Coronavirus Hospitalizations at Highest Levels Since September 2
10 States Reporting Record Hospitalizations Since Friday
Experts Project 135,000 More Deaths in the Next Three Months
Across the United States, coronavirus infections and hospitalizations are soaring. The US has now counted more than 7.8 million infections and 215,000 deaths — an outbreak far worse than in any other country in the world.
Cases and Hospitalizations Continue to Surge as Experts Project Thousands More Deaths Before the Year Ends
The United States’ Seven-Day Average Of New Infections Is More Than 49,200 New Cases Per Day.
- “The U.S. reported more than 44,600 new cases on Sunday and the seven-day average rose to over 49,200 new cases per day, up more than 14% compared with a week ago, according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Average daily cases were up by more than 5% in 36 states and the District of Columbia, CNBC’s analysis shows.” [CNBC, 10/12/20]
33 States Have Reported More COVID-19 Cases This Past Week Compared To The Previous Week.
- “Across the country, 33 states have reported more Covid-19 cases this past week compared to the previous week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.” [CNN, 10/13/20]
Pediatric Infections Increased By 13 Percent Between September 24 And October 8.
- “More children are also being diagnosed with Covid-19, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. Their latest report found a 13% increase in child cases reported from September 24 to October 8 — with more than 77,000 new reported infections.” [CNN, 10/13/20]
At Least Ten States Have Reported Record High Hospitalizations Since Friday, October 9.
- “As we’ve seen throughout this pandemic, surges in new Covid-19 cases lead to increased hospitalizations and deaths in the coming weeks. At least 10 states have reported record-high Covid-19 hospitalizations since Friday, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project.” [CNN, 10/13/20]
US Hospitalizations Are At Their Highest Level Since September 2, And 16 Percent Higher Than They Were Last Week.
- “U.S. hospitalizations are now at their highest level since Sept. 2, according to data from the Covid Tracking Project. As of Monday, there were 35,056 patients hospitalized across the country, more than 16% higher than the level a week earlier.” [Wall Street Journal, 10/13/20]
The University Of Washington’s Institute For Health Metrics And Evaluation Projects More Than 135,000 More Americans Could Die In The Next Three Months.
- “If Americans don’t turn the tide around, the US could be in for a devastating winter. The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation projects more than 135,000 people in the US could die within the next three months.” [CNN, 10/13/20]
The United States Continues to Suffer the Worst Outbreak in the World, Even as Other Countries Have Taken Steps to Protect Citizens and Reduce Mortality Rates
The Proportion Of Americans Dying From Coronavirus Infections Exceeds That Of Other Countries In The Developed World, As The US Fails To Embrace Policy Measures That Would Reduce Death Rates.
- “The proportion of Americans dying from coronavirus infections is the highest in the developed world, according to a study of global mortality rates that shows the U.S. pandemic response left citizens exposed to the lethal disease. Early in the outbreak, the U.S. mortality rate from Covid-19 was lower than in many other hard-hit countries, including the U.K., Spain and the Netherlands, according to the report Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. But as spring turned to summer, the U.S. largely failed to embrace public-health and policy measures that have helped other countries reduce death rates.” [Bloomberg, 10/12/20]
If US Deaths After May 10 Had Occurred At The Same Pace As In Spain, The US Mortality Rate Would Be 47 Percent Lower.
- “If U.S. deaths after May 10 had occurred at the same pace as in Spain, the U.S. mortality rate would be 47% lower, with 93,247 fewer people dying, the report found.” [Bloomberg, 10/12/20]
More Than 100,000 Fewer Americans Would Have Died If The US Had The Same Mortality Rate As The Netherlands.
- “More than 100,000 fewer Americans would have died if the U.S. had the same mortality rate as the Netherlands. Sweden’s mortality rate was 22% lower, though it took fewer steps to curb the virus’s spread.” [Bloomberg, 10/12/20]
The US Death Rate Since May Is “Unrivaled” Among Other Wealthy Countries, Which Learned From Their Mistakes After A “Brutal” First Wave.
- “Although other wealthy countries have higher overall coronavirus mortality rates than the United States, the U.S. death rate since May is unrivaled among its peers, according to a new study published in JAMA. Between the lines: After the first brutal wave of outbreaks, other countries did much better than the U.S. at learning from their mistakes and preventing more of their population from dying. Why it matters: ‘If the US had comparable death rates with most high-mortality countries beginning May 10, it would have had 44,210 to 104,177 fewer deaths,’ the authors conclude. Excess deaths have followed a similar pattern: The hardest-hit European countries had similar or higher rates of excess deaths of all causes to the U.S. early on, but these fell much lower than the U.S.’ did after the first wave.” [Axios, 10/13/20]