The Fourth Wave Is Here

“On average, roughly 63,000 Americans per day were diagnosed with coronavirus infections over the past week. That’s a 17% increase from the week before, and echoes the rising caseloads of the pandemic’s second wave last summer,” Axios reports.

The good news: “Because so many seniors have been vaccinated — 73% have gotten at least one dose — this fourth wave is likely to be a lot less deadly than the previous ones. Many states have also prioritized vaccinating people with underlying health conditions, which will also help constrain the increase in severe illness and death.”