The United States has officially surpassed 87 million COVID-19 cases. According to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, there have been 87,078,601 cases resulting in 1,016,196 deaths representing a mortality rate of 1.2%.
Of course, the case rates are probably substantially higher. It was recently estimated that the number of COVID cases in New York City in late April and early May is 30 times than what was actually recorded.
But the good news remains that hospitalizations have not risen proportionately. According to Our World in Data, as of 72 hours ago, there are 27,589 Americans hospitalized because of COVID. If COVID cases are underreported this could mean that one is less likely to be hospitalized because of it and that our mortality rate might be below 1%.
Things, of course, could always change for the worse. At the moment, we seem to be in a holding pattern with a large number of cases, but relatively few hospitalizations and a far slower death rate. For better or for worse, COVID is in the rearview mirror for most Americans. But COVID can always gain on us.
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