Roughly 2000 people a week are still dying of #Covid19 in the US.
And as far as I know, there is no specific count being tracked of people dying of post-Covid cardiac events & strokes, so the actual total of Covid-related deaths is likely much higher.
Capacity Level has been elevated since independence from the virus was declared three summers ago—as fewer & fewer professionals have been available to staff hospital beds.
Critical Staffing Level, already at 2021 levels, has been further elevated for near a year—with over one in nine reporting hospitals at critical shortage.
Capacity Level has been elevated since independence from the virus was declared three summers ago—as fewer & fewer professionals have been available to staff hospital beds.
Critical Staffing Level, already at 2021 levels, has been further elevated for months now—with over one in nine reporting hospitals at critical shortage.
Some 51 (+1) counties ≥ 100% capacity per HHS data.
Reporting ≥ 90%: 208 (+10)—near 8⅔% of those with any capacity. This includes surge and overflow beds: near full can mean E/Rs with day-long wait times.
For counties w/ ICUs—near one in six are full or near full.
Third week of Hyperion-2 XBB.1.9.2/EG wave. Last week's CDC Nowcast estimated third of samples were Eris EG.5.1 descendants—with Eris scion HV.1 at ¼ of samples.
For 3-week GISAID sequences, Eris EG.5.1 fam now all but half share. Hyperion XBB.1.9.1 fam below ⅒. Arcturus XBB.1.16 fam now below ⅕.
Some 50 (-1) counties ≥ 100% capacity per HHS data.
Reporting ≥ 90%: 198 (-6)—over 8⅛% of those with any capacity. This includes surge and overflow beds: near full can mean E/Rs with day-long wait times.
For counties w/ ICUs—over one in six are full or near full.