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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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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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Omicron evades immunity better than Delta-- Danish study

Mon, 2022-01-03 10:53 — mike kraft

Omicron evades immunity better than Delta, Danish study finds The Omicron coronavirus variant is better at circumventing vaccinated peoples' immunity than the Delta variant, according to a Danish study published last week, helping explain why Omicron is spreading more rapidly. Reuters Reuters

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Why this Covid-19 surge is 'unprecedented in this pandemic'

Mon, 2022-01-03 10:18 — mike kraft

Why this Covid-19 surge is 'unprecedented in this pandemic' The new year is starting with a massive influx of Covid-19 that's different from any other during this pandemic, doctors say. Christina Maxouris and Holly Yan, CNN CNN

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Variant poised to spike in the south, with few safeguards in place

Mon, 2022-01-03 10:07 — mike kraft

Southeast U.S. poised for a firestorm of omicron cases, with few safeguards in place The United States is heading into the third year of the coronavirus pandemic with the extremely contagious omicron variant poised to ignite a firestorm of infection across the Southeast after exploding through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Lower vaccination rates and fewer mask and vaccine mandates have created a much different environment for the omicron variant to spread in the South, leaving experts unsure whether outbreaks will end up deadlier than in the North.Subscribe to The Pos YahooNews

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Los Angeles County ilustration: COVID data show stark difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated

Fri, 2021-12-31 17:11 — mike kraft

LA County COVID data show stark difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated New data from Los Angeles County shows a sharp difference in the likelihood of death or hospitalization from COVID-19 in those who have been vaccinated versus those who have not. ABC7 Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles County reported more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases in one day on Thursday - but as grim as that news sounds, new data also shows how effective vaccines have been at containing the virus' most severe consequences: deaths and hospitalizations.

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