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For example, in August 2021 in Alabama, it was estimated 50-60% of hospital staff were vaccinated compared to a <35% vaccination rate for the total state population. [53] Regional vaccination rate in health care professionals parallels that of the local community, where states with higher vaccination rates have higher instances of vaccinated ...
Daily non-repatriated COVID-19 cases in the US by state (January 1, 2023 – May 12, 2023) Date West Midwest South Northeast Territories Date Confirmed Deaths AK AZ CA CO HI ID MT NM NV OR UT WA WY IA IL IN KS MI MN MO ND NE OH OK SD WI AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN TX VA WV CT DC DE MA MD ME NH NJ NY PA RI VT GU MP PR VI Daily Total Daily ...
Within three months, the virus had spread throughout the continent, as Lesotho, the last African sovereign state to have remained free of the virus, reported a case on 13 May 2020. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] By 26 May, it appeared that most African countries were experiencing community transmission, although testing capacity was limited. [ 39 ]
Other states that were also overflowing with COVID patients were close to putting the crisis standards in effect: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Texas and Arkansas. [31] At one hospital in Florida the emergency room was so crowded there weren't enough chairs in the waiting room to sit in. [32]
By March 26, 2020, the United States, with the world's third-largest population, surpassed China and Italy as the country with the world's highest number of confirmed cases. [86] By April 25, the U.S. had more than 905,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 52,000 deaths, giving it a mortality rate around 5.7 percent.
This article contains the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths per population as of 9 January 2025, by country. It also has cumulative death totals by country. For these numbers over time see the tables, graphs, and maps at COVID-19 pandemic deaths and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory.
Weekly confirmed COVID-19 deaths Map of cumulative COVID-19 death rates by U.S. state [8] On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The first American case was reported on January 20, [9] and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared a public health emergency on January 31. [10]
At the beginning of the pandemic to early June 2020, Democratic-led states had higher case rates than Republican-led states, while in the second half of 2020, Republican-led states saw higher case and death rates than states led by Democrats. As of mid-2021, states with tougher policies generally had fewer COVID cases and deaths {needs update}.