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New figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that weekly hospitalizations for COVID-19 increased more than 10% in the United States. At least 7109 admissions were reported during the week of July 15, up from 6444 last week. This is the largest buildup in a key indicator of the virus since December 2022.
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A momentary hospital measure is also underway with summer temperatures. An average of 0. 73% of emergency room visits over the past week were similar to COVID-19 as of July 21, an increase of 0. 49% from the same time in June.
“COVID-19 rates in the U. S. U. S. stocks are still near all-time lows after 7 months of steady declines. Early signs of COVID-19 activity — emergency room visits, positivity of checks and sewage levels — preceded an increase in hospitalizations seen last week,” CDC spokeswoman Kathleen Conley said in a statement, according to CBS News.
Hospitalizations remain below the grades recorded at this time last year to date. July 2022 peaked with more than 44,000 weekly hospitalizations and 5% of emergency room visits from last summer’s increase.
While this existing is small, it is a noticeable change after months of declining coronavirus numbers across the country.
In the Los Angeles area, cases rose about 32% this week. Health officials suspect the increase may be related to the region’s July 4 celebrations, travel and record-breaking heat, forcing others to stay indoors more often. COVID-19 spikes in New York City wastewater samples also showed an imaginable accumulation of cases in June.
The Midwest region of the country is the only component of the U. S. The U. S. recorded more hospitalizations last week than the week before.
This backlog of cases is not unique to the United States. Japan would likely have entered a ninth wave of COVID-19 that continues to rise this month. Hospitalizations and emergency room visits in the Asian country have been emerging for nine consecutive weeks.
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Last week, the World Health Organization reported that “some countries continue to report major burdens of COVID-19, adding increases in newly reported cases and, more importantly, increases in hospitalizations and deaths; The latter are noted as more reliable signals given the relief in tests.
The organization is also under pressure that COVID-19 “remains a primary threat” and suggested governments not dismantle their established COVID-19 infrastructure. deaths and an increase in population immunity.
The arcturus variant (XBB. 1. 16) remains the most common strain in the United States, accounting for only about 15% of all new infections. WHO has also added EG. 5 to its list of “variants under surveillance”. The strain has been spreading globally since last May, but the WHO says there is “no evidence of a backlog of cases and deaths or a change in disease severity related to EG. 5. “
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