Health authorities in the United States (USA) reported this Wednesday that the level of hospitalizations for Covid-19 reached its highest point in the last six months, due to a new outbreak caused by the rise of the Delta variant.
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The authorities added that on average more than 10,000 patients are admitted daily, the highest figure among those who go to hospitals in search of medical attention since April 2020; and as a consequence of a daily rise in infections in more than 110,000 cases, which represents an increase of 25.5 percent in the last week.
The country registered more than 770,000 cases in that period, also the highest total evidenced in months and with a high monitoring of community transmission in all states.
Wrong again. The number of cases @CDCgov released for Florida today is incorrect. They combined MULTIPLE days into one. We anticipate CDC will correct the record. https://t.co/nbKnBNLzvU
— Florida Dept. Health (@HealthyFla)
August 10, 2021
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Florida, Louisiana and Arkansas are the states with the most tense epidemiological situation. In the case of La Florida, this Tuesday reached 15,169 admissions, 1,192 more than the previous day and which means greater pressure on health institutions and health personnel.
Meanwhile, throughout the nation the hospitalized totaled 73,300 on Tuesday, of them 17,140 admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU). Numbers that put the authorities on alert as the new wave of the pandemic has resulted in 89.77 percent occupancy, including 47.14 percent destined exclusively for coronavirus patients.
For his part, the governor of Arkansas urged the population to protect themselves and be vaccinated to prevent the spread of infections, “currently there are only eight intensive therapy beds available in the state. Vaccines reduce hospitalizations. I urge citizens to be immunize, “he said.
Likewise, after the start of the new school year, pediatric admissions to health care centers also grew, as a reflection of a regrowth that, contrary to its predecessors, has had a greater incidence in the country’s youth and child population, mostly non-indigenous people. immunized.
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(1/6)— Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (@JHSPH_CHS)
August 11, 2021
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Delta strain, native to India, accounts for more than 85 percent of the samples the agency collected during the last two weeks of July.
The US continues to be the country most affected by the pandemic in the world with 36.2 million infections and 618,000 deaths, above India and Brazil, according to the latest official data.
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