COVID-19 Deaths <br />and Hospitalizations , Expected to Decline <br />Over Next Month.<br />According to forecasts recently published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), America can expect a steady decline in COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in the next four weeks. .<br />The CDC predicts that up to <br />10,100 new hospitalizations <br />are likely to be reported by November 5.<br />Data from U.S. Health and Human Services shows there were 64,332 people hospitalized with COVID-19 as of October 12.<br />Per the American Academy of Pediatrics, 148,222 cases of COVID-19 in children were reported the week ending October 7.<br />In that week, children represented nearly <br />a quarter of all infections.<br />In the last seven days, <br />an average of 87,676 cases <br />of COVID-19 were reported.<br />Around 56.5% of Americans <br />are fully vaccinated <br />against COVID-19.<br />Healthcare officials agree that vaccines remain our best ally in fighting the pandemic.<br />We need the overwhelming proportion of those unvaccinated people to be vaccinated and then we can be quite confident that if we can do that, you will not see a resurgence, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, via statement.<br />New analysis published by the <br />Kaiser Family Foundation suggests that <br />90,000 deaths could have been prevented by<br />widespread vaccination in the last three months
