I think we can't count on the impact of the vaccine to take hold for 4-6 months as millions get their vaccinations. On that note, listen to the first part of this The Daily Podcast, "The Beginning of the End of the Pandemic," which has snippits of interviews with Britons about their desire or hesitancy to get vaccinated. I expect the same here in the U.S.
Here are the numbers for Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020:
US adds record number of daily Covid-19 deaths
The United States reported a record-high number of new Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
So far on Wednesday, 2,939 new Covid-19 deaths were reported, according to the university. The US is currently averaging 2,230 new deaths per day, according to the data.
The US has reported 289,188 total coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The days with the highest number of new deaths in the US, according to university data, were:
Dec. 9: 2,939
Dec. 3: 2,879
Dec. 2: 2,804
Dec. 4: 2,607
April 15: 2,603
The United States reported 106,688 Covid-19 hospitalizations on Wednesday, setting a new record high since the pandemic began, according to the Covid Tracking Project (CTP).
This is the eighth consecutive day that the US has remained above 100,000 hospitalizations.
According to CTP data, these are the highest hospitalization numbers:
Dec. 9: 106,688 hospitalized
Dec. 8: 104,590 hospitalized
Dec. 7: 102,148 hospitalized
Dec. 6: 101,501 hospitalized
Dec. 4: 101,276 hospitalized
