(CBN News) The United States will likely record 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus this week. This as a more contagious variant makes its way across the country. Daily COVID-19 hospitalizations averaged more than 100,000 this month.
“We’re having to treat people in the hallways and also in the ambulances,” said Dr. Deepak Aggarwal, who works at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
Health experts see the vaccine as their best hope to get ahead of the pandemic. It’s off to a slow start, however, as fewer than half of the 31 million doses distributed have been administered.
President-Elect Joe Biden vows to turn things around and vaccinate roughly one-third of the country by the end of April. His incoming CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said Sunday she thinks that goal can and will be realized.