COVID-19 deaths in US stabilize as Delta variant surge wanes

October 1, 2021 – Deaths from COVID-19 are starting to level off in the United States, adding another promising sign that the latest wave of coronavirus has reached its peak.

The 7-day average of daily deaths hovered around 2,000 for over a week and fell below 1,900 on Thursday. The trend follows a 2-month increase in deaths as the Delta variant hit unvaccinated populations, particularly in Arkansas, Florida and Louisiana.

Now the Delta variant wave has moved to the northern part of the country, with hot spots in Idaho, Montana, and Maine. But as the number of cases declines in populous southern states like Florida, the daily death toll is expected to continue to drop, The Wall Street Journal reported.

COVID-19 cases began to stabilize nationwide in early September, and hospitalizations and deaths followed a similar trend several weeks later.

The United States reported about 84,500 additional deaths from COVID-19 in August and September, more than four times the number of known coronavirus deaths in June and July, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States has now reported nearly 698,000 deaths from COVID-19 during the pandemic, surpassing the 675,000 American deaths from the 1918 influenza pandemic. The United States population is about three times as large now, the United States reported. newspaper.

Globally, COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline, according to weekly update from World Health Organization More than 3.3 million new cases and 55,000 new deaths have been reported globally over the past week, marking a 10% drop in both, from the previous week.

The largest declines in cases were reported in the Middle East, the Western Pacific region and the Americas, the WHO reported.

New weekly deaths fell by around 15% in all regions except the European region, which recorded a similar number of deaths to the previous week, and the African region, which recorded an increase of 5%.

WHO first reported a substantial decrease in cases in mid-September, with declines seen in all regions of the world. It was the first time in more than 2 months that cases had declined.

At the same time, the WHO has warned that there could be more spikes in COVID-19 as the northern hemisphere enters cooler months, when people spend more time indoors.