Most of the last 100,000 Americans to die from the disease did so in a period where vaccines were widely available<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The United States has now surpassed 700,000 COVID-19 deaths, as the highly contagious delta variant continues to hold the country in its grip.<\/p>\n
America continues to have more COVID-19 deaths than any other country in the world, followed by Brazil with more than 597,000 deaths and India with more than 448,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins data<\/a>.<\/p>\n Exactly who is perishing to COVID-19 is changing, according to an analysis conducted by The New York Times<\/em>. Most of the last 100,000 Americans to die from the disease did so in a period where vaccines were widely available, and most of the fatalities during this period have been in unvaccinated people, statistics show. A disproportionate number of deaths also occurred in the South — especially Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas — where vaccination rates are particularly low, The Times<\/em> said.<\/p>\n Fatal COVID-19 cases also appear to be occurring in younger people: In August, people in age groups younger than 55 years saw the highest death tolls to date in the pandemic, The Times<\/em> said.<\/p>\n