{"id":121974,"date":"2021-09-27T19:08:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T19:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=121974"},"modified":"2021-09-27T19:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T19:08:20","slug":"15-fall-in-us-covid-hospitalizations-in-fortnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/15-fall-in-us-covid-hospitalizations-in-fortnight\/","title":{"rendered":"15% Fall In US Covid Hospitalizations In Fortnight"},"content":{"rendered":"
Amidst the recent surge in coronavirus<\/span> deaths, considerable fall in hospitalizations due to the pandemic has been reported in the United States, data shows.<\/p>\n The number of people hospitalized in the country has come down to 86,043, according to data compiled by New York Times. It marks 15 percent decrease within a fortnight.<\/p>\n The weekly average of 2031 COVID deaths, recorded on Sunday, is a 23 percent increase in two weeks.<\/p>\n 286 additional casualties took the national COVID death toll to 688,041.<\/p>\n With 30952 new cases of coronavirus infections reporting on Sunday, the national total has increased to 42,905,619, as per the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n As usual, Sunday’s lower metrics are attributed to reporting delays on holidays.<\/p>\n New York reported the most number of cases – 67,72 – at the weekend while Texas – 145 – reported most COVID-related deaths.<\/p>\n California is the worst affected state in terms of both the COVID metrics, with 4,596,362 cases and a total of 68789 people dying due to the disease there.<\/p>\n 1,740,685 tests were conducted nationally on Sunday. <\/p>\n 33,186,261 people have so far recovered from the disease in the country.<\/p>\n As per the latest data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 183,670,87 people in the United States, or 55.3 percent of the population, have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. This includes 83.2 percent of people above 65.<\/p>\n 213,456,787 people, or 64.3 percent of the population, have received at least one dose.<\/p>\n A total of 390,114,328 vaccine doses have been administered so far nationally.<\/p>\n Earlier, CDC recommended that certain populations receive a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID19 Vaccine at least 6 months after completion of their two-dose course of the same vaccine.<\/p>\n The recommended categories of populations include people aged above 65 and residents aged above 18 of long-term care settings; People aged 50-64 with an underlying medical condition; People aged 18-49 with an underlying medical condition; People aged 18-64 who are at increased risk for COVID-19 exposure and because of the setting they work or reside. <\/p>\n