-- US Covid-19 hospitalizations hit a record high for the seventh day in a row Saturday with 108,487 patients in hospitals around the country, according to theAnd the number of Covid-19 cases reported in the United States reached more than 16 million after the country added 1 million cases in just four days, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
"I know we're going to have very tough and hard times ahead because of the surge and a limited vaccine supply," Szilagyi said immediately following the committee's vote."But I am really hopeful that this is the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic."The emergency use authorization is a"significant milestone," FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said in a statement Friday.
"We expect 145 sites across all the states to receive the vaccine on Monday, another 425 sites on Tuesday, and the final 66 sites on Wednesday, which will complete the initial delivery of the Pfizer orders for the vaccine," Perna added. Officials"remain confident," he added, that there will be enough doses for any American who wants to get vaccinated by summertime.
Hospitals in nearly every corner of the country have felt the impact. HHS data shows more than 85% of hospitals nationwide had more Covid-19 patients last week than they did a month ago and overall, about one in five hospital inpatients were confirmed to have Covid-19 last week -- nearly double from a month earlier.
"For the next 60 to 90 days, we're going to have more deaths per day than we had in 9/11," Dr. Robert Redfield said Thursday."This is going to be a real unfortunate loss of life, as all that we've had so far."Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer gave a grim warning about the coming weeks, after announcing Friday that the county has doubled its number of new cases in about 10 days.