The United States has now topped 47 million COVID-19 cases. According to Johns Hopkins University, there have been 47,017,389 COVID-19 cases resulting in 762,281 deaths representing a mortality rate of 1.6%. It took 12 days to get from 46 to 47 million cases after taking 14 days to get from 45 to 46 million.
It is worth noting that the surge in cases is coming from states with higher vaccination rates including Vermont which has the country's highest vaccination rate. What remains to be seen is if rising cases in highly vaccinated states will lead to rising hospitalizations. That in part will depend on the population age. Given that Vermont has an older population there's a good chance we will see a rise in hospitalizations. Still, things would be lot a worse in Vermont if it had a lower vaccination rate.
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