Deaths and infections on the rise again in the United States

According to official data, around 100,000 people in the country fall ill with Covid-19 every day, a figure made up almost exclusively of people not immunized with one of the different injections available to them.

This figure represents a level that had not been observed since January 30, in the midst of a wave of cases in winter.

Pediatric hospitalizations are also on the increase: 2,100, or more than 2,000 for the first time since August 2020.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 820 deaths, the maximum in a single day since the scourge began in March 2020.

Experts point out that the increase in infections is linked to the emergence of the Delta strain, the most contagious of those known.

As cases progress, hospitals fall into despair as they come under pressure from the likely lack of intensive care beds.

The largest number of cases is recorded in the south of the country, where each state has the highest national average.

The record is held by Florida, with more than 17,000 people hospitalized, a figure that tripled last month, followed by Texas, with more than 14,000.

Both states are ruled by Republican governors, who have demonstrated against the mandatory use of masks and vaccines, even in schools, where classes have just started.

Biden’s hope is that the recent final clearance for the drug Pfizer will help allay doubts among those most skeptical about the injection and plans to launch a campaign in September for the application of a third dose, prompting a new one. repudiation within the World Health Organization, which fights in vain for a fair distribution of vaccines.

The increase in cases is causing panic among health authorities.

“The number of cases is now much worse than last August, when we didn’t have the vaccine,” said Paul Offit, a member of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commission and quoted by the agency. ANSA press.

The United States adds 38.4 million infections and 633,000 deaths, according to the latest official toll.