US Covid cases hit their highest in TWO months with 95,854 recorded in a single day

Daily Covid cases in America peaked in two months when a former White House Covid adviser warned the South should prepare for the summer surge, but only one state’s intensive care unit was under “moderate stress”.

Data from states, counties and local health officials showed that a total of 95,854 new infections were registered in the last 24 hours.

This was the biggest daily installment since the Omicron wave ended in late February, marking a 60% increase two weeks ago. In a total of 11 states, cases double every 14 days, while only two – Oklahoma and Arizona – continue to experience declines in infections.

Dr. Deborah Birx warned that while the southern states should prepare for an increase in Covid infections in the coming months due to “decreased immunity”, the northern should also expect an increase this winter.

He pointed to South Africa, where Omicron first emerged, which is seeing a sharp rise in Covid cases again just four to six months after the last wave amid falling antibody levels.

Just yesterday, Maine experienced “moderate” stress in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Covid patients, which represents more than one in 10 hospitalized people.

The number of Covid patients in US wards increased by 16% yesterday from two weeks ago, with 17,220 currently hospitalized, but most of these patients are not seriously ill with the virus and tested positive only occasionally after hospitalization. like a fall.

The number of Covid deaths in America has increased by 51% in two weeks after 391 recorded yesterday. The country has now recorded the world’s highest figure with a total of 993,999 deaths from Kovid and is expected to exceed one million worldwide. next weeks.

The chart above shows daily Covid deaths in the United States. These are up 51 percent yesterday compared to two weeks ago. America has now recorded a total of 993,999 casualties and close to one million

The map above shows the stress levels in intensive care units as determined by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Washington. If less than 10% of patients are battling Covid, but 10-20% are under moderate stress if they have the virus, they consider it a low-stress Covid ward.

Dr. Deborah Birx, who spearheaded the country’s response to Covid under then-President Donald Trump, warned the southern states today to prepare for another wave of Covid infections this summer. Moderna’s medical director, Dr. Paul Burton said yesterday that the vaccine manufacturer will have injections specific to Omicron in the fall.

Less than half of states report cases, hospitalizations, and deaths on a weekly basis rather than daily, while Florida reports data only every two weeks.

This makes tracking the growing epidemic across the country difficult, as statisticians have to rely instead on reports from local counties and public health officials. Data compiled by the New York Times.

Leading the Covid response for then-President Donald Trump, Dr. Birx warned of the impending wave: CBS ‘Face the Nation’ said America must prepare for a new high ‘right now’.

“We have to prepare for a potential summer wave in South America now because we saw it in 2020, we saw it in 2021.

“We need to make it clear to the American people that your protection against infections is diminished.

“What happened each time was that we had a summer swing in the south and a winter swing that started in the northern plains and accelerated during Thanksgiving, the holidays, and Christmas and Hanukkah, and that’s to be expected.”

He said further increases are expected as immunity to previous vaccines and/or infections declines over time.

Dr. Birx also pointed to South Africa, which has quadrupled its infections in a month amid falling antibody levels.

“I’ve been following South Africa closely, they’re good at testing, they’re good at sequencing and finding variants,” he told CBS.

†[But] Each of these peaks is on a slope at intervals of four or six months.

“This tells me that innate immunity in the general population has decreased enough to have another big wave after four or six months.”

Data show cases are increasing fastest in Missouri (182% increase over two weeks), Indiana (46% increase) and Hawaii (46% increase).

Plus, more than double every fortnight in West Virginia, Utah, Washington, North Carolina, South Dakota, Georgia, Maryland, and Montana.

Only two states – Oklahoma (two percent less in two weeks) and Arizona (-15 percent) – are still experiencing a decline in infections.

The increase in cases is thought to be due to an even more contagious strain of Omicron, scientifically named BA.2.12.1, that was first discovered in the Northeast.

It is already dominant in New York and New Jersey and has spread to every corner of the country. Nationally, about 28% of cases are delayed.

It comes amid a string of Covid cases in South Africa, but experts are urging people not to panic about the rise.

Last November, the world watched in horror as the super-infectious strain of Omicron (BA.1) spread to South Africa at an unprecedented speed.

But now the country is on the verge of another outbreak of infections, this time even more infectious and from strains that appear resistant to antibodies.

Nationwide Covid cases have nearly quadrupled in a month, and hospitalizations are on the rise in Gauteng province, the former epicenter of the original Omicron wave.

Researchers in the field in South Africa say the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants can evade immunity and cause symptoms in people who were infected with the parent strain only a few months ago.

What is still unclear is whether the new wave will cause milder or more severe illness, but experts told DailyMail.com the former is more likely, at least for the UK.

Professor Paul Hunter, an infectious disease specialist at the University of East Anglia, said Britain’s second wave of Omicrons, caused by the BA.2 subvariant, would give the British an extra layer of immunity against critical illness data.

He pointed to a preliminary print showing that the combination of vaccination and Omicron infection creates “robust protection” against the Omicron rootstock.

However, how the last wave will develop is less clear in South Africa, where only three in ten South Africans receive two injections and only one percent receive a booster dose.