I know there's a lot of bad news out there and I have no doubt a lot of people have had enough bad news to last a lifetime. But the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic isn't over.
Seven days ago, I noted that more than 20,000 Americans had died of COVID-19 over a period of six weeks. Over the past seven days, the death toll has nearly doubled. This past week, 18,448 Americans died of the COVID-19 bringing the overall death toll of 38,731. Nearly half of those deaths (47.7%) have occurred in New York (14,636) & New Jersey (3840).
I cannot emphasize this enough. Nearly as many people died of COVID-19 this week as died the previous six weeks combined.
During this same period, more than 215,000 people became infected with COVID-19 bringing the overall national total to 737,217. With more than 2.3 million COVID-19 cases worldwide, the U.S. accounts for 31.7% of all the COVID-19 total. More than 160,000 have died of COVID-19. Nearly 25% of world's COVID-19 deaths (24.3%) have taken place in the United States.
Seven days ago, the national COVID-19 fatality rate was 3.9%. As of right now, it is 5.3%. Let us never ever that President Trump declared the COVID-19 fatality rate would be "way under one percent."
God help us because the President certainly cannot.
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