COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States have reached a new record high, surpassing the previous peak from January 2021, according to data from HHS. There are 145,982 people now hospitalized with COVID-19 – about twice as many than two weeks ago. There are nearly 24,000 intensive care unit beds in use for COVID-19 patients.
PHOENIX (AP) — Dignity Health will allow employees who are experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms or are asymptomatic to keep working at its hospitals and facilities.
We asked several doctors and nurses what they are seeing with omicron, to get a sense of how patients are faring and how this surge compares to prior waves of COVID.
Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, warns long-term planning is needed to avoid continued stress on the health care system, as hospitals become full, schools struggle to keep students in class and testing remains difficult to access.
Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, warns long-term planning is needed to avoid continued stress on the health care system, as hospitals become full, schools struggle to keep students in class and testing remains difficult to access.
As of Sunday, 142,388 patients with the virus were hospitalized nationwide, surpassing the peak of 142,315 reported on Jan. 14, 2021. The seven-day average of daily hospitalizations was 132,086, an increase of 83% from two weeks ago.