increasingly optimistic about the coronavirus pandemic, just 8% now mention it as the most important problem in the U.S., the lowest point since it began.
This is a decline of seven percentage points since May and 12 points since April. The highest percentage citing COVID-19 was 45% in April 2020, which is among the highest recorded by Gallup for any issue.Line graph.
Percentage of Americans mentioning the coronavirus as the most important problem facing the U.S., trend since March 2020. In June 2021, 8% mention COVID-19, the lowest on record, and a percentage that has been steadily declining since March 2021.
The high of 45% was in April 2020.The latest data, from a June 1-18 Gallup poll, mark the first time since the start of the pandemic.