COVID-19 cases increase by 312% over three weeks as hospitals reach capacity
Daily MailCOVID-19 cases are continuing to rise rapidly throughout the United States as the country enters its fourth wave of the pandemic. On Sunday, the U.S. recorded 25,141 new cases of coronavirus with a seven-day rolling average of 79,951, a 312% increase from the 19,400 recorded three weeks ago Additionally, 71 COVID-19 deaths were recorded on Sunday with a seven-day rolling average of 341, up 45% from the average of 234 deaths recorded 21 days ago Hotspots such as Florida, Louisiana and Missouri are not just seeing COVID-19 infections rise but hospitalizations as well, with some centers reaching capacity It comes as the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations is picking up with U.S. recording more than 700,000 shots administered five days in a row Florida continues to leads the nation in COVID-19 cases with an average of 27,681 cases per day, data from Johns Hopkins University show. That is a record figure, surpassing the previous high of 17,991 set on January 5, and represents a 342 percent increase from the 6,492 average cases reported two weeks ago, a DailyMail.com analysis shows. COVID-19 hospitalizations also reached a record high with 10,207, breaking the previous record of 10,170 set last year Average cases in Missouri have risen by 36% from 2,141 per day to 2,926 per day in the last two weeks. Meanwhile, the number of patients hospitalized has risen from 563 to 1,740 in the last two weeks Missouri continues to be another COVID-19 epicenters with average cases rising by 36 percent from 2,141 per day to 2,926 per day in the last two weeks, according to DailyMail.com's analysis.