The U.S. Centers for Disease Control this week reported a 12% drop in the number of patients newly admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 — averaging 5,783 between January 4–10. This week saw the increase of total confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally to 664,985,863, and the number of people killed by the coronavirus now stands at 6,712,003.
The total for new cases this week in the U.S. was 414,721, deaths are at 3,907, and the daily average for hospitalizations is at 5,798. Just 69.1% of the population is fully vaccinated, and only 39% of those aged over 65 years old have received a second booster shot.
This is 73%% off the peak number of hospitalizations witnessed during the original Omicron-fueled wave that swept through the country in early January 2022.
