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U.S. states and counties with highest recent rates of COVID hospitaizations
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Wed, 2023-08-30 06:32 — mike kraft
26 states see ‘substantial’ spike in COVID hospitalizations, CDC says The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said hospitalizations rose yet again last week by another 19%. Deaths from the virus also saw a large jump: 21% in one week. Yahoo News
These Are the Top COVID Hot Spots in the U.S. These are the counties with the highest recent rates of new COVID-19 hospital admissions per capita. U.S. News & World Report
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COVID hospitalizations still up but lower than year ago
COVID hospitalizations are continuing to increase in the United States, according to data updated Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hospitalizations rose for the sixth consecutive week, this time by 18.8% during the week ending Aug.19 to 15,067 -- similar to levels seen in April of this year.
However, COVID metrics remain at historic lows, public health experts have said. Hospitalization numbers this week are about 2.5 times lower compared to the same time last year and about 5.5 times lower compared to this week in 2021.
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