WORLD VIEW 18
JULY 2021
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A Look at COVID: July 2021 ARIZONA VIEW
WORLD VIEW
✦ Globally, total reported cases of Covid stood at 183,850,000 on July 9, and total deaths had reached 3,940,000.
USA VIEW
✦ July 9, total reported cases in the USA reached 33,769,600 and total deaths stood at 605,792.
✦ The USA fell short of President Biden’s goal of vaccinating at least 70% of Americans with at least one dose by the Fourth of July.
✦ June 9, the world saw 282,641 new cases and 6,869 deaths. These numbers are mostly likely low due to undercounting.
✦ As of July 9, 48% of the US population is fully vaccinated and 55% GLOBE-MIAMI have had at least one dose. VIEW
✦ Currently, the UK and Spain are experiencing spikes due to the ARIZONA VIEW Delta variant.
✦ Across June, the USA was seeing fewer new reported cases and fewer deaths per day than since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
✦ Worldwide, more than 3.35 billion doses of vaccine have been administered – 44 doses for every 100 people. ✦In vaccination numbers, there is a deep divide between rich and poor countries and continents. In North America, there have been 76 doses administered per 100 people, while in Africa there have been 4.
✦ However, case numbers have begun to trend slowly upward, mainly because of local outbreaks in places with low vaccination rates – particularly in Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and Nevada. East of the Mississippi and on the West Coast, case rates remain very low.
✦ This poses a problem not only of compassion but also of public health, as variants can emerge in areas where the virus continues to spread, and those variants can go global because the vaccines were not designed for them.
✦ In June, 99.2% of U.S. deaths due to Covid were unvaccinated people.
USA VIEW
✦ States with low vaccination rates are seeing nearly three times the new case rate as states with high vaccination rates.
GLOBE-MIAMI VIEW
✦ Research showed that vaccination has prevented 279,000 deaths and 1,250,000 hospitalizations in the United States.
“The solution WORLD VIEW is the vaccinations.”
✦ Nationwide, cases increased 10% in the last week of June/first week of July because of the spread of the more contagious Delta variant and low vaccination rates in some areas.
–Asa Hutchinson, Republican governor of Arkansas
ARIZONA VIEW
✦ July 9, the CDC issued advice for US schools to hold in-person learning in the fall, even if they are unable to follow recommendations for mitigation. However, the CDC continues to recommend 3-foot social distancing and masking indoors.
✦ Arizona has seen a total of 898,908 cases and 18,003 deaths attributed to Covid.
“We can all do our part by considering getting vaccinated.”
✦ Compared to the rest of the country, Arizona is on the high end in terms of cases per capita, at 7 new cases per day per 100,000. This makes Arizona tied with Oklahoma and Kansas for 10th highest rate in the country.
USA VIEW
–Mayor Al Gameros
✦ In Arizona, 44% of the population is fully vaccinated and 51% have had at least one dose.
GILA COUNTY VIEW
✦ In June, Gov. Ducey issued an order prohibiting universities and colleges from requiring students to get vaccinated, to get tested or to wear a mask to participate in learning.
GLOBE-MIAMI ✦ July 1, Gov. Ducey rescinded 25 Covid-related executive orders, VIEW
although many provisions will remain in force because they will become part of regular legislation. For example, the order banning “vaccine passports” is being rescinded and the ban will become part of state policy.
“Our economy is on the move, and we have Covid-19 on the run.” – President Joe Biden
✦As of July 9, Gila County was seeing an average of 3 new cases per day. ✦However, Gila County’s test positivity rate is high, which means there may well be many cases that are not being counted.
✦ The Delta variant was identified in India in December 2020. It is more contagious and more severe than other strains of Covid.
DELTA VARIANT UPDATE
✦ Delta has become the dominant strain in the USA, accounting for more than 50% of cases. ✦ The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is believed to be roughly 96% effective against Delta, and the AstraZeneca vaccine 92%. (Exact numbers are difficult to obtain because of the challenges of conducting controlled trials.) ✦Solid information about the effectiveness of the Moderna and J&J vaccines isn’t yet available.
✦ To date, Gila County has had 7,132 reported cases and 230 deaths, with 1,375 cases in zip code 85501.
✦ “Effective” means that the vaccines prevent symptoms, hospitalization, and deaths. They don’t necessarily prevent infection and transmission. This means people who have been vaccinated are largely protected against getting sick, but they may still be able to contract the infection without showing symptoms, and pass the virus on to other people. If those other people haven’t been vaccinated, they could get sick. Since the Delta variant is more severe, there’s a higher than ever chance that people who do get sick could get very sick and even die. ✦ Although the CDC issued guidance in May that vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks indoors, the World Health Organization has recommended that vaccinated people do continue to mask up indoors, due to the spread of the Delta variant – to help protect unvaccinated people.
