The number of deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 has exceeded the total number of deaths due to the pandemic in 2020 according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University (Home – Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center (jhu.edu)).
In total, more than 771,000 COVID-19-related deaths have been reported in the United States, with 385,000 in 2020 and 386,000 in 2021, according to official data from the Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). ) (cdc.gov)).
In 2021 the deaths are expected to continue to increase, as every day 90,000 new cases are diagnosed, especially with the onset of the delta strain.
Doctors of the Therapeutic Clinic of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Theodora Psaltopoulou, Panos Malandrakis, Giannis Danasis and Thanos Dimopoulos (Rector of EKPA) summarize publications on the data on deaths due to COVID-19.
The Vermont region of the United States, which has the highest rate of fully vaccinated population (72%), also has the lowest death rate per 100,000 people since the pandemic began. Respectively, the Mississippi region has the highest death rate, and belongs to the regions with the lowest vaccination rate at 47%.
In 2020, 81% of deaths were over the age of 65, down from 69% in 2021.
By the last few days, a total of 5.1 million people worldwide had been affected by COVID-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. A recent announcement by the World Health Organization warns of 700 thousand human lives that will be lost by March 2022 in Europe and some parts of Asia.
The death toll already exceeds 1.5 million in Europe, and increased pressure on Intensive Care Units is expected in the next quarter.
In Austria, the Lockdown measure has been reinstated and various countries are gradually taking precautionary measures or making aid installments necessary to ensure that citizens are considered fully vaccinated.
The delta strain and the high number of unvaccinated people played a decisive role in increasing the number of deaths, which reached 4200 per day.
The case of Russia is typical, where the number of deaths per day reached 1200.
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