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Coronavirus Watch: US deaths in September outpace previous months

Grace Hauck
USA TODAY

With more than a third of the month remaining, the U.S. has already reported thousands of more deaths in September than it did in all of August.

Through Sunday, the nation reported 32,666 deaths in September. With deaths averaging nearly 2,000 per day, the U.S. is on track to exceed the total deaths of July and August combined within a matter of days, a USA TODAY analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University shows. 

September is on track to be the deadliest month since February.

The rise in deaths comes as the CDC released a report noting 99.4% of all the COVID-19 cases in the U.S. were from the ultra-infectious delta variant.

SOURCE Johns Hopkins University data

It's Monday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the USA TODAY Network. Here's more news you need to know.

  • Nearly 30% of COVID-19 infections across the country for the week that ended Sept. 9 were among children, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  • New York City will begin conducting weekly, random tests of unvaccinated students, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday.
  • All adults regularly in public or private schools or day care centers in Washington, D.C., must be vaccinated by Nov. 1, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced. There will be no testing option, she said.
  • The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccineis safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11 at one-third the dose used in adolescents and adults, according to a new study from the companies.
  • An estimated 43.7% of COVID-19 cases in nursing homes – and 40% of deaths – before May 24, 2020, were not reported to the federal National Healthcare Safety Network, according to researchers. The lack of reporting resulted in the omission of 68,613 cases and 16,623 deaths nationwide, the panel of researchers from Harvard and elsewhere report.

Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 42.1 million COVID-19 cases and 674,300 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been more than 228.8 million cases and more than 4.6 million deaths. About 64% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and about 55% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among U.S. adults, 76.5% have received at least one shot, and about 66% are fully vaccinated.

Tracking the pandemic: See the numbers in your area here. See where cases are rising here. See vaccination rates here. And here, compare vaccinations rates worldwide and see which countries are using which vaccines.

– Grace Hauck, USA TODAY breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck

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