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Adrianna Rodriguez | USA Today

Here’s why experts say the U.S. is stuck in a ‘horrible plateau’ of COVID-19 deaths

The antiviral Paxlovid has been effective at keeping high-risk COVID patients out of the hospital but is losing esteem among doctors and patients as public figures including President Joe Biden have reported rebound infections after taking the antiviral. (Carolyn Kaster / AP)

“COVID is over” is something we’d all like to be true, but weekly U.S. death tolls tell a different story.

Despite a slight uptick in July, the pace of COVID-19 deaths has remained steady since May, at about 400 a day, according to a USA Today analysis of Johns Hopkins University data. 

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