms of COVID-19-related deaths per capita. It was ranked number one between Jan. 1, and Nov. 30, 2012.

The United States’ death rate was three times greater than that of Canada. It was also 11 times higher than Japan.

Even when the United States is compared with a larger pool of wealthy countries with access to vaccines https://tmsnrt.rs/3Gx9lYC, it ranks near the bottom. Among the 38 members of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United States ranks 30th https://graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/DEATHS-PERCAPITA-COUNTRIES/dwpkrzjmgvm. Only Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic had higher COVID-19 death rates per capita than Slovenia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Lithuania, Latvia, Colombia, Poland, Slovenia, and Poland. New Zealand was the worst.

Comparing the United States with the European Union in terms of per capita death rates, they have 1.3 times more than any other country.

The United States is ranked 36th among more than 200 countries and territories that Reuters tracks.

The Reuters tally shows that the United States reports the greatest number of COVID-19 related deaths, closely followed by Brazil, India, and India. The country has just 4% population and accounts for approximately 14% of COVID-19-related deaths worldwide. Soon, the country will have 50 million more cases.

The average number of new infections per day in America was around 120,000, with Michigan accounting for the highest proportion. COVID-19 patients were filling Michigan hospitals at record levels, with three out of four of them unvaccinated, according to Michigan Health & Hospital Association https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98158-573284–,00.html (MHA).

Scientists are still evaluating https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/omicron-vs-covid-19-vaccines-what-more-do-we-need-know-2021-12-09 the impact of the new Omicron variant and whether vaccines could provide adequate protection against it.

“MUST ACT TOGETHER”

The dominant variant in America is the Delta version.

Of the 10 states that reported the most deaths per capita https://tmsnrt.rs/3pPk2Pz in the last 11 months, eight were from the country’s south – Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia, according to the Reuters analysis https://graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/DEATHS-PERCAPITA/xmvjonbxepr/chart.png.

The CDC found that approximately 60% of U.S. citizens have had their COVID-19 vaccines completed.

Americans are now lining up to receive booster doses COVID-19 vaccines in record numbers because they fear the new variant. A record number of people received boost doses of at least one of the three approved vaccines per day last week. It is the highest level since regulators allowed additional shots.

“We must act together in this moment to address the impact of the current cases we are seeing, which are largely Delta, and to prepare ourselves for the possibility of more Omicron,” U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a White House briefing https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/12/07/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-official-2 on Tuesday.