05/27/2025

More than 300 People in the U.S. are Still Dying from COVID Every Week

Experts say there is low vaccine uptake and people are not accessing treatments

More than five years after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in the United States, hundreds of people are still dying every week.

Last month, an average of about 350 people died each week from COVID, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

While high, the number of deaths is decreasing and is lower than the peak of 25,974 deaths recorded the week ending Jan. 9, 2021, as well as weekly deaths seen in previous spring months, CDC data shows.

Please select this link to read the complete article from ABC News.