COVID-19 Fatalities Decreased for 12th Consecutive Week

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated on April 9, 2021, 'The USA is in the fourth week of an upward trend in COVID-19 cases. This increase could be due to the presence of more contagious variants of the SARS-CoV-2 beta coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Overall, the 7-day moving average of daily new deaths has generally decreased for the past 12 weeks.

On April 7, 2021, the CDC confirmed the 7-day average of daily new deaths (711) decreased by 20.6% compared with the prior 7-day average. Moreover, COVID-19 related deaths have decreased 79.2% compared with the highest peak on January 13, 2021.

During the year-long pandemic, a total of 556,106 COVID-19 deaths have been reported to the CDC.