Nearly six of every 10 Americans has already had COVID-19, a rate of infection that increased dramatically from December to February, the CDC says.
April 26, 2022 —
The study showed that the antibodies were more common in age groups with the lowest vaccination numbers. "Overall, we can continue to have some mixed trends. Deaths, fortunately, are continuing to trend downward with a 7-day average of about 300 per day, which represents an estimated 18% decline from the prior week," she said."But we should note that for the second week in a row, they are slowly trending upwards," Walensky said.Cases remain"comparatively low" to even where we were a month ago, at 44,000 per day," Walensky said.
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