Coronavirus in the United States | The country has a new 24-hour death record

United States recorded a new death record by coronavirus in 24 hours: more than 3930 death, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a reference center in the matter.

At the same time, the country has more than 250,000 new infections, based on a count made by AFP university figures, which are continuously updated.

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The number of people hospitalized has also reached an unprecedented level since the start of the pandemic, with more than 131,000 patients occupying beds due to the coronavirus, according to data records from the Covid Tracking Project.

15 days after the transfer of government and elected president Joe biden If he kept his promise and imposed the compulsory use of masks, the epidemiological figures in the United States continue to worsen and the situation is particularly worrying in the south and west of the country.

The city of Los Angeles emergency services have started rationing oxygen and beds. They are also asking paramedics to no longer transport certain cardiac arrest patients to hospitals with almost zero chances of survival.

The previous record for one-day deaths was recorded six days ago, with more than 3,920 victims.

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Biden met his health team

The United States faces a rebound from the pandemic. Since the end of November, the number of daily deaths has increased considerably: it now almost systematically exceeds 2,000 or even 3,000 deaths per day. The country, where restrictions depend on local authorities, is betting on the vaccination campaign to defeat the coronavirus. After its launch, in mid-December, for as much less than 2% of the population has been vaccinated and some 4.8 million people have received a first injection.

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Biden, who will take office on January 20, met with his future government team on Tuesday to deal with the health crisis. They discussed “various options” for speeding up vaccine distribution, including the possibility of “increasing the role of the federal government,” according to a statement released by Democrats.

“The President-elect and Vice-President-elect have received information about the growing number of COVID cases and the emergence of the new strain of the virus in the United States. The team briefed the president-elect and vice-president-elect on plans to improve and speed up vaccines after they are sworn in. Several options were discussed and the president-elect ordered the team to explore all possible avenues, in particular to increase the role of the federal government in accelerating the vaccination of the American population ”, indicates the text reproduced by Biden via Twitter.