country’s weekly average number of new daily COVID-19 cases was 41,488. A year later that number rose to 163,728, nearly four times the amount.
Deaths were also nearly twice as high compared to a year ago, according to the same chart. The latest number still falls below the peak during the country’s winter surge where the weekly average number of new daily COVID-19 cases was more than 200,000 in early January 2021.However, when it comes to daily cases, the U.S.
is seeing numbers close to the winter surge. New daily cases of COVID-19 in the United States reached a staggering 229,831 on Aug.
24, according to Johns Hopkins data. The highest daily case rate recorded thus far was 293,508 in January 2021, according to data from the U.S.
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