Is it time to lift restrictions due to covid-19?
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(CNN) --
Although new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to decline, more than 2,000 Americans still die each day from the disease.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the United States registers an average of 151,056 new cases of covid-19.
This represents a decrease of 44% compared to last week.
New Covid-19 cases have plummeted to less than a fifth from the peak of more than 800,000 daily cases a month ago.
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And, for the first time since Christmas, less than 200,000 new daily cases of covid-19 were registered in the US on Friday.
Covid-19 hospitalizations are also declining, with 82,842 patients currently hospitalized for Covid-19, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. This marks a 23% decrease from last week.
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But more than 2,000 Americans are still dying every day from Covid-19, according to the JHU.
In the last week, an average of 2,306 Americans died from the disease each day.
Covid-19 deaths typically occur weeks after infection, making fatalities a lagging indicator.
Although the majority of Americans – 64% – have been fully vaccinated, only 28% have received a booster dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). from USA.
And the pace of new vaccines and booster doses has slowed to one of the slowest to date.
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In December, the risk of testing positive for COVID-19 was five times higher for unvaccinated adults than for fully vaccinated and boosted adults, according to the CDC.
Over the past week, case rates were highest in Alaska, Kentucky, Mississippi and West Virginia, with each state reporting more than 100 new daily cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 residents.
Rates of new cases were lowest in Maryland, New Jersey, Kansas and New York, each reporting fewer than 25 new cases a day per 100,000 residents.
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