Covid Cases Drop in Every U.S. State; Deaths Persist

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Not a single U.S. state saw a significant increase in average daily coronavirus cases over the past week, a departure from the winter surge that pushed the virus to new heights.

But death counts, the ultimate indicator of the pandemic’s impact, remain grim and are still climbing in some states. Eleven, including Montana, Arkansas and Wyoming reported average daily deaths rising more than 10%, according to Covid Tracking Project data. Average deaths in the U.S. South and West rose over the past few days and are near all-time highs.

The numbers are a reminder that deaths lag behind case numbers. Even as cases have largely returned to preholiday levels, the country reported its two highest weekly death tolls in January.

Fatalities accelerate when hospitals are stretched thin. The week Alabama reported its highest hospitalization rate since the pandemic began, its daily deaths spiked. In Kentucky, a continued rise in hospitalizations since September has pushed deaths to record highs even as cases have dropped.

Some of the more-rural states reflect death increases from relatively small bases. This month, Montana has reported just one or two deaths on certain days, meaning an increase of five or six can reflect outsize gains.

There have been at least 421,890 Covid-19 deaths reported in the U.S., Johns Hopkins University data show.

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Unreal that people still believe the media

PanPan-doct
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We already knew that as soon as Biden was President Covid would suddenly "disappear".

kodystahley
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It's interesting how massive numbers magically flip every time Biden is around. What a wizard!

jaydimatt
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Just like we all knew would happen after the election.

frankthecat
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Man it's like someone waved a magic wand

miketerran
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Wow Biden just got into office and he magically figured out Covid!

NPC
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The common cold rebranded and the sheep fell for it.

stark
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And just like that covid disappeared " Forest Gump"

JP-nqdp
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COVID drops but not the deaths? That doesn’t even make sense.

stargod
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Wait till they start talking about job growth under Biden while ignoring the contracted economy

thecommonsenseconservative
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We all knew they’d flip COVID, but we didn’t know the timing would be within days...

cjmerobot
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Crazy how the course of this pandemic has been changed in just a week

mikeymike
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Isn’t this because they changed the requirements to count as a covid case?

ericburton
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we knew this would flip once trump was out. so sick of this.

bitflower
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Duh, Biden in office means were all saved! *major sarcasm*

sngraves
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Every recommended video that’s been anti trump or Conservative has had a massive number more dislikes than likes and I just find that funny

Negativetheory
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We are so fed up with this shit! Like we didn't see this one coming.

andrewpurdy
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How ridiculous! We seen this coming a year in advance.

ericzennaiter
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Damn biden really is the greatest president ever. He's magically erradicating Covid!

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*rolls eyes*

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As if we couldn't tell that was coming???

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