This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 7th, 2021.

In India, a new single-day record in new coronavirus cases combined with the number of vaccinations actually going down. 3,980 deaths as vaccine shortages continue and states compete with each other to get available doses. Only about 3% of the population is fully vaccinated and only 9.2% have gotten at least one dose.

Bad as the numbers have been, a new study says they were probably much, much worse. As in twice as many deaths from COVID-19 around the world than has been reported. The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates the U.S. alone undercounted deaths by over 300,000, while the death tolls in India and Mexico are nearly three times the official numbers. In Russia, the estimate is five times the official number. And in Egypt, there’ve been nearly 13 COVID deaths for every one that was counted.

Speaking of Russia, authorities there have approved a single-dose version of the Sputnik V vaccine. It’s called Sputnik Light, and it has yet to complete its own advanced testing to ensure safety and effectiveness. Russia started human trials of Sputnik Light in January, and the studies are still ongoing. It’s intended to be exported, not used in Russia.

Pfizer wants the Olympic games in Tokyo to go on, so they’re donating doses of vaccine to vaccinate athletes and their delegations. Initial doses should go out at the end of May with the goal being to make sure second doses are given ahead of arrivals in Japan.

If you don’t want a COVID test, you can go hang out with some bees. Dutch researchers have trained bees, which have an incredible sense of smell, to identify which samples are infected with COVID-19. They did this by giving sugar water to them as a reward when they were shown infected samples. So now, when they see an infection, they literally stick out their tongues, yes bees have tongues, indicating a positive result.

In the United States cases were down 27%, deaths are down 4%, and hospitalizations are down 13% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending down since April 14.

There are now 6,669,775 active cases in the United States. The current top 5 states by number of active cases: California, Virginia, New York, Maryland, and Florida.

The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Dimmit, TX. Moore, TX. Gilmer, WV. Grand, UT. Baraga, MI. Itasca, MN. Luce, MI. Wirt, WV. White Pine, NV. And Klamath, OR.

The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are Rhode Island, Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado, and Maine.

There have been 580,054 deaths in the US reported as Covid-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.79%.

The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: Michigan 123. California 101. Florida 67. Texas 65. Pennsylvania 51. Oklahoma 44. Illinois 40. New York and New Jersey 33. And South Carolina and Colorado 22.

The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that’s had at least one dose, New Hampshire at 61.2%, Vermont at 58.4%, and Massachusetts at 58%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Mississippi at 31.6%, Louisiana at 32.4%. and Alabama at 33%.

Globally, cases were down 9% and deaths up 1% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending down since April 23.

There are 19,369,554 active cases around the world.

The five countries with the most new cases: India 414,433. Brazil 72,559. The United States 47,819. Argentina 24,086. And Turkey 22,388.

There have now been 3,251,434 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide.

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