目前，美国累计新冠肺炎确诊病例已超过9000万例。这一数据意味着美国平均每3.6个人中，就有一人感染新冠病毒。
美国疾病控制与预防中心的统计数据显示，随着奥密克戎毒株的快速传播，美国疫情汹涌，单日新增确诊病例屡创新高。今年以来，美国累计确诊病例相继突破6000万、7000万、8000万、9000万关口。A veterinarian sedates a dog ahead of its surgery at the Harris County Pets animal shelter on July 18, 2022 in Houston, Texas. / CFPThe total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 90 million Wednesday, with more than 1 million deaths.According to data compiled by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), taking population into account, New York State topped the state-level caseload list with nearly 60,000 cases per 100,000 population within one month since January 9, 2022.
近期，新冠病毒奥密克戎毒株新亚型BA.5和BA.4在美国加速传播，掀起新一波感染高峰。目前，超过一半的人口生活在美国疾病控制和预防中心划定的疫情高风险区。
美国专家及媒体纷纷表示，由于防控措施松懈，美国恐怕在未来几个月将迎来更严峻的挑战。
Freddy Fernandez sits with his fiancé, Vanessa Cruz, and their 8-month-old daughter, Mariana Fernandez in their home Friday, June 10, 2022, in Carthage, Mo. After contracting COVID-19 in August 2021. / CFPCOVID-19 infections are peaking once again in the U.S. due to the accelerated transmission of Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.
More than half the population lives in areas designated as "high risk" by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Experts and media have warned that due to a lack of prevention and control measures, more severe challenges are likely in the coming months.
在 “政治抗疫”之下，美国固有的种族歧视等社会顽疾正在加剧。美国一项研究显示，新冠疫情使美国人平均预期寿命减少了1.13岁，这是自第二次世界大战以来的最大降幅。其中，非洲裔和拉美裔的平均预期寿命分别下降了2.1岁和3.05岁。美国疾控中心的数据显示，在疫情中失去主要监护人的儿童中，白人儿童占35%，少数族裔儿童占65%；而少数族裔只占美国人口的39%。
People wearing masks are seen walking through Times Square in New York, NY, on July 15, 2022. / CFP
The coronavirus pandemic is not only having an immediate impact in terms of the deaths of thousands of Americans, but it's also taking more than a year off the average U.S. life expectancy.
According to CNN, a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences projects that COVID-19 will reduce U.S. life expectancy in 2020 by 1.13 years, with disproportionate deaths occurring among African American and Latino populations.