Twelve states were among those with the highest number of deaths attributed to the coronavirus in the last week on record, according to maps from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Nationally, COVID-19 was blamed for 3. 6% of all deaths from all causes in the week ending Jan. 27, according to figures released Monday. The CDC said there is no change in the proportion of deaths from last week.
Deaths from the virus have risen since early November, from more than 1,000 per week to more than 2,000 in the week ending Jan. 6. However, the CDC now expects weekly death rates to decline, and the weekly totals are the same. The highest peak of the pandemic, in the week ending January 9, 2021, when only about 26,000 deaths were recorded.
At the same time, coronavirus-related hospitalizations declined in January, falling 10. 9% in the most recent week on record. Overall, there were 22,636 new COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U. S. UU. la week ending Jan. 27.
Accumulation in some cases at the beginning of winter has now peaked. This winter also marked an early buildup of other respiratory viruses, including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
Health officials expected hospitalizations to increase during the winter months. Colder weather tends to lead to more spread of viruses and other infections because immunity is lower.
There is a delay between a patient’s admission to the hospital for a severe COVID-19 infection and when it potentially leads to death, so a seasonal spike in hospitalizations would possibly precede a spike in deaths by several weeks.
North Carolina had the percentage of deaths attributed to the virus in the last week: 5. 6%. Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Mississippi also had COVID-19 death rates of 5% or higher.
Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee had rates of 4% or higher, while Puerto Rico also ranked in the top category.
The number of unrecorded deaths in many states. The CDC said this because the rates for states with fewer than 10 deaths in a week were not given due to privacy standards.
The CDC added that data for recent weeks may be incomplete “because of the lag in time between when a death occurs and when a death certificate is completed… and processed for reporting. This delay can range from 1 week to 8 weeks or more, depending on the jurisdiction.”
The CDC also said those recorded included deaths for which COVID-19 was indexed on a death certificate “as the underlying or contributing cause of death. “This suggests that the virus may not have been the main cause of death, but it facilitated a deterioration. in the person’s health.
Research has shown that many of the deaths attributed to the virus were due to the fact that it had a deterioration of other underlying physical conditions that patients suffered. A 2021 study article claimed that COVID-19 “significantly multiplies the existing dangers faced by patients. “
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