This data is recorded by the US transportation regulator based on the number of passengers passing through airport security checkpoints. This also made US airports the most noisy since last March, when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out around the globe.
However, the sudden increase in the number of people on the plane became a worrying signal in the US, especially when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out at a record high. Earlier, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged Americans not to travel during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday to minimize the spread of the corona virus.
On the airlines side, they said last week saw an increase in cancellations or delayed departure when new Covid-19 cases in the US flared up again. However, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said that the number of people using the aircraft in November will be higher than in September and October. Even so, it is still nearly 60% lower than the same period last year.
The Covid-19 pandemic caused airlines to burn millions of dollars a day because of the slumping demand. However, some airlines expect the number of people using the aircraft to increase around Thanksgiving and Winter holidays.
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 1.047 million passengers on November 22, the highest daily level since mid-March. Before that, they also screened 984,369 visitors on November 21 and 1,019 million visitors on November 20.
Meanwhile, the number of passengers using Amtrak’s train services has also decreased over the past few days. Currently, the amount of travel this year is only 80% compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, airlines say demand fell 62% year-over-year. The number of international passengers also dropped by more than 70%.
At the present time, the Covid-19 pandemic is developing very complicatedly in the United States. Officials warned that more than 144,000 new Covid-19 infections in the past week were children. During this outbreak, the number of infected children increased by 28% from the previous one. Children make up 11% of all people with Covid-19 in the United States.
The United States has more than 12 million people with Covid-19 and 257,000 deaths. That means millions of families will welcome Thanksgiving this year in the situation of losing loved ones. Currently, doctors are begging people to stay home to avoid a similar tragedy that could happen next year.
“What I’m most concerned about right now is that people travel all over and come home after Thanksgiving. When you leave somewhere and go to the airport or anywhere like a train, a ship, You risk becoming infected, becoming a threat to your family and community when you return home, “said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
According to official statistics, 83,870 patients with Covid-19 are being treated at the hospital until November 22. That causes many hospitals to become overwhelmed, causing other patients to delay treatment.