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COVID-19 patients in ICUs reaches pandemic high in NC amid ongoing delta surge
By Ben Sessoms
Updated August 26, 2021 03:08 PM
North Carolina reported that 883 adults with COVID-19 statewide are being treated in intensive care units as of Thursday, the highest number since the pandemic began.
The next highest was in mid-January at 880, when the cases peaked during the winter surge.
ICU patients have more than doubled in August alone. Since the beginning of July, they’ve increased more than nine-fold.
People in intensive care make up about a quarter of the 3,552 total hospitalizations as of Thursday. Hospitalizations peaked at 3,990 in mid-January.
Hospitalizations have nearly tripled in August, data from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services shows...
COVID-19 patients in ICUs reaches pandemic high in NC amid ongoing delta surge
By Ben Sessoms
Updated August 26, 2021 03:08 PM
North Carolina reported that 883 adults with COVID-19 statewide are being treated in intensive care units as of Thursday, the highest number since the pandemic began.
The next highest was in mid-January at 880, when the cases peaked during the winter surge.
ICU patients have more than doubled in August alone. Since the beginning of July, they’ve increased more than nine-fold.
People in intensive care make up about a quarter of the 3,552 total hospitalizations as of Thursday. Hospitalizations peaked at 3,990 in mid-January.
Hospitalizations have nearly tripled in August, data from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services shows...