COVID-19 Deaths in US Getting Worse but Far Below Pandemic Peak: CDC Data

A nurse walks a COVID-19 patient through breathing techniques inside Lake Regional Hospital's Intensive Care Unit in Osage Beach, Mo., on July 26, 2021. Sarah Blake Morgan/AP Photo

U.S. hospitalizations for COVID-19 are averaging nearly 35,000 per day, which is nearly 50 percent over the previous week, according to federal data, but it’s much lower than the pandemic’s peak in January 2021.

The United States is also reporting about 300 deaths per day, which is an increase from the 170 per day in early July. However, that’s far below the 2,000 daily deaths during the spring 2020 numbers and the 3,000 per day during the winter, according to numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).