COVID Hotspots in the US as Hospitalization Rates rises
COVID-19 hospitalization rates in the U.S. have skyrocketed based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The U.S. tallied about 15,000 reported hospitalizations of people with COVID-19 over the seven days ending Aug. 19. Though a far cry from previous totals during the pandemic, that’s a 19% increase from the week prior, continuing a climb that started at the end of June after hospitalizations reached a recent weekly low point of approximately 6,300.
Relative to population, the latest tally equates to 4.5 people per 100,000 admitted to the hospital. By State, Hawaii and Florida have the highest rates of new COVID-19 hospitalizations, at 9.8 and 9.7 per 100,000, respectively – more than twice the national rate. Louisiana , Alabama, and Mississippi follow.
Among patients visiting emergency departments, 1.9% were diagnosed with COVID-19 nationally.
The counties with the highest rates of COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people were:
- Lamar County, Alabama – 26.4
- Clay County, Mississippi – 26.4
- Lowndes County, Mississippi – 26.4
- Noxubee County, Mississippi – 26.4
- Fisher County, Texas – 25.8
- Mitchell County, Texas – 25.8
- Nolan County, Texas – 25.8
- Jefferson County, Georgia – 19.6
- Washington County, Georgia – 19.6
- Claiborne Parish, Louisiana – 19.1
- Fillmore County, Nebraska – 19.1
- Thayer County, Nebraska – 19.1
- Stevens County, Kansas – 18.2
- Furnas County, Nebraska – 17.6
- Harlan County, Nebraska – 17.6
- Phelps County, Nebraska – 17.6
- Rutland County, Vermont – 17.2
- Foard County, Texas – 16.8
- Hardeman County, Texas – 16.8
- Wilbarger County, Texas – 16.8
The U.S. passed 1 million total covid 19 deaths in the spring of 2022, and more than 138,000 additional people have died in connection with the disease, according to provisional data from the CDC.
While the latest tallies are down from a recent peak of about 3,900 deaths in a week in January – and well below the maximum peak of around 26,000 deaths per week in early 2021 – data indicates hundreds of people have died in connection with COVID-19 of late
It’s very important people keep observing the safety measures and taking vaccine boosters to enable the country to eliminate this menace.
