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Coronavirus Watch: Nearly all who died over past 6 months were unvaccinated

Grace Hauck   | Paste BN

Preliminary data from a collection of states suggests 99.5% of deaths from COVID-19 over the past six months were among people who are unvaccinated, U.S. health officials said this week.

"Any suffering or death from COVID-19 is tragic. With vaccine available across the country, the suffering and loss we are now seeig is nearly entirely avoidable," Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC head said during a White House briefing.

It's Friday, and this is the Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's more news you need to know:

  • Missouri is requesting help from new COVID-19 federal response teams as the Delta variant continues to spread, with surging case numbers and hospitalizations throughout the state. 
  • Despite widespread worker shortages, U.S. hiring accelerated in June as employers added 850,000 jobs amid declining COVID-19 cases, a reopening economy and increasing vaccinations.
  • Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed three Republican-sponsored bills Friday, including one that would ban what are known as "vaccine passports."
  • Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama has withdrawn from the Rocket Mortgage Classic prior to the second round after testing positive for COVID-19.
  • India reported more than 400,000 total deaths from COVID-19 Friday, half of them in the past two months, when the delta variant infected hundreds of thousands daily. The U.S. has reported more deaths from COVID-19 than any other country.

Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 33.6 million COVID-19 cases and nearly 605,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been more than 182.8 million cases and more than 3.95 million deaths. Nearly 55% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and about 47% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.

Tracking the pandemic: See the numbers in your area here. See where cases are rising here. See vaccination rates here. And here, compare vaccinations rates worldwide and see which countries are using which vaccines.

– Grace Hauck, Paste BN breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck

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