Current quality programs measure organizations and claims after the fact, but the next generation of measurement focuses on the everyday clinical decisions that drive unnecessary spending.
|Articles|December 6, 2021
Coronavirus Delta variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: Dec. 6, 2021
Author(s)Logan Lutton
How many novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were announced today?
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Here’s the latest data, updated on Dec. 6:
Positive tests: 49,085,361
Patient deaths: 788,363
Total vaccine doses distributed: 580,417,105
Patients who've received the first dose: 235,698,738
Patients who’ve received the second dose: 198,962,520
% of population fully vaccinated: 59.9%
% of infections tied to the Delta Variant: 99.9%
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