On July 4, this year, COVID still kills hundreds of Americans every day.

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This summer in the United States — Corona virus— means more infections, but with relatively few deaths compared to previous versions of the virus, Associated Press said. I am saying.

COVID-19 kills hundreds of Americans every day, but the virus is not as dangerous as last fall and winter.

"It's going to be a good summer and it's worth this break," Ali Mokudad, a professor of health index science at Washington University Seattle, told AP.

Vaccination and infection protect more Americans from serious illness, and COVID-19 is annoying and inconvenient for many, at least for the time being. became.

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"It's a terrible cold It's like having an influenza, "one woman said recently in Massachusetts.

She also said, "If I get it, I get it — and I get over it." She said she was boosted against double vaxxed and COVID. 

In some places, many Americansstill mask when entering a grocery store or going to other public places, even if they don't need it at the store or venue. I am wearing. Many are still obscuring outdoors when they are in a large crowd. 

Some shops still require masking to enter.

Yet other Americans do not want anything to do with Mask at this point.

Dr. Dan Cowl, an infectious disease specialist at the Michigan University Medical Center in Unarbor, said "I feel cautious now," he told AP.

"It's the first time I remember, but since it started, ICU hasn't had [coronavirus] patients," he said. Since the

countrymarks July 4th this year, the average daily death toll from COVID-19 in the United States is about 360. 

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Last year, In a similar summer calm, the number was about 228 per day in early July. 

This remains the lowest daily death threshold in the United States since March 2020, when the virus first began to spread throughout the United States.

Today, in the third year of pandemic, I tend to be confused by the mixed pictures. 

However, far fewer cases were reported at this point last year, less than 20,000 per day. 

Currently around 109,000, tests done at home are not reported regularly and may be underestimated.

Today, in the third year of the pandemic, it's easy to get confused by the complexities. According to AP, the chances of repeated infections are high, and a significant proportion of infected people will face protracted symptoms of {. 98} What became known as the long COVID-19.

But many worries are now alleviated. 

"Now everyone's immune system sees either the virus or the vaccine a couple of times," said David, an infectious disease epidemiist ​​at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg. Dr. Daudi, Faculty of Public Health, told AP. 

"What we see is that people are getting more and more sick on average," Daudi said.

According to one influential model, AP points out that 8 out of 10 people in the United States are infected at least once. 

A big difference distinguishes between influenza and COVID-19. Health experts continue to be amazed by the behavior of the coronavirus. 

Recently, the mortality rate of COVID-19 has become a moving target. Data analyzed by Mara Aspinall, a health industry researcher at Arizona State University, are now within the average influenza season.

At first, some said that coronavirus was not as deadly as influenza — "and for a long time it wasn't true," Aspinall said. 

At that time, people were not immune. The treatment was experimental — and the vaccine was not yet available in large quantities.

Aspinall has accumulated immunity today, which is typical of the influenza season. He said he had definitely pushed down the mortality rate in the range. (In the last decade, influenza mortality has been about 5% to 13% of hospitalized patients.)

A major difference distinguishes between influenza and COVID-19. Health expertscontinue to be amazed at the behavior of the corona virus. It is still unclear if it will settle into a seasonal pattern like influenza.

Last summer, when vaccination first became widely available in the United States, the United States delta surged, and peaked in February last year, killing 2,600 Americans a day. AP reported that he had to suffer from Omicron. 

A rapidly becoming popular Omicron subtype BA. 4 and BA. Experts said that 5 could also contribute to changes in the number of deaths. 

Experts agree that new variants may emerge and escape the accumulated immunity of the population. Omicron's subtype BA, which is rapidly becoming widespread. 4 and BA. 5 may also contribute to the change in the number of deaths.

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Deaths in many states in the coming weeks That's possible, but Nicholas Reich, who works with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) across the United States to aggregate coronavirus predictions for the COVID-19 Prediction Hub, is likely to see a slight reduction in fatalities. Said.

"COVID hospitalizations increased from just over 1,000 in early April to about 5,000 new hospitalizations daily. But COVID deaths increased only slightly over the same period, "said Reich, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Unvamped people are 6 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those who have at least a series of primary shots, and the CDC is available in April data. Estimated based on.

American religious leaders explain why their belief in God has reached its lowest level ever. Hopkins Daudi said that of the people around you, especially in large gatherings, because the virus is spreading so rapidly.

"There are still people who are in great danger," he said.

However, many vaccinated Americans avoid yet another booster. 

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"I have been double vaccinated and boosted once," New Yorker told Fox News Digital. "That's enough. There is no better booster for me.

He also said in his "citizen" opinion (he is not a doctor) that people dying from COVID today may have had an existing condition or other complications. Pointed out that is high.  

The Associated Press contributed to the report of this article.