Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States (2021)
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2021.[1]
Timeline
January 1
January 4
- On January 4, a confirmed case of a new, more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant from the United Kingdom was reported in New York. The patient is a man in his 60s living in Saratoga County in Upstate New York, who had no travel history to the United Kingdom.[4]
January 5
- On January 5, a confirmed case of a new, more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant from the United Kingdom was reported in Georgia. The patient is an 18-year-old male with no travel history.[5]
- Also on January 5, the U.S. passed 21 million cases, just four days after passing 20 million cases.[6]
January 6
- On January 6, the CDC announced that it had found at least 52 confirmed cases of the more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant: 26 in California, 22 in Florida, two in Colorado, and one each in Georgia and New York. The agency also stressed that there could already be more cases in the country.[7]
January 7
- On January 7, more cases of the variant were reported: two in Connecticut,[8] one in Pennsylvania,[9] and one in Texas.[10]
January 9
- On January 9, the U.S. passed 22 million cases.[11]
- Also on January 9, five confirmed cases of a new, more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant from the United Kingdom were reported in Minnesota.[12]
January 11
- On January 11, a confirmed case of a new, more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant from the United Kingdom was reported in Indiana.[13]
January 12
- On January 12, two confirmed cases of a new, more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant from the United Kingdom were reported in Maryland. The patients are a married couple in Anne Arundel County, one of whom had a traveling history to the United Kingdom.[14]
January 13
- On January 13, the U.S. passed 23 million cases, just four days after passing 22 million cases.[15]
- Also on January 13, two confirmed cases of a new, more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant from the United Kingdom were reported, one in New Mexico[16] and the other in Wisconsin.[17]
January 15
January 19
- On January 19, the U.S. passed 24 million cases, just six days after passing 23 million cases.[21]
- Also on January 19, the U.S. passed 400,000 COVID-19 deaths.[22]
January 21
January 22
- On January 22, the U.S. passed 25 million cases, with one of every 13 Americans testing positive for COVID-19.[24]
February 1
- On February 1, the U.S. passed 26 million cases.[25]
References
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- Maxouris, Christina; Hanna, Jason (January 1, 2021). "US surpasses 20 million Covid-19 cases while experts foresee tough times in January". CNN. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- Price, Brian (January 4, 2021). "Cuomo Confirms 1st Case of New, More Contagious U.K. Strain of Virus in New York". WNBC-TV. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- Braverman, Jason (January 5, 2021). "First case of new, highly-contagious COVID-19 variant identified in Georgia teen, health officials say". WXIA-TV. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- Maxouris, Christina; Hanna, Jason; Almasy, Steve (January 5, 2021). "US passes 21 million coronavirus cases and more than 130,000 people are in hospitals". CNN. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- Nedelman, Michael (January 6, 2021). "CDC has found more than 50 US cases of coronavirus variant first identified in UK". CNN. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- "Two Cases of COVID-19 Variant Found in U.K. Now Confirmed in Connecticut". WVIT-TV. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- Brandt, Joe (January 7, 2021). "First Case of U.K. Coronavirus Variant Discovered in Pennsylvania". WCAU-TV. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- "Health Officials Confirm First Known Case Of UK COVID-19 Variant In Texas". KTVT-TV. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- Burke, Minyvonne (January 9, 2021). "U.S. Covid-19 cases hit 22 million as scientists track variant strain". NBC News. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- Cashman, Tyler (January 9, 2021). "MN reports 5 cases of new COVID strain originally found in UK". KARE. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- Rudavsky, Shari (January 11, 2021). "New coronavirus strain, which spreads more easily, is found in Indiana". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- "UK COVID-19 Variant Detected In Maryland, Anne Arundel County Couple In Isolation". WJZ-TV. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- Maxouris, Christina; Yan, Holly (January 13, 2021). "The US just suffered its worst day ever for Covid-19 deaths. But this summer could be 'dramatically better'". CNN. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- Cross, David (January 13, 2021). "First case of coronavirus variant discovered in New Mexico". KUTV-TV. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- Dortch, Winnie (January 13, 2021). "COVID-19 variant 1st found in UK now detected in Wisconsin". WDJT-TV. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- Petrella, Dan; Pratt, Gregory; Yin, Alice (January 15, 2021). "Illinois confirms first case of more contagious COVID-19 variant as restrictions eased in some regions; Phase 1b of vaccination plan set to start Jan. 25". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- "Oregon detects 1st case of COVID-19 variant discovered in the UK". KGW-TV. January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- "Utah reports first case of United Kingdom COVID-19 variant". The Standard-Examiner. January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021 – via Associated Press.
- "COVID-19 cases surpassed 24 million mark". The Economic Times. January 19, 2021.
- "US coronavirus death toll surpasses the 400,000 mark". The Guardian. January 19, 2021.
- "President Biden pushes to reopen schools within 100 days as part of COVID-19 response". ABC7 Los Angeles. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- Tompkins, Lucy (January 22, 2021). "U.S. coronavirus cases top 25 million". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- "U.S tops 26 million COVID cases as blizzard conditions hamper vaccinations in Northeast". Market Watch. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
External links
- Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic and U.S. Response from Just Security, a national security forum.
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