The seven-day average of U.S. Covid deaths has crossed 2,000 per day for the first time since March.
The seven-day average of U.S. Covid deaths is 2,031 as of Tuesday, the first time over the 2,000 threshold since March, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Average daily deaths were also over 2,000 at the start of the outbreak in in April of 2020, and limitations in testing at that time mean the nation's first peak of 2,245 average daily deaths on April 24 of that year could be an undercount. The rise in the daily death toll comes on the heels of the country's latest surge in infections, which is showing some signs of easing but remains concerningly high. The U.S. is reporting about 135,000 daily cases over the past week, and while the trend has been obscured for much of the month due to inconsistencies in states' reporting around the Labor Day holiday, the seven-day average is down 18% from Sept. 1.
"I think that if the curve, if the cases, are going down, the deaths should follow," said Dr. Arturo Casadevall, chair of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He added that treatments for Covid have also improved, with better therapies today than existed a year ago.
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