{"id":1211684,"date":"2022-01-12T16:04:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T21:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1211684"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T21:04:41","slug":"cdc-coronavirus-deaths-increase-40-percent-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-coronavirus-deaths-increase-40-percent-in-one-week\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC: Coronavirus Deaths Increase 40 Percent in One Week\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcdc-coronavirus-deaths-increase-40-percent-in-one-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1211684&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/coronavirus-body-bag-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Coronavirus deaths have increased 40 percent in one week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>While Joe Biden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.com\/story\/opinion\/readers\/2021\/12\/29\/his-own-logic-he-should-resign-over-400-000-new-covid-deaths\/9034721002\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Donald Trump was responsible for U.S. coronavirus deaths in 2020, the death rate in&nbsp;the past&nbsp;week has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-covid-hospitalizations-up-about-33-deaths-up-about-40-over-past-week-cdc-2022-01-12\/\">increased<\/a>&nbsp;40 percent, or per the CDC\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_dailydeaths\">moving<\/a>&nbsp;seven-day average,&nbsp;1,633 deaths per day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>An estimated 339,000 individuals <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_totaldeaths\">have died<\/a>&nbsp;from the Chinese coronavirus under Biden\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n<p>For perspective, the CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db395.htm\">estimated<\/a> about 358,000 people died in 2019 from stroke, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and diabetes combined.<\/p>\n<p>Deaths are not the only metric increasing. Hospitalizations have also ticked up 33 percent, according to Walensky. Tuesday\u2019s hospitalization numbers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylegriffin1\/status\/1481257153558036483?s=20\">exceeded<\/a> the greatest number since the pandemic began, 62 million.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NBC News: The U.S. has exceeded 62 million COVID cases since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>One million new cases in 24 hours. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylegriffin1\/status\/1481257153558036483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">The CDC contributed the rise in deaths to the omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">\u201cThe magnitude of this increase is largely related to the Omicron variant, which now represents about 90% of the COVID-19 cases in the country,\u201d Reuter\u2019s reported Walensky said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Biden promised the nation in August he would lead the \u201cdemocracies of the world\u201d in \u201ccontrolling this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the democracies of the world are looking to America to lead again \u2014 in two ways. First, to demonstrate we can control this virus at home,\u201d Biden&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j7twLW5zubs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>In September, Biden said his top priority as president was \u201cgetting COVID under control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019ve made getting COVID under control my top priority from my first day as President,\u201d Biden&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gqvlHD--uPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus deaths have increased 40 percent in one week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters Wednesday. 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