Health and Human Services COVID-19 Update

New Cases (based on 7-day rolling average)

• 90,227,956 US cases
• 1.6% decrease in new cases (7-day average), as of July 21^st

Testing

• 933,686,763 tests completed (7/22)
• 17.97% positive test rate as of the week of 7/13 – 7/19 (was 17.62% last week)

Hospitalizations

• 5,014,577 total COVID hospital admissions
• The 7-day average (7/17 – 7/23) number of new confirmed COVID-19 admissions decreased from 6,070 to 5,906 admissions per day

Deaths

• 1,022,349 total US deaths
• The 7-day average (7/15 – 7/21) number of reported deaths increased from 349 to 355 deaths per day

Vaccines

• 601,497,801 vaccine doses administered (7/20)
• 78.7% (261.2 million people) of the population has received 1 or more doses and 67.2% (222.9 million people) of the population have been fully vaccinated
• 83.4% of people five years and older have received at least 1 dose and 71.4% have been fully vaccinated