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Florida hospital system says 50% of its COVID patients are mainly there for other reasons

Tue, 2022-01-04 10:00 — mike kraft

Florida hospital system says 50% of its COVID patients are mainly there for other reasons The nationwide picture is unclear, but many of those in COVID-19 hospitalization statistics are not there primarily because of the coronavirus. YahooNews

About half of the patients listed as being in the hospital with COVID-19 were admitted for "non-COVID reasons," a health authority in Florida said.

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The US's largest children's hospital is reporting a four-fold increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations

Tue, 2022-01-04 09:47 — mike kraft

The US's largest children's hospital is reporting a four-fold increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations With tens of millions of unvaccinated Americans at higher risk for severe disease from Covid-19 infections, doctors and health care facilities nationwide are reporting a rising number of young people hospitalized, some of whom are too young to receive vaccine doses. By Rhea Mogul, Adam Renton, Jack Guy and Ed Upright, CNN CNN

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Covid hospitalization hot spots across the U.S., with charts

Tue, 2022-01-04 09:36 — mike kraft

Covid hospitalization hot spots across the U.S., in five charts Updated daily. NBC News

Covid-19 hospitalizations are once again ticking upward after a lull in October and early November, with tens of thousands more Americans filling hospital beds across the country in the past four weeks.

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More than 103,000 Americans hospitalized with COVID, matching summer surge

Tue, 2022-01-04 09:28 — mike kraft

Covid-19 live updates: More than 103,000 Americans hospitalized with covid, matching worst of summer surge The omicron wave is pushing hospitalizations into six digits, the highest since September amid the delta surge. Washington Post

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Analysis: Senior WHO official weighs in on Covid, vaccines, and mistakes that were made

Mon, 2022-01-03 19:07 — mike kraft

A WHO official weighs in on Covid, vaccines, and mistakes that were made "The biggest collective failing has been that we've underestimated this microbe," the WHO's Mike Ryan says of SARS-CoV-2. Helen Branswell STAT

The Covid-19 pandemic has entered its third year, with no end in sight, and the world is fed up to the gills. A new and even more highly transmissible variant, Omicron, has been scorching through holiday gatherings over the past couple of weeks. People who are thrice vaccinated are among the infected.

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Covid cases rise by 948% in Florida as Omicron drives huge wave across US

Mon, 2022-01-03 18:37 — mike kraft

Covid cases rise by 948% in Florida as Omicron drives huge wave across US Seven-day average for hospitalizations increased by more than 40% during week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve the Guardian

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Puerto Rico’s COVID-19 positive rate jumps from 2% to over 30% in just two weeks

Mon, 2022-01-03 12:53 — mike kraft

Puerto Rico’s COVID-19 positive rate jumps from 2% to over 30% in just two weeks ABC News ABC News

Just two weeks ago, Puerto Rico had a COVID-19 test positivity rate of 2% -- the lowest it had ever been, according to the island’s health department COVID-19 dashboard.

As of Monday, that rate (an indicator of community spread) jumped to 33%, an explosive increase that tracks with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant and has sparked concerns among the scientific community and health officials on the island.

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Wastewater samples reveal record levels of coronavirus across U.S.

Mon, 2022-01-03 12:10 — mike kraft

With at-home Covid-19 tests in high demand and their efficacy in question, health departments from California to Massachusetts are turning to sewage samples to get a better idea of how much the coronavirus is spreading through communities and what might be in store for health care systems.

Experts say wastewater holds the key to better understanding the public health of cities and neighborhoods, especially in underserved areas that do not have equal access to care.

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