Four states are among those that recorded the number of coronavirus hospital admissions in the past week, according to maps from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
California, Florida, New York and Texas all recorded more than 1,000 virus-related hospitalizations in the week ending Jan. 27, Friday’s figures showed.
However, the four states are also the most populous and are more likely to have a higher total number of hospitalizations, although the hospitalization rate is similar to other states.
After adjusting for population size, all but two states had low hospitalization rates, less than 10 per 100,000 people, adding up all four with the totals. Only New Jersey and Connecticut had rates above 10 per 100,000 people.
Overall, there were 22,636 new COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U. S. The U. S. economy economy in the most recent week on record, down 10. 9% from last week. Weekly adjustments in hospitalizations in many states were considered “stable” or even decreasing. The state that saw a moderate increase, of 17. 9 percent, was Vermont.
It comes after a rise in cases early on in the winter, which now appears to have peaked. After steadily increasing since early November, hospital admissions topped out at nearly 35,000 in the final week of December and the first week of January, and have been falling since.
This winter has also seen early rises in other respiratory viruses, including the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Elevated infections of respiratory diseases led some hospitals in areas with large populations to bring in fresh mask mandates.
The uptick in hospitalizations is something health officials expected during the winter months. Colder weather tends to lead to an increased spread of viruses and other infections because immunity is lower.
The most recent figures show that in the week ending Jan. 27, California had a total number of virus-related hospitalizations of 2,496, followed by Florida with 1,988, New York with 1,879 and Texas with 1,883.
All states recorded 930 hospitalizations or fewer, with some seeing fewer than 59.
While the number of cases in some states may seem surprising, it represents a relatively small number of hospitalizations. In California, approximately 659,000 more people have been hospitalized with COVID since August 2020.
At the same time, the Great Lakes, southeastern and south-central states of the United States, as well as New York and New Jersey, saw a higher proportion of positive COVID controls, while other regions had control positivity rates below 10. %. of those taken.
Two CDC administrative regions: encompassing New York and New Jersey; and Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas had an overall positivity rate of 12% or higher.
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