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UAMS: Hospitalizations among younger Arkansans on the rise
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"We are now seeing greater increases in hospitalizations in patients who are 18 to 34 or 17 and younger."
by: Lauren Krakau
Posted: Jan 17, 2021 / 07:10 PM CST / Updated: Jan 17, 2021 / 08:17 PM CST
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The UAMS report states:
“Young adults 18 to 34 will have an additional 70 persons hospitalized by Jan. 18. Children younger than 17 will also a 10% increase in hospitalizations over the next two weeks. We should expect 27 additional children hospitalized, an increase of 10% over the previous two weeks.”
Williams said due to the rate of community spread, it’s hard to pinpoint why this is happening.
“Those numbers just like the other numbers eventually will begin to grow expediently as the pandemic continues and the spread of the virus continues throughout the population,” he said...
UAMS: Hospitalizations among younger Arkansans on the rise
News
"We are now seeing greater increases in hospitalizations in patients who are 18 to 34 or 17 and younger."
by: Lauren Krakau
Posted: Jan 17, 2021 / 07:10 PM CST / Updated: Jan 17, 2021 / 08:17 PM CST
...
The UAMS report states:
“Young adults 18 to 34 will have an additional 70 persons hospitalized by Jan. 18. Children younger than 17 will also a 10% increase in hospitalizations over the next two weeks. We should expect 27 additional children hospitalized, an increase of 10% over the previous two weeks.”
Williams said due to the rate of community spread, it’s hard to pinpoint why this is happening.
“Those numbers just like the other numbers eventually will begin to grow expediently as the pandemic continues and the spread of the virus continues throughout the population,” he said...