Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 4-07-2021

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for April 7th, 2021. 

More confusion around the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots. First an official of the European Medicines Agency, Marco Cavaleri, said there's a “clear” association between the two and that it’s getting harder to affirm there is no cause-and-effect relationship. The organization then came out and denied a causal connection has been established and said its findings should come out today or Thursday.

The U.S. is moving up the deadline for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for vaccines by two weeks. The president did add though that cases are going back up and hospitalizations are no longer declining.

California doesn’t appear to be worried about that. The plan is to lift most restrictions on businesses and workplaces June 15. A mask mandate will stay in effect and the hope is the state will reopen even more widely in mid-June if there’s plenty of vaccine and if hospitalizations stay stable and low.

Overall, Americans seem to agree COVID is no longer anything to worry about. A Gallup poll shows only 35% are very or somewhat worried about getting COVID-19. Only 22% are very or moderately worried about access to hospitals and treatment. And only 14% worry about access to tests. Those more inclined to worry are Democrats and younger people.

If young people are worried, they have an odd way of showing it. Across the United States its young people driving the latest wave of COVID-19. Dr. Anthony Fauci said, "We're seeing more young people get into serious trouble, namely severe disease, requiring hospitalization and occasionally even tragic death." From state to state, young people tired of restrictions and armed with a false sense of security even though they’ve yet to be vaccinated, are filling coronavirus wards.

In the United States cases were up 20%, deaths are down 24%, and hospitalizations were up 3% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending flat since March 30.  

There are now 6,867,957 active cases in the United States. The current top 5 states by number of active cases: California, New York, Virginia, Florida, and Maryland. 

The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Chattahoochee, GA. St. Clair, MI. Caldwell, KY. Dimmit, TX. Huron, MI. Sanilac, MI. Tuscola, MI. Otsego, MI. Macomb, MI. And Lapeer, MI. 

The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are Michigan, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. 

There have been 556,506 deaths in the US reported as Covid-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.81%.

The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: Texas 94. California 87. Florida 74. Michigan 61. New Jersey 51. New York 47. Virginia 41. Pennsylvania and Tennessee 38. And Oregon 33. 

The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that’s had at least one dose, New Hampshire at 41.9%, New Mexico at 41.2%, and Connecticut at 38.9%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 25.5%, Mississippi at 25.9%, and Georgia at 26.3%.

Globally, cases were up 20% and deaths up 11% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since March 5.  

There are now 22,871,452 active cases around the world. 

The five countries with the most new cases: India 115,269. Brazil 82,869. The United States 62,283. Turkey 49,584. And Argentina 20,870.    There have now been 2,870,883 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. 

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