Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths per day compared to all causes U.S. 2022

As of January 6, 2022, an average of 1,192 people per day have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. since the first case was confirmed in the country on January 20th the year before. On an average day, nearly 8,000 people die from all causes in the United States, based on data from 2019. Based on the latest information, roughly one in seven deaths each day were related to COVID-19 between January 2020 and January 2022. However, there were even days when more than every second death in the U.S. was connected to COVID-19. The daily death toll from the seasonal flu, using preliminary maximum estimates from the 2019-2020 influenza season, stood at an average of around 332 people. We have to keep in mind that a comparison of influenza and COVID-19 is somewhat difficult. COVID-19 cases and deaths are counted continuously since the begin of the pandemic, whereas flue counts are seasonal and often less accurate. Furthermore, during the last two years, COVID-19 more or less 'replaced' the flu, with COVID-19 absorbing potential flu cases. Many countries reported a very weak seasonal flu activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. But it has yet to be seen how the two infectious diseases will develop side by side during the winter season 2021/2022 and in the years to come. Symptoms and self-isolationCOVID-19 and influenza share similar symptoms – a cough, runny nose, and tiredness – and telling the difference between the two can be difficult. If you have minor symptoms, there is no need to seek urgent medical care, but it is recommended that you self-isolate, whereas rules vary from country to country. Additionally, rules depend on someone's vaccination status and infection history. However, if you think you have the disease, a diagnostic test can show if you have an active infection.Scientists alert to coronavirus mutationsThe genetic material of the novel coronavirus is RNA, not DNA. Other notable human diseases caused by RNA viruses include SARS, Ebola, and influenza. A continual problem that vaccine developers encounter is that viruses can mutate, and a treatment developed against a certain virus type may not work on a mutated form. The seasonal flu vaccine, for example, is different each year because influenza viruses are frequently mutating, and it is critical that those genetic changes continue to be tracked.

截至2022年1月6日，自该国于前一年1月20日确认首例病例以来，美国平均每天有1,192人因COVID-19去世。根据2019年的数据，平均而言，美国每天因各种原因死亡的人数接近8,000人。根据最新信息，在2020年1月至2022年1月间，每天约有七分之一的人死亡与COVID-19相关。然而，也有某些日子，美国每两起死亡中就有一起与COVID-19有关。以2019-2020流感季节的初步最大估计值为准，季节性流感的每日死亡人数平均约为332人。我们必须牢记，流感与COVID-19的比较存在一定的困难。COVID-19病例和死亡数自疫情开始以来持续计数，而流感计数则具有季节性，且往往不够精确。此外，在过去两年中，COVID-19几乎‘取代’了流感，COVID-19吸收了潜在的流感病例。许多国家报告称，在COVID-19大流行期间季节性流感活动非常微弱。然而，尚未可知这两种传染性疾病将在2021/2022冬季以及未来几年中如何并行发展。COVID-19和流感具有相似的症状——如咳嗽、流鼻涕和疲劳——区分两者可能十分困难。若您仅有轻微症状，无需寻求紧急医疗照顾，但建议您进行自我隔离，而各国间的规定各异。此外，规定还取决于个人的疫苗接种状况和感染历史。然而，如果您认为自己患有该疾病，诊断测试可以显示您是否具有活跃的感染。科学家们对冠状病毒突变保持警觉。新型冠状病毒的遗传物质为RNA，而非DNA。由RNA病毒引起的人类其他显著疾病包括SARS、埃博拉和流感。疫苗开发者面临的一个持续问题是病毒可以发生突变，针对特定病毒类型的治疗方法可能对突变形式无效。例如，季节性流感疫苗每年都不同，因为流感病毒经常发生突变，追踪这些遗传变化至关重要。