New daily COVID-19 cases rise back above 20,000, as cases and deaths increase for 3rd straight day

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While Americans have been rejoicing over the return to near-normalcy, the number of new daily cases and deaths of the coronavirus-borne illness rose for a third-straight day, with cases topping the 20,000 mark for the first time in over a week.

The seven-day average of cases also ticked higher, but it was still down significantly from two weeks ago.

There were at least 22,314 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, according to a New York Time Tracker, up from 15,059 on Tuesday, after 13,758 new cases on Monday and 6,067 on Sunday. Read previous Coronavirus Update columns.

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Deaths rose to at least 449 on Wednesday from 373 on Tuesday, which followed 305 deaths on Monday and 253 deaths on Sunday.

The seven-day average of cases edged up to 14,809 on Wednesday from 14,030 on Tuesday, as the pace of declines from two weeks ago slipped to 36% from 42% the day before. For deaths, the seven-day average slipped to 417 from Tuesday’s 438, to hold steady at a 20% decline from two weeks ago.

The number of states that have seen the weekly trend of new cases rise this week inched up to 15 on Thursday from 14 on Wednesday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University. Last week, just one state was seeing a rising trend of cases.

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On the vaccination front, the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 304.75 million doses have been administered, and 164.83 million adults, or 63.9% of that cohort, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

To reach President Biden’s goal of having 70% of the U.S.’s adult population receiving at least one dose by July 4, the CDC data suggests that 15.73 million adults have to get at least one shot over the next 23 days, for an average of about 684,121 adults a day.

To help reach Biden’s goal, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. WBA, 3.05% said Thursday that it will extend pharmacy hours for the next three Fridays for walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations.

Meanwhile, 140.98 million Americans have been fully vaccinated, representing 42.5% of the total population.

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