US - New York Times reporting COVID-19 cases up 30% in last 3 weeks - Delta predominant - hospitalizations climbing in some areas - December 9, 2021

[sharon sanders]

State of the virus


Update for Dec. 9

• More than 120,000 coronavirus cases are emerging each day as conditions continue to worsen, especially in the Great Lakes region and in the Northeast.
• Cases, deaths and hospitalizations are rising nationally, but remain below the levels seen during the summer and during last winter’s peak.
• New Hampshire leads the country in recent cases per capita. More coronavirus patients are hospitalized in that state than at any other point in the pandemic.
• Michigan has the country’s highest hospitalization rate. Federal medical teams have been sent there to help handle the surge in patients.
• The Southwest has also struggled in recent weeks. Arizona and New Mexico have hospitalization rates that are among the worst in the country.
• The country is reporting more than 1,200 deaths a day, on average, and is on pace to surpass 800,000 total deaths in the coming days.

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html

 

[sharon sanders]

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