Biden was shocked by these K-19 figures

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that the number of coronavirus-related deaths was the lowest in the country since April last year.

Commenting on the pandemic, Biden said that for the first time since the onset of the infection, coronavirus cases had decreased in all 50 US states.

However, he continued to urge caution against unvaccinated people and called on them to be vaccinated, saying it would be an “unnecessary tragedy” for them, given that there are enough vaccines to vaccinate everyone. age over 12 years.

According to an analysis by Reuters, mortality in the United States from Covid-19 last week fell to its lowest level in nearly 14 months, and the number of new cases continues to decline for the fifth consecutive week.

The death toll for the week ended May 16 totaled 4,165, the lowest weekly death since March 2020, when the country reported 2,293 deaths.

On average, about 600 people die from the coronavirus every day, compared to a peak of more than 3,000 deaths a day for most of January this year.

As of the end of last week, about 37% of the country’s population had been fully vaccinated, and 47% had received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The President of the United States also commented on those who still want to wear masks after being fully vaccinated, stating that this is their prerogative, as well as those businesses that still want to introduce the mandatory wearing of masks at work. .

White House spokesman Jen Saki, meanwhile, said Joe Biden plans to announce later Monday that the United States will send at least 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to other countries by the end of June, the first time the United States will share vaccines approved for US use with other countries.

This will lead to a total of 80 million doses to be sent abroad, Saki said, referring to the 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is not approved for use in the United States.

The move comes as the number of vaccinations in the United States declines as countries such as India try to get vaccines to control the rise in Covid-19 cases.

Jen Saki added that more information on the distribution of vaccines is forthcoming.

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